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North Jutland

North Jutland comprises the northern part of in . In Danish it is known as Nordjylland and it is congruent with the administrative North Denmark Region.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Aalborg and Frederikshavn.

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is the largest city in North Jutland, . is an old town with many preserved buildings and important prehistoric relics, but also thriving cultural life with several institutions of national importance.

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is a port city on the Kattegat in North Jutland, . It is popular with vacationers, especially for its clean beaches with gentle surf.

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is a town in North Jutland. In the Danish language, the town is namesake of the very sand spit it is located on, and the name 'Skagen' can refer to both. In the English language, the spit is known as the Skaw Spit.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Hjørring and Læsø.

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is a town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the peninsula in northern . It is the main town and the administrative seat of Municipality in the North Jutland Region.

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is the largest island in Kattegat, some 20 kilometres east of Frederikhavn on the peninsular in , roughly half way to in .

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is a town in the municipality of in the North Denmark Region of . It has a population of 13,505 and is located in , in northwestern . Market town status was given to in 1500.

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is an old market and railway town in Region Nordjylland on the peninsula in northern . It has a population of 12,360. The town is situated in a hilly terrain at the head of , close to the former Viking fortress of .

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is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the peninsula in northern , .

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is a town in North Jutland, and the largest town in Vesthimmerland. The town is well known for its beautiful town centre and its many monuments and artworks by Per Kirkeby.

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is a small town and a former island, now elevated area in Thisted municipality of Region Nordjylland, located in northern . The population of the town is 2,050.

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is a small town in North Jutland around 13 km south of and 50 km north of .

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is a town in with a population of 2,650. It is situated on the southern shores of the inlet of in Mariagerfjord municipality, North Denmark Region in . This part of Jutland is also known as Kronjylland.

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is a area in , , opened to the public on 22 August 2008. It is located in Northwest , along the coast from to Agger Tange and it spans 55 km north to south and 5–12 km east to west.

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is a town in Vendsyssel, with a population of 1,669. The town has historically been referred to as Løchen or Lykken. Originally, the town began as a fishing village with a successful shipping trade; today it is a popular tourist and vacationing destination.

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is a minor town in Vendsyssel with 3,500 inhabitants. The town is named after Queen Charlotte Amalie who got Slot in 1690.

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is a village on the , Denmark. It is located in . is a popular beach town with around 1 million visitors every year.

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is a small town in Northern Jutland, with a population of 4,509, located in parish. It is the second largest town in and belongs to the North Denmark Region.

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is a small town in northern , in Vendsyssel on the coast of Skagerrak. It is located in north , Hjørring Municipality and is an old fishing village, with a population of 545.

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is a town in , Denmark. It is located in , 13 km north of , 37 km northeast of and 30 km southwest of . Until 1 January 2007 was the seat of the former Municipality.

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is a group of ten small Danish islands in the ; Hirsholm, Græsholm, Lilleholm, Tyvholm, Kølpen and Deget, located approximately 7 km to the northeast of .

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is a small town and a popular tourist destination in Mariagerfjord Municipality, North Jutland. The town is known for its white sandy beach, widely recognized as the most child friendly beach in .

