Hjørring
Hjørring is the main town and the administrative seat of Hjørring Municipality, Region Nordjylland, Denmark. The population is 25,780. It is one of Denmark's oldest towns, and it celebrated its 750th anniversary as a market town in 1993.
Overview
Archaeological discoveries show that the area was already populated 10,000 years ago.A major fire burned down much of the town in 1819.
There are good educational opportunities in the town including a gymnasium, a business and technical college and a nursing school.
Hjørring also has a large hospital.
Attractions
, one of the world's largest football tournaments, takes place in Hjørring at the end of July, with 17,000 footballers from all around the world. The tournament celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2006.The town is also the home for the Hjørring Revue, a summer revue that has been a part of Hjørring's entertainment life since the 1920s and one more revue, the Lundergaard Revue. The latter revue celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008. The revue has about 5000 guests a summer over.
Hjørring has been growing in recent years, with new shops and franchises opening. The most recent addition to Hjørring is the new city shopping centre, Metropol, which has led to a change in the city centre as one of Hjørring's main streets, Østergade, has been closed to vehicular traffic and is now open only for pedestrians and bicycles. Metropol, inaugurated in March 2008, is located on Østergade.
Hjørring holds the headquarters of the regional museum of Vendsyssel Historical Museum. It is located in the city center. Apart from the exhibitions and museum itself, there is a small, publicly accessible park and garden area, that facilitates picnics.
Education
One of the two branches of Profession School University College North Jutland can be found in Hjørring.See also EUC Nord.
Transportation
Rail
is the principal railway station of the town. It is located on the Vendsyssel Line between Aalborg and Frederikshavn and is the terminus of the Hirtshals railway line. It offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, regional train services to Frederikshavn and Aalborg and local train services to Hirtshals. The town is also served by the railway halts Kvægtorvet, Teglgårdsvej, Herregårdsparken and Vellingshøj.Notable people
- Hans Gram a Danish academic and historian
- Lauritz Smith an early Mormon leader and co-founders of Draper, Utah, USA
- Niels Peter Bornholdt a Danish shipping agent and landowner
- Aksel Mikkelsen an educator, introduced Swedish system of sloyd schools into Denmark
- Charlotte Eilersgaard a Danish writer and editor who wrote short stories, plays and novels, involved in the women's movement, especially women's voting rights
- Benedicte Wrensted a notable Danish-American photographer, emigrated to the US in 1894, photographed the Shoshone native people in Idaho
- Johan Kjær Hansen a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power
- Axel Borup-Jørgensen a Danish composer
- Knud Sørensen a Danish writer, poet and novelist
- Hanne Kjærholm a Danish architect, taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- Hanne-Vibeke Holst an author and journalist
- Ann Eleonora Jørgensen a Danish film, television and stage actor
- Morten Middelfart a Danish entrepreneur, inventor and technologist; designed TARGIT Business Intelligence software
- Kasper Bai a Danish songwriter, composer, arranger and guitarist
Sport
- Ellen Osiier an Olympic fencing foil champion, gold medallist at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Robert Larsen a Danish boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Victor Jörgensen a boxer, bronze medallist at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Mogens Krogh a Danish retired professional football goalkeeper, 654 pro appearances
- Jannik Pohl a Danish football player for FC Groningen
Sister cities