South Jutland
South Jutland is the southern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. It is known as Sønderjylland in Danish, and forms a large part of the administrative Region of Southern Denmark that includes Funen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Esbjerg and Kolding.
Esbjerg
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Esbjerg is a city in Southwestern Jutland. The town was once Denmark's biggest fishing harbour, and the harbour is still an economic driving force in the town.
Kolding
Kolding is a city of 62,000 people in eastern South Jutland. Visitors come to Kolding to see the 13th century royal castle of Koldinghus, the stone Church of Saint Nicholas, the Trapholt art museum and the gardens Geografisk Have.
Als
Als is an island a bit off the eastern coast of South Jutland of Denmark, at the western end of the Baltic sea.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Åbenrå and Ribe.
Åbenrå
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Aabenraa is a town in Southern Denmark, at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, 26 kilometres north of the Denmark–Germany border and 32 kilometres north of German town of Flensburg.
Ribe
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Ribe is a small town in western South Jutland, bordering the Wadden Sea National Park, Denmark. It is the oldest town in Denmark, with around 100 old listed houses, far more than anywhere else in Denmark outside of Copenhagen.
Haderslev
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Haderslev is a town in South Jutland, Denmark, deep in an East Jutland fjord on the Baltic coast. It is known for its cathedral and its historic centre.
Rømø
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Rømø is an island in the Wadden Sea National Park at the west coast of South Jutland, Denmark. The attraction of Rømø is the spectacular nature: the heather, the enormous beaches, the Wadden Sea.
Fanø
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Fanø is the northernmost island in the Wadden Sea National Park at the west coast of South Jutland in Denmark. The main attraction here is the white sand beach, which is also a popular playground for different types of sports, such as kite flying, surfing and buggies.
Tønder
Tønder is a beautiful town in the southern part of Denmark. Tønder is the oldest market town in Denmark. Today Tønder is a modern town with factories, modern schools and big companies such as Hartmann, Hydro and Ecco.
Wadden Sea National Park
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Wadden Sea National Park is a large area stretching the entire west coast of South Jutland of Denmark. It's listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Vejen
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Vejen is a railway town of about 10,000 people between Esbjerg and Kolding in South Jutland. The town emerged in ancient times as an important waypoint for agricultural transport on the Jutlandic Ox Road trail, used for herding cattle and soldiers from Denmark to Germany.
Højer
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Højer is a town of 1,100 people in South Jutland in Tøndermarsken right at the Wadden Sea National Park. Højer is an old marsh town, built behind dykes in one of the most sparsely populated areas in Denmark.
South Jutland
- Type: Region
- Description: region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark
- Also known as: “Nord Slesvig”, “Schleswig”, “Slesvig”, “Sleswick”, “Sønderjydske Landsdale”, “Sonderjylland”, “Southern Jutland”, and “Sydlige Jylland”
- Category: province
- Location: Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“South Jutland” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Jutlàndia del Sud”
- Catalan: “Jutlàndia Meridional”
- Chinese: “南日德兰半岛”
- Chinese: “南日德蘭”
- Danish: “De sønderjydske landsdele”
- Danish: “Sønderjylland”
- Danish: “Sydlige jylland”
- Danish: “Synnejylland”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Schleswig”
- Faroese: “Suðurjútland”
- German: “Sønderjylland”
- German: “Süderjütland”
- German: “Südjütland”
- Icelandic: “Suður-Jótland”
- Italian: “Jutland Meridionale”
- Japanese: “南ユートラント”
- Japanese: “南ユトランド”
- Korean: “남부 윌란반도”
- Latvian: “Dienvidjitlande”
- Macedonian: “Јужен Јитланд”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nicolai H. Knudtzon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Slesvig”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordslesvig”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sønderjyde”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sønderjylland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Jylland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sønderjylland”
- Norwegian: “Sønderjylland”
- Russian: “Южная Ютландия”
- Slovenian: “Južna Jutlandija”
- Slovenian: “Süderjütland”
- Spanish: “Jutlandia Meridional”
- Swedish: “Sønderjylland”
- Ukrainian: “Південна Ютландія”
- Venetian: “Jutland Meridionałe”
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