Hirtshals

Hirtshals is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the peninsula in northern . It is located in in Region Nordjylland.
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  • Type: Village with 5,860 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Denmark
  • Also known as: “Lilleheden Hornsnæs”
  • Postal code: 9850

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nordsøen Oceanarium and Hirtshals Light.

Public aquarium
Photo: Tsca, Public domain.
is a public aquarium and that opened in 1998 on the shores of the in Hirtshals, north Jutland, . 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.

Lighthouse
Photo: Schorle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lighthouse.

Railway station
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is the main railway station serving the town of Hirtshals in Vendsyssel, . It is located in the central part of the town, and is situated between the town centre and the Port of Hirtshals.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horne.

Village
Photo: Dphreak, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a in in , . As of 1 January 2026, it has the population of 672. It is located in the north-western part of the Vendsyssel district about 5 km south of the town of Hirtshals. is situated 3½ km south of Hirtshals.

Hirtshals

Latitude
57.5908° or 57° 35′ 27″ north
Longitude
9.965° or 9° 57′ 54″ east
Population
5,860
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
IATA airport code
XAJ
United Nations Location Code
DK HIR
Open location code
9F9FHXR7+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2221954471
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2620279
Wiki­data ID
Q846052
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Hirtshals” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Hirtshals”
  • Bulgarian: “Хирцхалс”
  • Catalan: “Hirtshals”
  • Cebuano: “Hirtshals”
  • Chinese: “希茨海尔斯”
  • Chinese: “希茨海爾斯”
  • Danish: “Hirtshals”
  • Dutch: “Hirtshals”
  • Faroese: “Hirtshals”
  • Finnish: “Hirtshals”
  • French: “Hirtshals”
  • German: “Hirtshals”
  • Hebrew: “הירטסלס”
  • Hungarian: “Hirtshals”
  • Icelandic: “Hirtshals”
  • Italian: “Hirtshals”
  • Japanese: “ヒートシャルズ”
  • Japanese: “ヒァツハルス”
  • Japanese: “ヒアツハルス”
  • Japanese: “ヒャツハルス”
  • Kalaallisut: “Hirtshals”
  • Korean: “히르스트할스”
  • Moksha: “Гиртсгальс”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hirtshals”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hirtshals”
  • Norwegian: “Hirtshals”
  • Persian: “هیرتشال”
  • Polish: “Hirtshals”
  • Portuguese: “Hirtshals”
  • Romanian: “Hirtshals”
  • Russian: “Хиртсхалс”
  • Russian: “Хиртсхальс”
  • Slovenian: “Hirtshals”
  • Spanish: “Hirtshals”
  • Swedish: “Hirshals”
  • Swedish: “Hirtshals”
  • Turkish: “Hirtshals”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіртсгальс”
  • Urdu: “ہیرٹ شالس”
  • Zeeuws: “Hirtshals”

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