Hirtshals Light
Hirtshals Light is a lighthouse in Hjørring, North Jutland. Hirtshals Light is situated nearby to the village Horne, as well as near Åbyen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Denmark
- Also known as: “Hirtshals Fyr”, “Hirtshals Fyret”, and “Hirtshals Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hirtshals railway station and Hirtshals Church.
Hirtshals railway station
Railway station
Hirtshals Church
Church
Photo: Matthias Schalk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hirtshals Church is situated 1¼ km east of Hirtshals Light.
Hirtshals Kro
Restaurant
Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hirtshals Kro is a restaurant, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Hirtshals Light.
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 4 km southeast of Hirtshals Light.
Hirtshals Light
- Categories: building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Hjørring, North Jutland, Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
57.58474° or 57° 35′ 5″ northLongitude
9.9419° or 9° 56′ 31″ eastElevation
22 metres (72 feet)Inception
1863Height
35 metres (115 feet)Named after
HirtshalsOpen location code
9F9FHWMR+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 141796728OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yes
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Hirtshals Light” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Hirtshals fyr”
- Danish: “Hirtshals Fyr”
- French: “Phare de Hirtshals”
- German: “Hirtshals Fyr”
- German: “Hirtshals Leuchtturm”
- German: “Leuchtturm von Hirtshals”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hirtshals fyr”
- Swedish: “Hirtshals fyr”
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Nearby Places
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