Hirtshals Church

Hirtshals Church is a church in Hjørring Municipality, North Jutland. Hirtshals Church is situated nearby to the cemetery Hirshals Kirkegård, as well as near the tourism office Hirtshals Turistbureau.

Photo: Matthias Schalk, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Lutheran
Description: church building in Hjørring Municipality, Denmark

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hirtshals railway station and Nordsøen Oceanarium.

Hirtshals railway station

Railway station

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Hirtshals railway station is the main railway station serving the town of Hirtshals in Vendsyssel, Denmark. It is located in the central part of the town, and is situated between the town centre and the Port of Hirtshals. Hirtshals railway station is situated 490 metres north of Hirtshals Church.

Nordsøen Oceanarium

Public aquarium

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Nordsøen Oceanarium is a public aquarium and museum that opened in 1998 on the shores of the North Sea in Hirtshals, north Jutland, Denmark. 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. Nordsøen Oceanarium is situated 1 km east of Hirtshals Church.

Lilleheden railway halt

Railway station

Photo: AleWi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lilleheden railway halt is a railway halt serving the eastern part of the town of Hirtshals in Vendsyssel, Denmark, as well as the nearby public aquarium Nordsøen Oceanarium. Lilleheden railway halt is situated 1 km east of Hirtshals Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hirtshals and Horne.

Hirtshals

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Hirtshals is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is located in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland.

Horne

Village

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Horne is a village in Hjørring Municipality in North Jutland Region, Denmark. 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. Horne is situated 3½ km southeast of Hirtshals Church.