Practicalities

• Location

Hosted by the Center for Industrial Production, the seminar will be held at Aalborg University, a beautiful rural setting minutes from the delightful city of Aalborg Denmark. The Vikings founded Aalborg where the Limfjord, the great waterway of Northern Jutland, is at its narrowest. The city has a charming 16th-century look and a hearty nightlife; the local brew flows in quantity at “Jomfru Ane Gade”, a cobblestone street in the center of Aalborg, where 400-year-old buildings house inns, pubs and cafes.

The seminar will be held at the campus of Aalborg University, in:

Fibigerstræde 16
DK-9220 Aalborg

• Hotel & travelling information

We have pre-booked rooms in the Scandic Hotel, Hadsundvej 200, Aalborg Øst, 10-15 minutes walking to the seminar venue. For information on the hotel, click: http://www.danskehoteller.dk/uk/hotel/scandic-aalborg-aalborg-oest-98154500.html.

When you book you room please refer to the CINet Doctoral Seminar. The rooms have been pre-booked by Mrs. Pia Lund, Aalborg University. The room price should be DKK 825.

See the document “travelling instructions” on how to get from the hotel to the seminar venue. Information on how to get from the airport to the seminar venue and the hotel is also included.

• Tourist information

With 161,000 inhabitants, Aalborg is the third largest city of Denmark and the regional capital of Northern Jutland. It is situated at the narrowest part of the picturesque Limfjord in the midst of wood-covered hills, moors and shallow marshes and you can reach some of the most beautiful beaches in the country within 30 minutes.

The history of Aalborg can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Aalborg’s name is first mentioned in the 11th century and in 1342 the town received a municipal charter. Over the years, the city has developed into one of the busiest trading centres of Denmark. Activity and prosperity left their marks on the city’s architecture, and many of the old buildings still function as natural elements in the townscape.

Jomfru Ane Gade
Aalborg is generally known as an exciting town with a wide variety of activities, In addition to a vast number of cultural events, Aalborg is renowned for its many restaurants, cafés and bars - more per inhabitant than any other town in the country. You will find many of them in Jomfru Ane Gade, Denmark’s longest continuous stretch of restaurants, pubs, discotheques, cafés with music and bars. Saturday night is usually "the big night out", but especially Thursdays, when drinks are available at reduced prices, seem to be popular with students. Regardless of which night you go out, though, there are always a lot of people in Jomfru Ane Gade.
Lindholm Høje
Lindholm Høje is a 1600-year-old graveyard that crowns a hill overlooking the Limfjord, an inlet of the North Sea, near Aalborg. It is the largest Viking burial ground in Scandinavia. Excavated from a sand dune, the graveyard is dotted with hundreds of heavy gray rocks. At first glance, the rocks seem scattered at random. But close up, shapes emerge: triangles, circles, ovals, even ships! There are about 700 graves dating from the 5th to 10th centuries. About half are ringed with rocks, each dragged from afar and set in place.
Skagen
Skagen is approx. 100 kilometers north of Aalborg, but the trip is very worthwhile. When you arrive at Skagen’s Green, the most northern tip of the European continent, you will be able to indulge in the meeting of two seas. Many visitors have experienced the magic light that you will find nowhere else. The reflection of light in the sea creates the feeling of space – like the sky is higher and wider than anywhere else. This special light has attracted artists to Skagen from the end of the 19th century, and continues to do so today.