Absolutely agree! I'm from Vestsjælland, and I've been to Africa, China, India, and most European countries by motorcycle and plane, but never been to Aalborg, Århus, Skagen, Bornholm, and lots of other "huge" areas of Denmark. For 19 years we (my parents and I) had a beach kiosk where we lived 5 months a year, with a view to Sejerø and Nekselø, and at the end of each season, we always said: "Next year we'll go there" - but we never did, and now I'm the only one left! Man kan kun udsætte for en tid førend chancen, ofte pludseligt, er forpasset!
I lived in Aalborg 6 years, but moved away in the summer of 2020. It is a nice city. Personally I grew up in Middelfart, though born in Fredericia. Other than that, then I have lived in Copenhagen, Kolding, Sønderborg, Hjørring and Fredericia.
I've been wanting to say this for a long time: I freakin' love you guys! Not only is it interesting for a Dane like me watching you explore your 'new' country and all the things you see and places you visit, you are also - in my opinion - the very model for how foreigners settling in Denmark ought to behave: You seem very interested in finding out who we are and what our country and society has to offer - I wish all people coming to live here would do the same and behave more or less like you! Please keep up the good work - and have a very pleasent weekend and an even better summer! You rock! Respect! :)
Funny story about the singing trees - sometime when it's raining really, really hard - it can trigger a lot of the trees to play simultaniously. It sounds quite funny with all the songs going off at once, when you walk through.
Also the fountain you filmed at around ~5:35 is also a musical fountain that plays once a day. Our office is the nice red building in the background - so we hear it :p
I'm from Aalborg and I live very close to the street food market. I'm glad you enjoyed your time here:) Did you visit our local brewery Søgaards Bryghus? If you come to Aalborg again I can highly recommend The Wharf as well. It's a pub but they don't have the regular range of beers you see in most places. It's always worth a visit :) A trip up in Aalborg Tårnet for a view of the whole city is also a fun thing to do, or maybe go to Duus Vinkælder. A restaurant/bar underneath Jens Bang Stenhus. It dates all the way back to 1624 :)
First time I've heard about "St Paul and the broken bones", and that is really, really good music! I always learn something new from your videos. Thank you SO much!
Congratz with 20.000 subscribers, proving that your giving us awesome videos and infoes eberytime! Keep up the good work, and hope you enjoy the long hot summerdays, with good food and cold beers!
The MOST awesome thing I ever saw in Kildeparken/The Singing Trees was when Leonard Cohen died. ALL the trees were "singing" - EXCEPT the Leonard Cohen one that was mute, and where someone had placed some candles in front of it. Very poignant. Very cool.
Aalborg is also a great university city, and when Maya is considering universities, it's much cheaper for a student to live there than in Copenhagen (but the same goes for any other university town in Denmark). Thank you for showing your trip :) Hope you are all well
Haha, we are actually only 20 away from 20,000 right now....so close! RUclips is a bit fickle though, but I am amazed we've gotten here so quickly. I'm sure it will still grow, but we will keep making videos regardless :).
Once a year there used to be a viking outdoor play at Lindholm Høje, which I took part in. (some of the years) Each year there's still a weekend with vikings showing their craft, you can buy things and watch how the vikings rode on horses and fought.
Remember to visit the street Hjelmerstald the next time you’re in Aalborg. Peter Lange has a shop with ceramics there, and you can go into the micro-size park in his yard with his funny and humorous art work there - really worth going there. - and we have a very, very fine museum with contemporary art in Aalborg also.
Thanks for sharing. American here with Danish heritage. My Sorensen family line is linked to Vester Hassing near Aalborg. Interesting to see where some of my ancestors may have roamed.
I take my Aalborg for granted, I have lived here my entire life, 55 years. I forget to look up, see all the adorable old buildings, eating at a new small café or aknowledging the nice ongoing development so thanks for reminding me why I love my city😍😍also a fan of your channel👏👏
Like many of the other viewers have said Aalborg is also my hometown :) For some reason it looks slightly different when seen through your eyes. Glad you liked the place, hope you come back! :)
This seems to be such and amazing place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Ernst Trillingsgaard who was the directory for Aalborg cultural center next to Kildeparken got the idea, to have performing artist plant a tree. Ernst Trillingsgaard was very skilled to get international artist to Aalborg.
