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Kolding

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Added on 20 Mar 2013,

last edited by »Ottocolor« on 20 Mar 2013

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Type of sights

Old town

 

Name and address

Kolding

DK-6000 Kolding

GEO-data

Geodetic coordinates

55.490383 9.473219

Elevation

9 m

Communication

Phone

+45 ∎∎ ∎∎∎∎∎∎

Fax

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Internet

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Kolding city centre
Kolding city centre
Around Christmas
Around Christmas
Koldinger Fiord
Koldinger Fiord

Kolding (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰʌleŋ]) is a Danish seaport Wikipedia Icon located at the head of Kolding Fjord Wikipedia Icon in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companies, principally geared towards shipbuilding. The manufacturing of machinery and textiles and livestock export are other economically significant activities.

With a population of 89,412 (1 January 2012), the Kolding municipality is the seventh largest in Denmark. The city itself has a population of 57,540 (1 January 2012) and is also the seventh largest city in Denmark.

Located in Kolding is the former royal castle of Koldinghus Wikipedia Icon. This was built in the 13th century by King Eric Klipping Wikipedia Icon and is now a museum with certain parts of the castle, including its chapel and hall, being used for governmental ceremonial events. It was the last royal residence in Jutland Wikipedia Icon. Another notable site is the 13th century stone Church of Saint Nicholas (Danish: Sankt Nicolai), which is one of the oldest in Denmark.[citation needed Wikipedia Icon]Popular tourist attractions include the Trapholt art museum and the gardens Geografisk Have. Trapholt holds collections of Danish arts from 1900 onwards and a smaller number of non-Danish exhibits. Kolding is also the site of Designskolen Kolding Wikipedia Icon, a university level design school.

Main sights

The municipal museum, the Museet på Koldinghus, is located in the castle and former royal palace. It has a collection of Danish art from the late Middle Ages to the 1940s, miscellaneous artefacts of local interest, and an extensive collection of items in gold Wikipedia Icon andsilver Wikipedia Icon.

The Trapholt art museum features many pieces from mainly Danish artists, along with a large collection of chairs.

Also Kolding houses the Danish Museum of Nurses (Danish: Dansk Sygeplejemuseum) which is situated in the former reception building of the former tuberculosis sanatorium for children. The exhibition also include this past of the buildings. The main part of the sanatorium is now a hotel, situated in a minor forest and overlooking the water. The building itself is very beautiful and built to resemble a palace.

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Kolding. (2013, February 21). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:13, March 20, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kolding&oldid=539440065

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Ottocolor

Nearby cycle routes and tours

Route nameTypeDist. to route

Østkystruten

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0,3 km

"King's river valley" Kolding-Jels

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0,3 km

Esbjerg - Copenhagen

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0,3 km

Baltic Route

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0,3 km

Summer trip to Toender

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0,3 km

Added on 20 Mar 2013,

last edited by »Ottocolor« on 20 Mar 2013