Ontdek Aalborg

Museum showcasing Aalborg's history from around 750 AD to the present, with archaeological finds and period room settings.

Aalborg's main theatre, built in 1878 and rebuilt in 2000, with three stages and 870 seats in the main auditorium.

Excavated Franciscan friary preserved where it was found, beneath Algade in Aalborg and reached by a lift in the middle of the street.

Half-timbered 16th-century castle by the Limfjord in central Aalborg, with ramparts and dungeon passages.

Architecture museum housed in Jørn Utzon's final work in Aalborg, featuring exhibitions on architecture, design, and the architect's legacy.

Independent exhibition space founded in 1981 for artists from northern Jutland, in the old garrison hospital of 1804 on Søndergade.

Small theatre on Kjellerupsgade in Aalborg, staging new work and running TeaterSprint, where a play is written, rehearsed and performed in 72 hours.

Cultural centre in a former power station by the Aalborg waterfront, opened in 2009, holding a concert venue, a theatre, an art cinema and an art gallery.

Concert hall on the Limfjord in Aalborg, opened in 2014, home to the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Academy of Music.

Modern art museum in Aalborg, built between 1968 and 1972 by Alvar and Elissa Aalto with Jean-Jacques Baruël, set in a sculpture park.

Observation tower on Skovbakken with views from 105 metres above sea level, plus a restaurant, café and Skybar.

Maritime museum on the Aalborg waterfront, opened in 1992, with ship radios and navigation instruments tracing how sailors found their way.

Zoo featuring diverse animals including lions, tigers, orangutans, penguins, and warthogs, with daily feeding shows and demonstrations.

Technical museum in the Sønderbro waterworks in Aalborg, opened in 1992, with steam boilers and electric pumps in a machine hall that goes back to 1893.

Military museum in Aalborg covering every branch of Danish defence, with aircraft, vehicles, the occupation years and the Cold War.

Iron Age and Viking Age burial ground above Aalborg with hundreds of stone-set graves and a museum.

Museum beside the Lindholm Høje burial ground at Nørresundby, on its Iron Age and Viking graves and the finds from around them, with a historical market in summer.

Industrial heritage museum documenting the evolution from 1858 village blacksmith to Zincks Fabrikker tool manufacturing plant with 120 employees.