Hjørring
Sign in to saveHjørring () is a town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Hjørring Municipality in the North Jutland Region. The population is 25,908 (according to an official census carried on 1 January 2025). It is also one of Denmark's oldest towns, having celebrated its 750th anniversary as a market town in 1993.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hjørring
- Region
- Region Nordjylland
- Country
- Danmark
- Population
- 25,644
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Hjørring
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Springvandspladsen, Hjørring 2004 3 ubt.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Hjørring
- Settlement.image_seal
- Hjørringsegl jth.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Hjørring.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Denmark#Scandinavia#Europe
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Denmark##Location within Scandinavia##Location within Europe
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Denmark (Nordjylland)
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hjørring
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 17.8
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_urban
- 25908
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 25917
- Elevation
- 50
- Official website
- hjoerring.dk
- Image
- Springvandspladsen, Hjørring 2004 3 ubt.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hjørring
- Commons gallery
- Hjørring
- postal code
- 9800
- P8168
- Theodor Kramer
- P12749
- January 26
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Travel guide
Get in
Hjørring is a major train stop and transport centre in the region, with buses to most cities, villages and beaches across the county. Trains for Frederikshavn and Aalborg (continuing south towards Copenhagen) are run by Danish State Railways the private railway line to Hirtshals by Nordjyske jernbaner [http://www.njba.dk, and all buses by Nordjyllands trafikselskab .
Do
Football: Vendsyssel FF play soccer in First Division, Denmark's second tier. Their home ground (capacity 7500) is 500 m east of Hjørring town centre.
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Lønstrup is a picturesque village which is part of the Hjørring municipality and just a 15-minute drive away.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Hjørring () is a town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Hjørring Municipality in the North Jutland Region. The population is 25,908 (according to an official census carried on 1 January 2025). It is also one of Denmark's oldest towns, having celebrated its 750th anniversary as a market town in 1993.
Hjørring is centrally located in a sparsely populated area and serves as an urban center for large parts of especially the western and central Vendsyssel.
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