East Jutland

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Aarhus

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Aarhus is the main city on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. "City of Cafés" is a moniker the city wears with pride: its roster of coffeeshops exemplifies Aarhus' elegant mix of cosmopolitan city life and quaint small-town charm.

Horsens

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Horsens is a city in eastern Jutland with a population of around 61,000. Horsens is a port town at the end of a beautiful long shallow-water inlet. Such inlets are known as fjords in Denmark and there are several of them on the East Jutland coast.

Vejle

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Vejle is a city of 61,000 people in eastern South Jutland, part of the Kolding–Vejle–Fredericia triangle. Vejle is most known for its forested hills, fjord, harbour, shopping, pedestrian mall, and windmill.

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Viborg

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Viborg is a city in central Jutland, Denmark, the capital of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the High Court for the Jutland peninsula.

Randers

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Randers is a city in East Jutland. It is located at the mouth of the Gudenå river, the largest and longest river in Denmark.

Fredericia

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Fredericia is a medium-sized fortress town, founded in 1650 by Frederick III in the Fredericia municipality, eastern South Jutland, Denmark.

Silkeborg

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Silkeborg is a town in Jutland founded in 1844 around a paper mill at the Gudenå River. The history of the place goes back to the 15th century, when a castle was located at an islet in the lake of Silkeborg.

Hadsund

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Hadsund is a city in North Jutland in Denmark. With a population of 5,000 people, it's the largest city of Mariagerfjord Municipality.

Billund

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Billund is a city in Jutland, western Denmark. It has some 8700 inhabitants and is known as the home of LEGO.

Samsø

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Samsø is an island in central Denmark, between the big island of Zealand and the mainland Jutland peninsula.

Anholt

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Anholt is a small Danish island in Kattegat, east of Jutland. The island has 145 permanent inhabitants, and receive many thousands of visitors for summer.

Skanderborg

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Skanderborg is a small town in East Jutland. It has a population of about 25,000 and is a generic, quiet Danish provincial town. With a quiet life of its own, it is strongly linked to the regional capital, Aarhus, which is only a 20 minute commute away.

Jelling

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Jelling is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 4,038, located in Jelling Parish, approximately 10 km northwest of Vejle. The town lies 105 metres above sea level.

Grenå

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Grenaa is a Danish town and seaport on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula. Tourism, education and commerce are important sectors in the economy of Grenaa.

Ebeltoft

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Ebeltoft is a city in Djursland in Denmark. Ebeltoft city, the "Piece de Resistance" of Djursland, restored the 1860 Battle Frigate "Jylland", a world-class maritime showpiece.

Hadsten

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Hadsten is a city on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. With a population of 8,000 people it is the largest city of Favrskov Municipality.

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