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Aalborg is a city in Denmark. About 123,000 people live there, which makes it the fourth largest city in Denmark.

Aalborg was founded around 700 A.D. and was heard about for the first time in the year 1040. It was a proper city in 1342 and became the seat of a Lutheran bishop in 1554.

Aalborg is in Northern Jutland, near the Limfjord.


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  • Aalborg - Lindholm Høje 10 ies

    Lindholm Høje

  • Gammel Mølle malet af vinhandler Bock c. 1830

    Aalborg in the 1830s: painting of the old watermill by wine merchant Bock showing the mill pond fed from the Østerå

  • Tyske soldater i konflikt med befolkningen (6045726754) (2)

    German soldiers in conflict with Aalborg citizens (August 1943)

  • Aalborg Havnefront - marts

    Aalborg Waterfront

  • Aalborg 2010 - 100 ubt

    View of Aalborg and the Limfjord from the west

  • Egholm SortSol da 090905

    Egholm

  • LindealleKildeparkenForaar2009

    Kildeparken

  • Karolinelund - Boomerang

    A rollercoaster at Karolinelund

  • Limfjorden zs 1 ubt

    Aalborg during winter

  • Henning G. Jensen 20100509

    Former Mayor Henning G. Jensen, in May 2010

  • LIMFJORD AALBORG 2011 ubt

    Industry in Aalborg on the Limfjord

  • Aalborg Akvavit 2006 ubt

    Akvavit was a major export.

  • Cemisle at Aalborg Portland 2009

    The cement-carrier Cemisle at Aalborg Portland

  • Jørgen1

    Jørgen Olufsen's House

  • Chaz6 - Carnival in Aalborg

    Aalborg Carnival (2008)

  • Aalborg Teater (2006)

    Aalborg Teater

  • Aalborg Danmark Sct Budolfi Kirke er Aalborgs domkirke Foto 2010 Wolfgang Pehlemann Steinberg Ostsee IMG 6662

    Budolfi Church

  • VorFrueKirke-Aalborg-1

    Abbey of Our Lady (Vor Frue Kirke)

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    Aalborg University

  • Gigantium isarena

    The Gigantium

  • The World in Aalborg

    A cruise ship in Port of Aalborg

  • Aalborg Sygehus Syd 2011 ubt

    Aalborg University Hospital, south section

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