Fur
Fur is a Danish island in the Limfjord. It is located just north of Salling peninsula in Skive municipality. As of 2025, the island covers an area of 21.8 km2 and has a total population of 732.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: small island in the Limfjord
- Also known as: “Furland”
- Postal code: 7884
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bette Jenses Hyw and Fur Museum.
Bette Jenses Hyw
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Hjart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bette Jenses Hyw is a scenic viewpoint.
Fur Museum
Museum
Photo: Hjart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fur Museum is a nationally recognized local natural history museum in Denmark. The museum is named after the Danish island Fur on which it is located.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nederby and Branden.
Nederby
Village
Nederby is a village on the island of Fur in the Limfjord north of Salling in Denmark. It had a population of 534. Fur Church and Fur Museum are located in the village.
Branden
Hamlet
Photo: Hjart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Branden is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km south of Fur.
Fur
- Category: landform
- Location: Skive Municipality, Central Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Fur from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Fur” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fur”
- Cebuano: “Fur”
- Chinese: “富爾島”
- Danish: “Fur”
- Danish: “Fuur”
- Dutch: “Fur”
- French: “Fur”
- Galician: “Fur”
- Georgian: “ფური (კუნძული)”
- Georgian: “ფური”
- German: “Fur”
- Greek: “Φουρ”
- Low German: “Fur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fuur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fur”
- Norwegian: “Fur”
- Persian: “فور (جزیره)”
- Persian: “فور”
- Polish: “Fur (wyspa)”
- Polish: “Fur”
- Russian: “Фур (остров)”
- Russian: “Фур”
- Spanish: “Fur”
- Swedish: “Fur”
- Turkish: “Fur Adası”
- Vietnamese: “Fur”
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