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Silkeborg Bath is the oldest public spa resort in Silkeborg. It opened in 1883 and functioned until 1983.

The spa resort was build here because of the Arnakkespring’s ferruginous water, which flows o...

Silkeborg City Hall was built between 1971 and 1977. The architects were Knud Sorensen and Ejner Olesen. The city hall was built on the site of the old gasworks on Søvej in Silkeborg. The gasworks was...

The water tower was built in 1902 in connection with the textile company C. Commichaus factories located at Amaliegade.In 1883 when  C. Commichaus built his textile factory the fire insuranc...

Museum Jorn is located in a park area on the riverbank of Gudenåen, a little outside the city centre. The front of the museum is covered with a big ceramic relief by Jean Dubuffet (1901-85)....

In connection with Silkeborg Paper Mill was built two workshop buildings.

One was a carpentry workshop, which was built in 1926 and a blacksmith shop built in 1958.

Following the closure of the pape...

Silkeborg Paper Mill was built in 1844 and was officially opened the 1st  of January 1845. The founding of  the factory also gave birth to Silkeborg town. Before the plant was built ‘Silkebo...

The Hjejle kiosk  was built in 1911. Its romantic, Swiss half-timbered style was associated with something pleasant and cheerful, with excursions and holidays. The old spa sanatorimus are built i...

The old town hall was built in 1857 and designed by H. C. Zeltner. He was also the architect behind the town halls  in Horsens and in Skanderborg.
The town hall is a stately Rosenborg Style building, ...

Designed by the famous architect Anton Rosen - built in 1898 for a local master builder as the beautiful friezes on the building also tell.Rosen was also responsible for the design of the stairca...

The Himmelbjerg Tower, 25 metre high, was erected in commemoration of King Frederik VII, who on June 5, 1849 gave the Danish people its free constitution. The Tower, designed by the architect L. P. Fe...

Kulturhuset (the House of Culture) holds the main library of the neighbourhood of Randers in the ground floor, the Museum of Culture History on the first floor and the Art Gallery of Randers on the se...

The Concert Hall & Theatre Værket is housed by the town's old heat and power station which has now been renovated. Værket holds five stages with different opportunities that offers cultural activities...

Exhibition by both local and other artists in the foyer of town hall.
The surrounding park area also boast a range of sculptures and statues

Odder Town Hall was built in 1972 as a result of a structu...

Gylling Mill was originally erected in 1860. Due to bad maintenance it collapsed during a storm in 1906, but was soon after rebuilt, this time using brickwork to form the hat.After the mill ...

Experience the friendly atmosphere and nostalgia at the old railwaystation in Allingåbro. Take a trip back in time on the 17 km longstretch of closed railway. Invite your family on a cycle trolley tri...

Aftenstjernen.Lillegade 39th Evening Star is an elegant half-timbered, and is one of Grenaa's finest buildings.It is as if the building itself knows that it is distinguished by its 11 subjec...

The Mill Baunhøj Mølle is one of the cultural lighthouses of Norddjurs Municipality. The mill is also known as the town of Grenaa's landmark - located up high on Baunhøj. Apart from bei...

Together with Stokkebro, Gjerrild is one of Denmark’s ancient villages. According to the oldest historicalrecords, Torkil of Gerwillie, a priest, was authorizedin 1251 by Pope Innocens IV to hold an a...

Grenaa has been a Borough since 1445, and today it is the largest commercial centre af Djursland with all types of special shops and supermarkets. Torvet, the centre of the town, unites three pedestri...

“Den Gamle Smedje” is located on Smedestræde in Grenaa.  At the museum you can see examples of the old crafts, and the tool there over the years has bee used. . Possibility of access for groups outsid...

The oldest vicarage in Denmark(from 1593)...

Hammelev PræstegaardHammelev Pfarrhaus wurde 1760 gebaut und war ursprünglich Viereck. Es gibt jetzt nur  3 Flügel intakt. Hammelev rectory was built in 1760 and was originally qua...

The ruins of Kalø CastleThe Castle of Kalø - formerly an island, now a peninsula - was erected about 1313 by the Danish King Erik Menved.It is one of several fortresses built round Århu...

A tour of Gammel Estrup’s magnificent halls and rooms gives unique insight into 600 years of the grand life of the Danish aristocracy. The individual rooms are furnished to show how the rooms might ha...

