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thumb|Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning.

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Herning is a city in Denmark that serves as the capital of Herning Municipality. It is located in the Region Midtjylland and Central Jutland. The city has a population of 51,312 and sits at an elevation of 58 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 7400, and it operates in the UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00 time zones.

The city is twinned with Kielce and Criciúma. According to GeoNames data, the population is recorded as 50,565, with an elevation of 60 meters. The official website for the city is herning.dk.

Synthesized by Vinony from 48 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: Herning
Region: Region Midtjylland
Country: Danmark
Population: 50,565
Timezone: Europe/Copenhagen

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Air quality

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PM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³
PM10: 15.3 µg/m³

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Herning
Settlement.image_skyline: Herning - udsigt mod nord.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Panorama of Herning
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Herning.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Denmark#Denmark Central Denmark Region
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Denmark
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Mid Jutland (Midtjylland)
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Herning
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Dorte West
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_urban_km2: 33.3
Settlement.area_blank2_title: Municipality
Settlement.area_blank2_km2: 1323.5

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Travel guide

Understand

A town of some 51,000 people (2023) that has grown rapidly in the 20th and 21st centuries, mainly due to the textile and garment industries that has been active in Herning since the late 19th century. People from Herning (as well as Ikast and Brande) are colloquially referred to as "Woollen Jutlanders" (uldjyder). Visit Herning website

Get in

thumb|Herning Central Station. Herning is a transport hub for West Jutland. Herning is on the Struer train line with hourly connections from Copenhagen (3.5 hours, 300 kr).

Get around

Most things are within walking distance.

Taxi: Herning Taxi, tel: +45 97120777

See

Around this museum has grown a whole collection of artistic formations since the late 1940s: The museum of Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelts. Two internationally known Danish artists. The Sculpture Park, created as a recreative area for the employees of the shirt factory. The geometric Garden by C.Th. Sørensen The Utzon house A prototype to a school house by Jørn Utzon Elia The biggest sculpture in the northern part of Europe.