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Sightseeing in Aalborg
Sightseeing in Aalborg
Most of downtown Aalborg is a pedestrian zone with lots of shops and restaurants – a pleasant area to walk around. There are a lot of historic sights as well and all are within easy walking distance.
The oldest square in Aalborg, Gammeltorv, is also the main square. This is where the city’s council met and where executions took place in the old days. Today, the square is still considered the central point of Aalborg with a granite obelisk in the center from which all distances to places outside the city are measured.
Not far from Gammeltorv is the Budolfi Cathedral, named after an English saint, St. Botolph. The oldest parts of the cathedral date back to the 12th century and it is well worth a visit. The building right next to it is Aalborg’s Museum of History with, among other things, an impressive collection of silver.
The most impressive house in Aalborg is the five-storey Renaissance building called Jens Bang’s Stone House, the oldest house in the city, built in 1624. Jens Bang was a wealthy merchant but also a bit of an eccentric and therefore not universally admired. Despite his money and influence, he was never chosen as councilman of the city, which annoyed him so much that he supposedly decorated the façade of his house with masks caricaturing the council members and one of himself sticking out his tongue at the Town Hall next door. The Aalborg Town Hall is still in the same place as in Bang’s days, although it’s a different house, rebuilt in the 18th century.
The most famous street in Aalborg is named Jomfru Ane Gade, mostly known for its bars, but also with 26 restaurants to choose from. Not bad considering the street is only 200 m (640 feet) long.
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