Albertslund Municipality
Albertslund Municipality is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 23,04 km2, and has a population of 28,117.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: municipality of Denmark with 27,700 residents
- Description: municipality in Region Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Also known as: “165”, “Herstederne”, and “Herstedøster-Herstedvester”
- Neighbors: Ballerup and Egedal
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kroppedal and Vridsløselille Prison.
Kroppedal
Museum
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Kroppedal is a cultural-historical and astronomical museum in Vridsløsemagle 20 km from Copenhagen, Denmark. Kroppedal is the national museum of Danish astronomy, has a large archaeological unit, and an ethnological unit specializing in modern society.
Vridsløselille Prison
Museum
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Vridsløselille Prison is a former state prison located in Albertslund in the western suburbs of Copenhagen in Denmark. It was operated as a state prison from its opening in 1859 to January 2016 and then served as a special departure center for rejected asylum seekers with prison sentences until February 2018.
Herstedvester Prison
Prison
Herstedvester Prison is a prison in Herstedvester, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark, for treatment by the Danish Prison and Probation Service. It houses convicted felons and occasionally people with custody rulings in need of psychiatric assistance and observation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballerup and Vestegnen.
Ballerup
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Ballerup is a municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, approximately 15 km from central Copenhagen, Denmark. The municipality has a population of 50,000 in 2023. It is also the name of the municipal seat, Ballerup city.
Vestegnen
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Vestegnen is a suburban district west of inner Copenhagen, Denmark, mostly build up during the 1970-80s. There is little of general interest to travellers here, but some of Copenhagen's nicest hostels and a single top-notch art museum - oh, and 7 km of white beach if you are fortunate enough to run into sunny days.
Albertslund
Suburb
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Albertslund is a Copenhagen suburb in Albertslund Municipality, Denmark. It is located 15 km west of central Copenhagen, with a population of around 30,000.
Albertslund Municipality
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Albertslund Municipality” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ալբերտսլուն”
- Asturian: “Albertslund (conceyu)”
- Asturian: “Albertslund”
- Belarusian: “Альбертслун”
- Belarusian: “Альбэртслюнд (камуна)”
- Catalan: “municipi d’Albertslund”
- Catalan: “Municipi d’Albertslund”
- Cebuano: “Albertslund Kommune”
- Chinese: “Albertslund Chū-tī-chhī”
- Chinese: “阿尔贝特斯隆市镇”
- Chinese: “阿爾貝特斯隆市鎮”
- Croatian: “Albertslund”
- Czech: “Komuna Albertslund”
- Danish: “Albertslund Kommune”
- Danish: “Herstedernes Kommune”
- Danish: “Herstedøster-Herstedvester kommune”
- Danish: “Herstedøster-Herstedvester Sognekommune”
- Dutch: “Albertslund”
- Esperanto: “Albertslund”
- Faroese: “Albertslund kommuna”
- Finnish: “Albertslundin kunta”
- French: “Albertslund”
- German: “Albertslund Kommune”
- German: “Albertslund”
- Hungarian: “Albertslund község”
- Indonesian: “Munisipalitas Albertslund”
- Indonesian: “Pemukiman albertslund”
- Italian: “comune di Albertslund”
- Italian: “Comune di Albertslund”
- Japanese: “アルバーツルンド”
- Japanese: “アルバツロン市”
- Korean: “알베르트슬룬시”
- Lombard: “Comun de Albertslund”
- Low German: “Kommun Albertslund”
- Malay: “Munisipaliti Albertslund”
- Mazanderani: “البرتسلاند شهرستان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Albertslund Chū-tī-chhī”
- Northern Frisian: “Albertslund Komuun”
- Northern Sami: “Albertslund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Albertslund kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Albertslund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Albertslund kommune”
- Norwegian: “Albertslund kommune”
- Persian: “البرتسلوند، کمون دانمارک”
- Persian: “شهر البرتسلاند”
- Polish: “Albertslund Kommune”
- Polish: “Gmina Albertslund”
- Portuguese: “Albertslund”
- Romanian: “Comuna Albertslund”
- Russian: “Альбертслунн”
- Spanish: “Albertslund”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Albertslund”
- Swedish: “Albertslund Kommune”
- Swedish: “Albertslunds kommun”
- Turkish: “Albertslund”
- Ukrainian: “Альбертслунн”
- Uzbek: “Albertslund (munitsipalitet)”
- Uzbek: “Albertslund”
- Venetian: “Comun de Albertslund”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Albertslund”
- Western Frisian: “Albertslund”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Herstedvester and Herstedoster.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kroppedal and Scandic Glostrup.
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