Central Jutland - Mitteljütland

Central Jutland area on the Danish peninsula

Central Jutland (Danish: Midtjylland) is a region in Denmark on the peninsula Jutland.

Regions

Municipalities in Central Jutland

Midtjylland is divided into 19 municipalities, of which Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality is the largest in terms of area, the municipality Aarhus on the other hand those with the largest population. From a touristic point of view, it is not very helpful to include this differentiation, so that the travel guides are mainly subdivided into locations and regions defined by tourism. Another subdivision of Midtjylland is that in Vestjylland and Østjylland, which officially only serves statistical purposes.

places

Map of Central Jutland

1 AarhusAarhus in the encyclopedia WikipediaAarhus in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAarhus (Q25319) in the Wikidata database - Denmark's second largest city on the east coast of Jutland

2 GrenaaGrenaa in the Wikipedia encyclopediaGrenaa in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsGrenaa (Q3619316) in the Wikidata database - Port town on the east coast with a ferry port to the island Anholt and into Swedish Varberg

3 HerningWebsite of this institutionHerning in the Wikipedia encyclopediaHerning in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHerning (Q27393) in the Wikidata database

4 HolstebroWebsite of this institutionHolstebro in the encyclopedia WikipediaHolstebro in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHolstebro (Q27678) in the Wikidata database

5 HorsensWebsite of this institutionHorsens in the Wikipedia encyclopediaHorsens in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHorsens (Q190235) in the Wikidata database - Port city with an industrial museum

6 Hvide SandsHvide Sande in the Wikipedia encyclopediaHvide Sande in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryHvide Sande (Q734408) in the Wikidata database - The fishing port and tourist center in the middle of Holmsland Klit on the channel from Ringkøbing Fjord to the North Sea

7 LemvigWebsite of this institutionLemvig in the Wikipedia encyclopediaLemvig in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLemvig (Q502632) in the Wikidata database

8 OdderOdder in the Wikipedia encyclopediaOdder in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryOdder (Q925736) in the Wikidata database

9 RandersWebsite of this institutionRanders in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageRanders in the Wikipedia encyclopediaRanders in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsRanders (Q27168) in the Wikidata database

10 RingkøbingRingkøbing in the Wikivoyage travel guide in another languageRingkøbing in the Wikipedia encyclopediaRingkøbing in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsRingkøbing (Q502693) in the Wikidata database - Tourist center on the fjord of the same name

11 SilkeborgWebsite of this institutionSilkeborg in the Wikivoyage travel guide in a different languageSilkeborg in the encyclopedia WikipediaSilkeborg in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSilkeborg (Q21180) in the Wikidata database - Small town in the center

12 SøndervigSøndervig in the encyclopedia WikipediaSøndervig in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSøndervig (Q1917241) in the Wikidata database - Tourist center at the northern end of Holsland Klit by Ringkøbing Fjord

13 ThyboronThyborøn in the Wikipedia encyclopediaThyborøn in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsThyborøn (Q165793) in the Wikidata database - Port city in the northwesternmost tip of the region at the mouth of the Limfjord in the North Sea

14 ThorsmindeWebsite of this institutionThorsminde in the Wikipedia encyclopediaThorsminde in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryThorsminde (Q995345) in the Wikidata database - Fishing village at the piercing of the spit between Nissum Fjord and the North Sea

15 ViborgWebsite of this institutionViborg in the travel guide Wikivoyage in another languageViborg in the encyclopedia WikipediaViborg in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsViborg (Q21176) in the Wikidata database - Capital of Central Jutland

16 VibyViby in the Wikipedia encyclopediaViby in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryViby (Q1860611) in the Wikidata database

Other goals

Coasts and inland waters

For travelers, the coastal regions of Midtjylland are mostly particularly attractive; with their wide range of holiday homes and campsites, they offer ideal holiday conditions, especially for self-caterers.

North Sea coast of Midtjylland: From the southern end of Holmsland Klit Along the Ringkøbing Fjord and the Nissum Fjord up to Thyborøn at the end of Harboøre Tange, the coastal region stretches out with dune strips and sandy beaches, which are repeatedly interspersed with typical clit plantations, the planted dune strips that protect against coastal erosion.