Hornslet old prison building is the setting for Rosenholm local Archive. Rosenholm Archive, share a house with Hornslet Library. Opening hours are Hornslet library....

A vibrant commercial centre at the top

Rønde is a commercial town with specialty shops, good supermarkets and restaurants. Over the year, there are many different activities in this town. For example...

More than 6,000 years of exciting history are on display in the form of exhibitions and open storehouses with tractors and agricultural machinery. The Botanical Garden provides a good impression of th...

The town of Kolind is a small commercial centre with special shops and groceries. Swimming pool ans tennis courts are also available. Origanally Kolindsund was a bay with many settlemen...

In the southwestern part of Djursland you will find the small, attractive commercial town of Hornslet. It is easy to reach the town by train or bus,and there are excellent possibilities of experiencin...

Ebeltoft is one og the moste worth-seeing towns of Denmark with its leaning half-timbered houses, cobbled streets and hollyhocks in flower. The town war granted the municipal character in 13...

The Old Town Hall was built in 1789. Today The Old Town Hall houses a regional museum. Ticket to The Old Town Hall also gives access to Ebeltoft Museum and vice versa.
Ebeltoft Museum also houses a co...

Kaloe Manor from 1700 is very picturesque and well kept. Behind the Manor is a small hunting lodge built in 1899 by the German nobelfamily - von Jenisch, who then owned Kalø Manor. Today both the esta...

The Vicarage of FeldballeThe Vicarage was built in 1688 and is now scheduled as a historical monument. The oof and the brickwork were replaced in 1928, but the timber is still original. The thatc...

Alternative energy, pier & windmill. The Windmill Park has got 4 big windmills, which are situated on a pier at the seaside. The Windmill Park is the first in the world....

Concerning acess to the mill:Please collect the key at the address Landevejen 77, Heltborg....

The Water TowerErected in 1962 - in torch style....

Struer Town HallConstructed in 1921. In 1962 an extension was built by architect H. Møller Nielsen, Struer, and again in connection to the town renewal in the late 1980s by ...

Struer Train StationThe railway station dates way back to the opening of Jutland's first railway in 1865. The central part of the well-preserved building is from o...

Elevated railway - Struer

Along the harbour of Struer, DSB in 1920/21 constructed an elevated railway of 15 joint arches of ferroconcrete in order to have a levelfree crossing with Havnegade....

OddesundbroenIn 1935/38 this bridge was constructed by the DSB with one railway track and a two-lane road. The 490 m long bridge has a leaf of 30 m, three curves of approx. ...

Gimsinghoved - Struer

Gimsinghoved is the main building of a typical Danish large farm with an adjoining old garden. It was formerly in the possession of the Lundgaard family, and from here a large e...

Struer GymnasiumErected in 1917/18 as the administration building for DSB's 3rd. district. In 1937/38, architect Kr. Jensen changed the building to an upper secondary school...

The Old Water Tower - Struer

Constructed in 1908 of reinforced concrete. In 1950 the water tower was raised and today it measures 41.5 m....

The Thyborøn Fortress, one of the largest plants in Denmark

Initially there were a total of 66 large and 40 small bunkers along the coast of Thyborøn. Several of the bunkers have gradually disappeare...

Bovbjerg Fyr stands on the edge between Denmark and the ocean 

On the edge between fat farming land and poor sandy soils. On the edge between the soft curves of the landscapes of the last Ice Age and...

Lemvig Museum, a mirror of the Lemvig area.

Visit Lemvig Museum and learn more about the distinctive character and identity of Western Jutland both past and present.  Explore the many exhibitions of ...

Aa-Mølle – A rare pearl by the Limfjord.

Aa-mølle (a water mill) is approximately 500 years old. It began working in 1495. The mill has now been restored and has been working since 1999.

The mill is...

Elia is a big sculpture in HerningThe dome measures 60 meters in diameter. Wide stair-cases of steal situated in each of the 4 corners of the world lead to platforms 11 mete...

Vejle Town Hall - Vejle Rådhus - was built in 1878–79. The current building is the town's fourth town  hall and is located on a piece of land, which was originally the location of an an...

Give is known as a town of sculptures – 49 sculptures adorn the townscape. The unique natural surroundings of Give can be experienced by bicycle or on hiking tours along the Ancient Road, a historic J...