Frederikshavn

Frederikshavn

Frederikshavn is a bit like a big city with its rich cultural life, lots of restaurants, cafés and fantastic shopping possibilities – but without the big city’s heavy traffic and bustle. The city, with its attractive red rooftops, lies between green hills and the harbour where the ferries from Sweden, Norway and the island Læsø come in from the blue Kattegat.

Through the city centre runs one of Denmark’s longest pedestrian streets. Along the street, and in its side streets, you will find a diversity of shops, all kinds of restaurants and cosy cafés.

From the hills of Pikkerbakken at the southern edge of the town, a path of 2 kilometres, Dronningestien, runs out to Bangsbo Fort, which is a German bunker installation from the World War II. Visit the bunkers and see the huge cannons from the frigate Niels Juel. From here you have a unique view of the east coast and the sea, Kattegat.

This area is part of the Bangsbo district, which also contains Bangsbo with its museum, botanical gardens and wildlife park with red deer, roe deer and fallow deer – and a cosy restaurant at Møllehuset. At the nature playground you can enjoy the sight of the wildlife, have a picnic or light up a barbecue.

If the weather invites to indoor activities, go to the "Caribbean" water park (The Reef) in the centre of Frederikshavn.

Frederikshavn is home to a rich cultural life and regularly there are sports events at Arena Nord. The music scene is very active, with both domestic and international artists.