Nordsøen Oceanarium
Nordsøen Oceanarium is a public aquarium and museum that opened in 1998 on the shores of the North Sea in Hirtshals, north Jutland, Denmark. Their main tank, which holds 4,500,000 litres, is the largest in Northern Europe, but the Oceanarium also has several smaller habitat aquariums and an exhibit with seals.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tsca, Public domain.
- Email: info@nordsoemail.dk
- Type: Public aquarium
- Description: aquarium in Hirtshals, Denmark
- Also known as: “Nordsomuseet”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mand, der løfter fisk over hovedet and Lilleheden railway halt.
Mand, der løfter fisk over hovedet
Work of art
Photo: Andy Mendyk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mand, der løfter fisk over hovedet is a work of art.
Lilleheden railway halt
Railway stop
Photo: AleWi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lilleheden railway halt is a railway halt serving the eastern part of the town of Hirtshals in Vendsyssel, Denmark, as well as the nearby public aquarium Nordsøen Oceanarium. Lilleheden railway halt is situated 280 metres southwest of Nordsøen Oceanarium.
Hirtshals railway station
Railway station
Hirtshals railway station is the main railway station serving the town of Hirtshals in Vendsyssel, Denmark. The station is the northern terminus of the Hirtshalsbanen railway line from Hjørring to Hirtshals. Hirtshals railway station is situated 1¼ km northwest of Nordsøen Oceanarium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hirtshals and Horne.
Hirtshals
Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hirtshals is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe.
Horne
Village
Photo: Dphreak, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Horne is a village in Hjørring Municipality in North Jutland Region, Denmark. As of 1 January 2025, it has the population of 661. It is located in the north-western part of the Vendsyssel district about 5 km south of the town of Hirtshals. Horne is situated 3 km south of Nordsøen Oceanarium.
Nordsøen Oceanarium
- Categories: museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Hjørring, North Jutland, Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
57.58669° or 57° 35′ 12″ northLongitude
9.98022° or 9° 58′ 49″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
9F9FHXPJ+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 277626838OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=aquarium
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Nordsøen Oceanarium” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Oceanari de la Mar del Nord”
- Danish: “Nordsøen Oceanarium”
- Danish: “Nordsømuseet”
- German: “Nordsee-Ozeanarium”
- German: “Nordseemuseum”
- German: “Nordsøen Oceanarium”
- Indonesian: “Nordsøen Oceanarium”
- Persian: “آکواریوم اقیانوسی دریای شمال”
- Polish: “Nordsøen Oceanarium w Hirtshals”
- Polish: “Nordsømuseet w Hirtshals”
- Polish: “Oceanarium Morza Północnego w Hirtshals”
- Spanish: “Oceanario de Nordsøen”
- Swedish: “Nordsøen Oceanarium”
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Explore places such as Ocean Café and Nordsøen Forskerpark.
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