Frederikshavn

Frederikshavn is a port city on the Kattegat in North Jutland, Denmark. It is popular with vacationers, especially for its clean beaches with gentle surf. The city offers many leisure activities. There are a variety of excursion destinations in the area, such as the Grenen headland. Through the ferry port, trips to Gothenburg and Oslo are possible.

It had a population of 60,000 (in 2017).

Understand
Frederikshavn describes itself as the northernmost municipality on the European continent.

Frederikshavn was named Fladstrand, until 1818 where it was changed to Frederikshavn. Frederikshavn translates to "Frederik's harbour", named after Danish King Frederik VI.

Get in
Passengers traveling from other parts of Denmark can reach Frederikshavn by train, bus or airplane. The journey time by train or bus from Aalborg, the nearest large town to the south, is approx. between 1 hr 10 min - 1 hr 45 min (40 minutes in car). From Aalborg Airport to Frederikshavn station the journey time is about 1½ hours by bus.

By train
The is not far from the town centre and it connects you to pretty much all of Denmark.

Frederikshavn is on the Hjørring, Aalborg, Aarhus, Odense, Roskilde, Copenhagen, Line. It takes approximately 5 hours 50 minutes to reach Copenhagen and is operated by DSB

There is also a train line between Frederikshavn and Skagen, known as Skagensbanen, which is operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner and stops in Strandby, Jerup and Ålbæk. It takes approximately 40 minutes to reach Skagen.

By bus
X-bus from Aalborg.

By boat
Frederikshavn can be reached by ferry from Norway (Oslo) and Sweden (Gothenburg) and connects Læsø Island to Jutland.


 * operates the route Gothenburg—Frederikshavn which takes 2 hours with Stena Line Express and 3 hr 15 min with Stena Danica/Jutlandica and the route Oslo—Frederikshavn which takes 12 hours.
 * operates the route Læsø - Frederikshavn which takes 90 min.

By car

 * From Aalborg: Use the E45 northbound to Frederikshavn.
 * From Aarhus: Use the E45 northbound to Frederikshavn via Aalborg.
 * From Hirtshals: Use the E39 to Hjørring and from there use Road 35 towards Frederikshavn.

Get around
Frederikshavn does have a public bus system, that mainly connects the rim areas of the city with the city centre. For getting around in the centre, walking is the easiest solution, given the size of the area.

Frederikshavn has a public bike system, where bikes can be borrowed for free, with a DKK 100 deposit in one of the bicycle hubs (at the tourist agency, by most hotels and at the camp site). The bicycles are available from Easter until November. The bikes can be used to getting around to attractions, outside of Frederikshavn city centre easily, as the city has, and expands on, a quite well functioning web of bicycle paths and roads and it is also possible to take the bike with you on the train to Skagen if space is available.

Getting around in own car is rather easy, as Frederikshavn has quite a number of parking areas, of which the majority is free. City centre is an exception to this, with a couple of paid parking areas.

See






Nature
Frederikshavn is a starting point of the truly epic hike of Hærvejen, leading down the entire Jutland peninsula for 500 kilometres, all the way to the border with Germany. The trail follows ancient trails used in olden times to transport cattle and soldiers, and presents the nature and cultural of Jutland in its variety. It is designed for an 18 day journey, but you can chose to hike shorter individual parts and still get a great experience.

Buy
Frederikshavn has a small pedestrian area, surrounding the main pedestrian street, which contains the south end of Danmarksgade and north end of Søndergade. The main pedestrian street is approximately 750 metres long, and the area houses a number of retail shops with various consumer goods, such as clothes, telecom shops, radio/TV shops and restaurants.

For bigger shops such as supermarkets, DIY retailers, furniture shops and such, the north/west end of the city houses the majority of those along Hjørringvej between Suderbovej/Knivholtvej and Toftegårdsvej/Maigårdsvej.

Opening hours follows those otherwise found in Denmark; supermarkets are mainly open between 09:30 and 18:00, other shops between 10:00 and 17:30 and restaurants between 11:00/16:30 and 22:30-23:00.

Go next
There are lots of beautiful nature areas around, easily accessible by car. There are also several smaller cities in Frederikshavn municipality which offers cosy small town feel.


 * Sæby - Small town with a seaport.
 * Skagen - Denmark's northernmost town with a thriving tourist industry.
 * Strandby - Small coastal town 4 km north of Frederikshavn.
 * Ålbæk - Also a smaller coastal town.
 * Østervrå
 * Elling - Small village where the Elling Å stream is and a 13th-century church.
 * Kilden
 * Gærum
 * Dybvad - Quiet small town in the south of Frederikshavn. Dybvad hosts an open air music festival in August, called Dybvad Open Air.
 * Ravnshøj
 * Jerup - Here the State Prison of Kragskovhede is located.
 * Voerså