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Sights & Activities
Utzon Center
ARCHITECTURE, MUSEUM
(
;
www.utzoncenter.dk
; Slotspladsen 4; adult/child Dkr60/free;
10am-5pm
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Tue-Sun, open Mon in Jul)
An impressive 700-sq-metre design and architecture space, the Utzon Center, with its dis-
tinctive silver roofscape, sits pretty on the waterfront. It bills itself as 'a dynamic and ex-
perimental centre of culture and knowledge' and is the last building designed by celebrated
Danish architect, Jørn Utzon (1918-2008). Utzon famously designed the Sydney Opera
House; he grew up in Aalborg and died shortly after this eponymous centre was finished.
The centre hosts a changing program of exhibitions on architecture, design and art;
there's also a high-quality restaurant.
Waterfront
LANDMARK
The Aalborg waterfront promenade, extending east from Limfjordsbroen, is a good ex-
ample of urban regeneration, taking what was a scruffy dockside area and opening it up to
locals. Here you'll find restaurants, a park, playground, basketball courts and moored
boats (including an old ice-breaker, now a restaurant-bar). One of the best features is the
Aalborg Havnebad
(
;
Jomfru Ane Parken 6;
daily mid-Jun-Aug)
, a
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summertime outdoor pool that lets you take a dip in the Limfjord.
East of the Utzon Center there's more new development, including university buildings
and smart, low-cost housing for the city's growing student population. The latest addition
Plads 1)
, a first-class, futuristic-looking concert hall that opened in 2014.