North Jutland

Latitude of center
57° north
Longitude of center
9.6667° or 9° 40′ east
Population
590,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Geo­Names ID
6418540
Wiki­data ID
Q26067
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“North Jutland” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Rajoni i Danimarkës Veriore”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة نورييلاند”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه نوردلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Rechión de Chutlandia d’o Norte”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Դանիա տարածաշրջան”
  • Asturian: “Nordjylland”
  • Asturian: “Rexón de Nordjylland”
  • Asturian: “Rexón Nordjylland”
  • Asturian: “Xutlandia del Norte”
  • Asturian: “Xutlandia Septentrional”
  • Basque: “Ipar Jutlandia”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko Jutlandiako eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Ютландыя”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Ютляндыя (рэгіён)”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Ютляндыя”
  • Bengali: “নর্থ ডেনমার্ক অঞ্চল”
  • Bosnian: “Sjeverna Danska”
  • Breton: “Norzhjutland”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна Ютландия”
  • Catalan: “Jutlàndia del Nord”
  • Catalan: “Jutlàndia Septentrional”
  • Catalan: “Regió de Nordjylland”
  • Cebuano: “North Denmark Region”
  • Chechen: “Къилбаседа Ютланди”
  • Chechen: “Къилбаседера Ютланди”
  • Chinese: “北日德兰大区”
  • Chinese: “北日德蘭大區”
  • Cornish: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverni Jutland”
  • Czech: “Nordjylland”
  • Czech: “Severní Jutsko”
  • Danish: “Nordjylland”
  • Danish: “Region Nord”
  • Danish: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Jutland”
  • Dutch: “Regio Nordjylland”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Jutlando”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Jutlando”
  • Esperanto: “Nordjylland”
  • Esperanto: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Norda Jutlando”
  • Estonian: “Nordjyllandi piirkond”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Jüütimaa piirkond”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Jüütimaa regioon”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Jüütimaa”
  • Faroese: “Región Norðurjútland”
  • Finnish: “Nordjylland”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Jyllannin alue”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Jyllanti”
  • Finnish: “Region Nordjylland”
  • French: “Jutland du Nord”
  • French: “Jutland-du-Nord”
  • French: “Nord Jutland”
  • Galician: “Xutlandia do Norte”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ იუტლანდიის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Nordjütland”
  • German: “Region Nordjütland”
  • German: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια Βόρειας Δανίας”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર ડેનમાર્ક પ્રાંત”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז נוריולן”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी डेनमार्क क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Nordjylland régió”
  • Icelandic: “Norður-Jótland”
  • Indonesian: “Nordjylland”
  • Indonesian: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Italian: “Jutland settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Jutland Settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Nordjylland”
  • Japanese: “北ユラン地域”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಡೆನ್ಮಾರ್ಕ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Ютландия (облыс)”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Ютландия”
  • Korean: “북윌란 지역”
  • Latin: “Iutia Septentrionalis”
  • Latin: “Iutlandia Septentrionalis”
  • Latin: “Nordjylland”
  • Latin: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļjitlandes reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Jutlandija”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Jutlandijos regionas”
  • Low German: “Region Noordjüütland”
  • Macedonian: “Северна Данска”
  • Malay: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Nordjylland”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर डेन्मार्क प्रदेश”
  • Mazanderani: “نوردیولند”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nuurđjütlön”
  • Northern Frisian: “Regiuun Nordjylland”
  • Northern Sami: “Davvi-Jyllándda regiuvdna”
  • Northern Sami: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Norwegian: “Nordjylland”
  • Norwegian: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jutlàndia Septentrionala”
  • Ossetian: “Цæгат Дани”
  • Ossetian: “Цæгат Ютланди”
  • Persian: “استان نوردیولند”
  • Persian: “نوردیولاند”
  • Persian: “نوردیولند”
  • Polish: “Jutlandia Północna”
  • Polish: “Nordjylland”
  • Polish: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Portuguese: “Jutlândia do Norte (região)”
  • Portuguese: “Jutlândia do Norte”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Danemarca de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Nordjylland”
  • Russian: “Северная Ютландия”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Scots: “North Denmark Region”
  • Serbian: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Serbian: “Северна Данска”
  • Serbian: “Северни Јиланд”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු ඩෙන්මාර්ක් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Severné Jutsko (administratívny región)”
  • Slovak: “Severné Jutsko”
  • Slovenian: “Regija Severna Jutlandija”
  • Slovenian: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Spanish: “Jutlandia del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Jutlandia Septentrional”
  • Spanish: “Nordjylland”
  • Spanish: “Región de Jutlandia Septentrional”
  • Spanish: “Region de Nordjylland”
  • Spanish: “Región de Nordjylland”
  • Spanish: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Swedish: “Nordjylland”
  • Swedish: “Region Nordjylland”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு டென்மார்க் பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Ютландия”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర డెన్మార్క్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขตการปกครองเดนมาร์กเหนือ”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Danimarka Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Jutland Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Yutland”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Ютландія”
  • Urdu: “شمالی ڈنمارک ریجن”
  • Urdu: “شمالی ڈنمارک علاقہ”
  • Venetian: “Jutland Setentrionałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Jutland”
  • Vietnamese: “Nordjylland”
  • Vlaams: “Nôord-Jutland”
  • Western Frisian: “Noard-Jutlân”
  • Western Frisian: “Nordjylland”
  • Wu Chinese: “北日德兰大区”
  • Yue Chinese: “北日德蘭大區”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “North Jutland”. Photo: Slaunger, CC BY-SA 3.0.