Utzon Center
The architecture and design center on the edge of the Limfjord, the last building designed by Jørn Utzon, the architect of the Sydney Opera House, completed in 2008. Exhibitions about his work and architecture in general.
Jutlândia do Norte · Denmark Capital
In the destination Aalborg and Skagen.
In the photo: Peder Barkes Gade, Aalborg
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The city
Aalborg is Denmark’s fourth city and the seat of North Jutland, on the banks of the Limfjord. It has a renovated waterfront with the Utzon Center, the Kunsten museum by Alvar Aalto, an old town with a cathedral, the timber-framed Aalborghus castle and the bar street Jomfru Ane Gade. On the other side of the fjord lies the Viking cemetery Lindholm Høje. It is the gateway to Skagen.
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The local experience
The architecture and design center on the edge of the Limfjord, the last building designed by Jørn Utzon, the architect of the Sydney Opera House, completed in 2008. Exhibitions about his work and architecture in general.
Aalborg's modern art museum, designed by Alvar and Elissa Aalto with Jean-Jacques Baruël and opened in 1972, featuring natural light from skylights, Danish and international collections and a sculpture park.
On the hill above Nørresundby, on the other side of the Limfjord, about 700 graves from the Iron Age and the Viking Age, many marked with stones arranged in the shape of boats, and a museum beside them.
Aalborg's center with the cathedral of São Budolfo, the half-timbered Aalborghus castle from the 16th century, the Renaissance house of Jens Bang and Jomfru Ane Gade, a street of restaurants and bars.