Nordby
Nordby is a Danish town, seat of the Fanø Municipality, in the Region of Southern Denmark. The population was 2,629 as of 1 January 2025.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,650 residents
- Description: town in Denmark
- Also known as: “Nordby, Fanø” and “Odden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nordby Church and Lightship Museum.
Lightship Museum
Museum
Photo: Hjart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lightship Museum in the harbour of Esbjerg in southern Denmark consists of a private museum open to the public on board the Horns Rev lightship. Dating from 1912, the Horns Rev, also known as Motorfyrskibet Nr. Lightship Museum is situated 3½ km northeast of Nordby.
Esbjerg Ferry Port
Marina
Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.
The Port of Esbjerg on the southwest coast of Jutland is a competitor to Aarhus and Hamburg for freight. Built by the State in 1868, it was once Denmark's principal fishing harbour but today has become Europe's leading port for shipping offshore wind turbines. Esbjerg Ferry Port is situated 3½ km northeast of Nordby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Esbjerg and Jerne.
Esbjerg
Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.
Esbjerg is a city in Southwestern Jutland. The town was once Denmark's biggest fishing harbour, and the harbour is still an economic driving force in the town.
Jerne
Suburb
Photo: Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jerne is a suburb, which is situated 7 km northeast of Nordby.
Sædding
Suburb
Sædding is a district of Esbjerg in southwest Jutland, Denmark, some 5 km northwest of the centre and 5 km southeast of Hjerting. Sædding is situated 7 km north of Nordby.
Nordby
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Fanø, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.44539° or 55° 26′ 43″ northLongitude
8.39612° or 8° 23′ 46″ eastPopulation
2,650Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
9F7CC9WW+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 26559202OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2616172Wikidata ID
Q2533977
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Nordby” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Nordby”
- Catalan: “Nordby”
- Cebuano: “Nordby”
- Chinese: “诺比”
- Danish: “Nordby”
- Dutch: “Nordby”
- Finnish: “Nordby (Fanø)”
- Finnish: “Nordby”
- French: “Nordby”
- German: “Nordby”
- Italian: “Nordby”
- Javanese: “Nordby”
- Malay: “Nordby”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordby”
- Norwegian: “Nordby”
- Persian: “نوردبی”
- Polish: “Nordby”
- Romanian: “Nordby”
- Russian: “Норбю”
- Slovenian: “Nordby”
- Spanish: “Nordby”
- Swedish: “Nordby, Fanø”
- Swedish: “Nordby”
- Turkish: “Nordby”
- Ukrainian: “Нордбю”
- Welsh: “Nordby”
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