Welcome to Northern Jutland and Aalborg
The regional city for northern Jutland is Aalborg, an old, Danish city dating back to at least the year 1040. With over 200,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest city in Denmark and the capital of the region of northern Jutland, which has more than 600,000 inhabitants and the third largest region in Denmark.
Today, our region is an active centre of commerce and services while still having retained a significant industrial and production sector. During the recent decade, major developments have taken place within IT, education and research.
Aalborg presents itself as a young and attractive city of education with a well-developed cultural life including concerts and other types of music. In the central section of the city, you find bustling streets and squares, many modern shops, cafés, pavement restaurants and modern coffee bars. The city furthermore has a lively entertainment and restaurant street called ‘Jomfru Ane Gade’, which is open almost around the clock.
Although Aalborg in this way is a lively city with lots of activities, it is nevertheless a safe city to live in. The city provides its inhabitants with good living facilities as well as an efficient public bus transport system plus good train connections.
In the city centre with its many cafés AAU and UCN students meet for cultural experiences or relaxion from books and student assignments.
The region of northern Jutland is worth a visit. Only 35 kilometres from Aalborg, you find some of the best and widest and nicest beaches in Europe along the west coast of northern Jutland, and the cities of Thisted and Hjørring have UCN departments. Hals and Nibe are charming coastal towns that are easy to visit – and Sweden and Norway are not far away!
Come and get acquainted with our region and its nature and Aalborg as your city of education –you will not regret your decision.
