Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The atmospheric Lindholm Høje is a Viking burial ground, where nearly 700 graves
from the Iron Age and Viking Age are strewn around a hilltop pasture ringed by a wall of
beech trees.
Many of the Viking graves are marked by stones placed in the oval outline of a Viking
ship, with two larger end stones as stem and stern. At the end of the Viking era the whole
area was buried under drifting sand and thus preserved until modern times.
Lindholm Høje Museet
(
www.nordmus.dk
;
Vendilavej 11; adult/child Dkr60/free;
10am-5pm daily Apr-Oct, 10am-4pm Tue-Sun Nov-Mar)
adjoins the site and explains its history,
and has displays on finds made during its excavation. Murals behind the exhibits speculate
on how the people of Lindholm lived.
Lindholm Høje is 15 minutes north of central Aalborg via bus 2. With your own wheels,
head north from the centre over Limfjordsbroen to Nørresundby, and follow the signs.
Kunsten
MUSEUM
Housed in a modular, marble building designed by the great Finnish architect Alvar Aalto,
Kunsten is Aalborg's museum of modern and contemporary art. The building's light-filled
interior complements a fine collection of predominantly Danish works.
Kunsten will reopen after major renovations in October 2015 (before then, you can see
some of its collection inside the train station). Check the website for opening hours and
prices.
To get to Kunsten, take the tunnel beneath the train station, which emerges into
Kilde-
parken
, a green space with statues and water fountains. Go directly through the park,
cross Vesterbro and continue through a wooded area to the museum, a 10-minute walk in
all. Alternatively, take bus 15.
Aalborg Zoo
ZOO
(
;
www.aalborgzoo.dk
; Mølleparkvej 63; adult/child Dkr170/100;
10am-7pm Jun-
GOOGLE MAP
Aug, shorter hrs rest of yr; )
Teeming with feathered, furry and four-legged friends, it's no surprise this zoo is one of
Denmark's most popular. Some 1200 animals call it home, including tigers, zebras, ele-
