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Aalborg


Once a power station, this cultural centre is home to a theatre, concert venue, art-house cinema, gallery, fitness centre, plus a couple of eateries. The small tourist office is also here, so it’s worth popping in to see what’s happening.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Aalborg attractions

1. Utzon Center

0.3 MILES

This impressive 700-sq-metre design and architecture space, with its distinctive silver roofscape, sits pretty on the waterfront. It's the last building…

2. Vor Frue Kirke

0.31 MILES

This church is a landmark in the old part of town, anchoring a neighbourhood worth a wander.

3. Aalborghus Slot

0.35 MILES

An anachronism among all the waterfront development, the mid-16th-century, half-timbered Aalborghus Slot is more an administrative office than a castle,…

4. Langes Gård

0.35 MILES

The neighbourhood around Vor Frue Kirke is worth a wander, particularly the cobbled L-shaped street of Hjelmerstald. Halfway down the street is Langes…

5. Gråbrødrekloster Museet

0.4 MILES

This underground museum allows you to step off one of Aalborg’s busiest shopping streets to explore the life of a Franciscan friary in medieval times…

6. Jens Bangs Stenhus

0.44 MILES

This five-storey Renaissance edifice was built by a well-heeled merchant in 1624. Today there's a jewellery store at ground level.

7. Old Town Hall

0.44 MILES

The baroque-style old town hall (c 1762) sits at the corner of Østerågade and Gammel Torv.

8. Jørgen Olufsens House

0.44 MILES

Jørgen Olufsen’s house was built by a wealthy mayor in 1616 and now operates as a cosy Irish pub.