Aalborg

Aalborg is a Dens industrial an university ceety in North Jutland. The ceety o Aalborg haes a population o 102,312  makin it the fowert lairgest ceety in Denmark in terms o population. 
The municipality o Aalborg haes a population o 201,142 (2012) makin it the third maist populous municipality in the kintra efter Copenhagen an Århus.http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/kit.aspx The earliest settlements date back tae aroond AD 700. Its location bi the Limfjord made it an important harbour durin the Middle Ages, an an industrial centre later. The day, the ceety is in transition frae a wirkin-class, industrial ceety tae a knowledge-based ane.

History o Aalborg

Early age
Aalborg traces its history back ower 1000 year. It wis oreeginally settled as a tradin post acause o its position on the Limfjord. The steids o wha wur twa settlements an a visible burial grund can be seen on Lindholm Høje, a hill owerleukin the ceety. The sizes o these settlements emphasise the significance o this place as a crossroads.
The first mention o Aalborg unner its oreeginal name Alabu, is foond on a coin datit tae 1040. An alternative spellin is Alebu an an approximate translation o the name is The (dwellin) place bi the stream.

Middle Ages
Durin the Middle Ages, Aalborg prospered an became ane o the lairgest ceeties in Denmark. This prosperity wis further enhancit when in 1516 Aalborg wis grantit a monopoly in salt herrin. The herrin fishery linkit Aalborg tae the east coast o Ingland, athort the North Sea, baith in commercial competition an cultural exchynge. The panelled interior frae an Aalborg hoose in the Naitional Museum, Copenhagen (illustration), shares mony details wi Jacobean panelled rooms.

Aalborg receivit toun privileges in 1342 an the bishopric dates frae 1554.

Warld War II
Durin the German invasion o Denmark in 1940, the Aalborg Aerodrome wis captured bi German paratroopers vera early in the action an Aalborg is said tae be the first ceety iver tae be captured bi paratroopers. The aerodrome wis crucial for German aircraft tae be able tae reach Norawa.

Geografie

Distances
Aalborg is  north o Aarhus,  north o Randers an  north o Hobro. Aalborg is  sooth o Hjørring,  sooth wast o Frederikshavn an  east o Thisted. It is  (bi Great Belt Fixed Link) tae Copenhagen. The distance tae Hamburg in Germany is . Tae Gothenburg in Swaden, it is (bi the Frederikshavn-Göteborg ferry) . Tae Oslo in Norawa, the distance is  (bi the Frederikshavn-Oslo ferry).

Climate
Simmers in Aalborg hae average heich temperaturs o aroond  an laws o , but temperaturs sometimes exceed  an occasional heatwaves are common durin the simmer.

Winters uisually hae temperaturs o , rarely droppin belaw .

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns — sister ceeties 
Aalborg maintains cultural, economic an educational ties wi 27 ceeties aroond the globe.  Thus, Aalborg haes the maist twin ceeties in Denmark. Ivery fower year Aalborg gathers youth frae the majority o its twin ceeties for a week o sports gemmes, kent as Ungdomslegene (The Youth Gemmes).

  Almere, Netherlands
  Antibes, Fraunce
  Bodrum, Turkey
  Büdelsdorf, Germany
  Edinburgh, Unitit Kinrick (syne 1991) 
  Fredrikstad, Norawa
  Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands
  Galway, Ireland
  Gdynia, Poland
  Haifa, Israel
  Hefei, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
  Húsavík, Iceland
  Innsbruck, Austrick
  Kaliningrad, Roushie <ref>Kaliningrad information </ref></small>
  Karlskoga, Swaden  Lancaster, Unitit Kinrick
  Nuuk, Greenland
  Pushkin, Roushie
  Racine, USA
  Rapperswil-Jona, Swisserland
  Rendsburg, Germany
  Riga, Latvie
  Riihimäki, Finland
  Scoresbysund, Greenland
  Solvang, USA
  Tulcea, Romanie
  Varna, Bulgarie
  Vilnius, Lithuanie
  Wismar, Germany

 References 


Category:Municipal seats o the North Denmark Region
Category:Ceeties an touns in Aalborg Municipality
Category:Port ceeties an touns in Denmark
Category:Port ceeties an touns o the North Sea
Category:Viking Age populatit places