Torvet

Torvet is a square in Silkeborg Municipality, Central Jutland. Torvet is situated nearby to Silkeborg Church, as well as near the tourism office Old Town Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Town Hall and Silkeborg Museum.

Old Town Hall

Tourism office

Photo: Martinwm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Old Town Hall in Silkeborg, Denmark, was built in 1857 and now houses the local tourist office. It is listed. Old Town Hall is situated 100 metres west of Torvet.

Silkeborg Museum is a museum of Danish cultural history with official state recognition based in Silkeborg Municipality, Denmark. Museum Silkeborg is located at three different sites: Manor House and the Paper Mill Museum in Silkeborg and Blicheregnen farm in the village of Thorning. Silkeborg Museum is situated 200 metres east of Torvet.

Silkeborg Church

Church

Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silkeborg and Virklund.

Silkeborg

Photo: Krists Luhaers, CC BY 2.0.

Silkeborg is a lakeside railway town in Jutland founded in 1844 around a big paper mill at the Gudenå River, the longest and biggest river of Denmark. The name and history of the settlement goes back to at least the 15th century, though, when a castle by the name of Silkeborg was mentioned in written documents.

Virklund

Village

Photo: Beethoven9, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Virklund is a town in Denmark, located about 5 km south of Silkeborg, to which it functions as a satellite city. It has a population of 3,932. Virklund is located in Silkeborg Municipality and therefore is part of the Central Denmark Region. Virklund is situated 4½ km south of Torvet.

Sejs-Svejbæk

Village

Sejs-Svejbæk is a railway town, with a population of 4,727. It is located in Silkeborg Municipality, Central Jutland Region in Denmark, 7 km southeast of Silkeborg. The area is served by Svejbæk railway station, located on the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line. Sejs-Svejbæk is situated 6 km southeast of Torvet.

Torvet

Type: Square
Category: locality
Location: Silkeborg Municipality, Central Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

56.16953° or 56° 10′ 10″ north

Longitude

9.55012° or 9° 33′ 0″ east

Open location code

9F8F5H92+R2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1127987401

OpenStreetMap feature

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