Kattegat coast at Ebeltoft

Kattegat coast of Central Jutland: the Kattegat coast is much more rugged than the North Sea coast and extends approximately from Juelsminde above Horsens and Aarhus, then around the peninsulas Moles, Ebeltoft and Djursland. It ends on the south bank of the mouth of the Mariagerfjord in the Kattegat.

From south to north there are also several large (inland) waters in Midtjylland, of which the most northerly, the Limfjord, with its southern bank in the western part of the region, also represents the regional border with North Jutland.

1 Ringkøbing Fjord - Strictly speaking, with its 300 km² water surface, it is not a fjord, but a brackish lake, which at Hvide Sands has a connection to the sea. It is the largest coastal lake in Denmark, a total of 30 km long, 12 km wide, but only up to 1.5 m deep. He is from the 30 km long Holmsland Klit, a spit between a few 100 m and a maximum of 2 km wide Nymindegab in the south and Søndervig separated from the sea in the north. The fjord offers a variety of water sports, especially for surfers, it is a quieter alternative to the often stormy surfing area of ​​the North Sea.

2 Nissum Fjord - It is not a fjord in the strict sense of the word, but a coastal lake that, like the larger Ringkøbing Fjor, is only separated from the sea by a 13 km long, narrow, often only 200 m wide spit - Bøvling Klit. The Nissum Fjord has a water surface of 70 km², the water depth is only 1 m in most places, only a few places are between 2-3 m deep. Due to its shallow depth, attempts were made to dry the lake in the 19th century, but these plans were abandoned. Due to its shallow depth, the Nissum Fjord is valued today as an ideal practice area, especially by surfing beginners. At Thorsminde there is a barrage that regulates the exchange of water between the lake and the sea.

3 Limfjord - It is no longer a fjord either, but a continuous arm of the sea since the February flood of 1825, when the huge storm surges formed the last continuous headland Thyboron destroyed. Today a small car ferry operates between Thyborøn at the end of Harboør Tange and Agger Tange on the northern bank of the Limfjord, which is already closed North Jutland belongs. The Limfjord is an inlet of around 1500 km² with a total of around 1000 km of shoreline - the southern shoreline is largely the border between central and northern Jutland.

Islands

Some islands in the Kattegat belong to Midtjylland:

4 Anholt

5 Endelave

6 Samsø

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getting there

By plane

Suitable airports are the international airports in Aarhus and Billund and the civilian military airport of Karup. For a journey to the north-eastern part of the region, the airport of Aalborg be suitable.

By train

In the street

mobility

Tourist Attractions

Art museum in Herning
  • Bork Vikingehavn. Open-air museum on the south bank of the Ringkøbing Fjord.
  • Herning Art Museum

activities

Regular events

Route 31 is well signposted
  • Herring Festival. In Hvide Sands the herring festival takes place in April. It is said to be the largest sporting event Denmark and the unofficial herring fishing world championship.
  • On the second weekend in August, in Bork Vikingehavn a Viking market with exhibition fights, handicraft demonstrations and Viking-style culinary offerings.

By bicycle

  • Central Jutland has a well-developed network of cycle paths. Some are particularly interesting Railway cycle pathswho use the disused former railway lines Langå-Bramminge and Aarhus-Hammel-Thorsø. The bike route Horsens-Aalborg offers 222 km of route with 80% rail track share. The remaining 20% ​​are often well developed as "Natursti", i.e. they are traffic-free. map
  • The North Sea Cycle Route crosses Central Jutland on its west coast - from Nymindegab (which just belongs to Sønderjylland) past Ringkøbing Fjord Søndervig on to Nissum Fjord and over Thorsminde further north until the bike path at Thyboron crosses the Limfjord and continues to North Jutland.

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Hiking trail in Midtjylland

Numerous long-distance hiking trails and regional hiking routes lead through Central Jutland:

water sports

Central Jutland has ideal areas for surfers, sailors and canoeists - the fjords and lakes as well as the coasts of the North Sea and Kattegat offer very different challenges and levels of difficulty for all these sports.

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