Himmerlandshistorie - kulturarv i Himmerland

Cultural heritage in Himmerland

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The story of Himmerland

Himmerland has a long history, which is dated back to the ice age, the Stone Age and the wikings.

Explore Himmerland history and the time that once was. Experience impressive history at one of the many places to visit. In Himmerland you avoid the long queues for top attractions - in Himmerland you make the most of your visit.

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Explore the cultural heritage of Himmerland

It can be both fun and educational to explore the cultural heritage of Himmerland. Just look below - these are all exciting experiences that tells a bit about the original Himmerlanders.

Stoneage Center Ertebølle

The Stoneage Center Ertebølle contains a museum with an exciting exhibition - and some days you are able to participate in workshops.Exhibition showing life in the stone-age period, many special exhibits including the Strandby exhibition, which is a substantial collection of items from the...

The Limfjord Museum

Between the Limfjord and Frederik the VII’s Canal is the Limfjord Museum, where you from April to August and again in a period of October can get a wealth of experiences with the fjord in focus.In the old Canal Master’s residence and in the Maritime Adventure Centre, you can find excitin...

Fyrkat Viking Museum

Fyrkat Vikinge Museum consists of the historic ringfort Fyrkat and the Viking Farmstead, which is 9 reconstructed houses, that together constitute a large Viking property. Both dwelling houses and workshops are built of oak timber with mud-and-wattle walls and thatched roof.The Viking farm...

The Vintage Railway (Mariager - Handest Veteranjernbane)

The veteran train takes you back 100 years in timeGet on board the almost 100 year old Veteran Train and travel back to the time period when your gr...

Thingbaek limestone mine I Museum

At Thingbaek Limestone Mines and Museum RebildCentret, you can experience Limestone, art, springs, and an exhibition about the Cold War.

Herregården Hessel

On Hessel you sense the past.Hessel is the last thatched manor with four wings in Denmark. The first time we hear about the manor is in the year 1391....

Vesthimmerlands Museum

A permanent exhibition about Himmerland's past. Special exhibitions dealing with art and cultural history. The collections include rarities of nationa...

Denmarks Bicycle Museum

The bike museum is one of its kind in Scandinavia that describes the bicycles' technical development. The museum is placed in the home of the managing...

Havnø Mill

Havnø Mill is an old windmill from 1842 which has been fully restored.The Mill is a Dutch thatched mill built in connection with the manor Havnø and i...

Writers museum - Johannes V. Jensen Museet

The museum for the Nobel Prize winner in literature from Himmerland.Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873 – 1950) was born in Farsø, in this house which is no...

Mariager Church

Mariager Abbey church was built in connection with the Bridgettine abbey in the last half of the 15th century and as a house of worship towers above t...

Sødisbakkes Museum

Sødisbakken used to be an institution for physical and psychic disable people. Today Sødisbakke is a museum showing how everyday life used to be at th...

Løgstør Town Watchman's Guild

Every Wednesday in the summer season, you can experience a tour around the old part of the town in Løgstør together with the Løgstør Town Watchman's G...

Hadsund Regional Museum

The exhibits at the old farm, Rosendal, in Hadsund offers the key to understanding how this local community, situated between sea and fjord, has devel...

Møllehistoriske Samling – a historical collection about mills

Møllehistoriske Samling – is a department of the Historical Museum of Northern Jutland, dealing with old water, wind and animal-driven mills.It feat...

The Danish Circus Museum

The Circus Museum presents 200 years of Danish circus history. On exhibit are costumes, artefacts and circus wagons. Adjacent to the museum is the old...

Boldrup Museum

The museum is accommodated to a three-winged smallholding, and shows how one of these appeared in ca. 1890. The museum demonstrates the life of a smal...

The Danish Yachtin Museum

We welcome you to 100 years of yachting. At the Danish Yachtin Museum at the harbour in Hobro you can experience a world of models, drawings, photos a...

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Ancient monuments

Here you can explore some of Himmerland's relics and ancient monuments from a time that once where.

The Hohøj burial mound

1 km east of Mariager is the large Bronze Age barrow 'Hohøj'. As it is in itself 12 m high and has a diameter of 72 m it is the absolutely biggest burial mound. As it is placed high on the top of a hill, you have a lovely view of the fjord and the surrounding scenery. Yuo will find a plate...

The Vessel of Gundestrup

The greek historian Strabo tells that the Cimbri held in high esteern magnificent chariots and enormous metal cauldrons preferably made of silver. The...

Skarpsallingkarret

Nogle af de smukkeste genstande fra Danmarks oldtid er lavet af keramik. Især i stenalderen blev der produceret smuk keramik med flotte former og komp...

The Aggersborg viking fortress

Of all known Viking castles Aggersborg is without a doubt the largest. It was built by Harald Blåtand in 980-81. The location was chosen because it overlooked the most narrow passage of the Limfjord.Aggersborg has probably been the starting point for many of the expeditions the Vikings too...

Kongehøjen at Voldstedlund

”Kongehøjen” is one of the most beautiful and well-preserved Stone Age graves we have in Denmark, which makes it worthy of its name.Excavations in 196...

Ertebølle

I naturområdet ved skrænterne ned mod Limfjorden levede stenalderens sidste jægere og samlere. I dag er Ertebølle en lille landsby, men navnet Ertebøl...

The Ertebølle Culture

At the end of the 19th century, it was decided to investigate what was going on with the heaps of shells that could be found along the northeastern Da...

Østerbølle Oldtidsboplads (Prehistoric Iron Age Village)

Østerbølle Oldtidsboplads: Prehistoric settlement, only ruins left, orginally a Iron Age village with 16 houses and 3 outhouses.

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