The first tree where planted by cliff Richard in 1987 and in 2012 there came Musik on the trees, cliff Richard cut the red ribbon. I moved to Aalborg 1992 still living here love my Town.
Driving along the east coast visit Voergaard on your way north from Aalborg. Go to the tip of Denmark and stand with your feet in two different seas. On you way down from Skagen enjoy the west coast take a short turn inland to visit Børglum kloster and see the only replica of the Bayeux tapestry in the world, 70 meters long! It took a group of women about 6-7 years to embroider it, with visits to Bayeux, France a couple of times to get it absolutely right, as the last part of the original is missing they came up with an idea of how it could have looked in the original, check Børglum kloster for opening hours before planning a trip there!
You should go on a guided tour in Aalborg :) They are soooo good :) get to hear more about the history. I dont know if you saw it, but every street tells why it is named that way, and maybe you saw some signs to remember people who died when the city was occupied by the nazis. There are so much more to Aalborg :D I love my city
Thank you for spelling it correctly with Aa 😜 When you visit again, I have some suggestions for you. First up, museums; Gråbrødrekloster Museet, a subterranean museum in the middle of Aalborg. Then there's Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg. Further more there's "Springeren", a maritime museum, it's really close to the Street food market. Next up, cafe's. Klostertorvet is a tiny and really cozy café, hidden away in a back ally, square area. There's also Café "Café Ulla Terkelsen London", named after a well know (in Denmark) Danish reporter, and the standard opening line for reporters back in the day, where they said their name followed by the city they were reporting from. The café has a very distinct interior decoration, mix up style with focus an being cozy. Given, it's been quite a while since I have been there, but they have a amazing weekend "all you can eat" brunch. Lastly, you need to try a "bøfsandwich", a very Jysk thing. Kind of a burger, but with beets, fried onion, remolade, pickles, and most importantly; bathed in traditional gravy. One of the best places to get on in Aalborg is at Restaurant Vestre Baadelaug. Lastly, close to Vester Baadelaug, there's "Fjordbyen", a tiny quirky place with 122 small homes. Almost like a kolonihave, but with no rules. So it's a crazy mixture of colorful alternative shed houses to absolutely modern designer (albeit small) homes. Oh, and if you are feeling adventurous, there's an old factory in Godthåb not far from Aalborg. Where they used to manufacture tools, using water power from a nearby stream. All the belt driven machinery is still there, and in working order. Visit at the right time, and they run them all and demonstrate how tools were made. www.godthaab-hammervaerk.dk/info.html
Aalborg is so under valued.. its an interesting city in many ways.. Also i hope this channel opens up for how interesting denmark is to its own citicens.. go out and explore denmark.. it got a lot of good history that most danes just dont seek out.
Whenever you will go back to Aalborg or north from there, I would recommend you look up when and where the Chuck-wagon will be at, as he drives to different cities different days. The guy that runs that wagon make some fantastic burgers and it is American style (if I recall correct, he is an American himself). As he describes it on his Facebook page: A genuine American Street Food Truck, Class A Hot Dogs, Huge Burgers, Great Tastes.
Yeah, I had actually planned to go this trip but according to his FB page it was shutdown for some improvements when we were around. I will make sure to get there one day though!
Great to see you enjoy my home town. It also allowed me to get up to date with what is going on in downtown aalborg where I am unable to go because of mobility issues.. I havent been there since 2016 :)
I've lived in Aalborg for around 5 years and I've gone to Kildeparken several times (mostly to get from one place to another), but I never knew about the singing trees...
Next time you visit North Jutland you must go 20 miles furhter north West to the West Coast where you can drive your car on the beaches.. (to Grønhøj/Blokhus/Løkken/Lønstrup) and in Aalborg visit Abbey Road (same owners as Penny Lane) for lunch/dinner and also Cafe Ulla Therkilsen London
Next time you are in Aalborg you should visit the remains of an old monk monestary that is below grund, right in the middel of the city by the shopping centrer Salling. Aalborg has alot of history not only Vikings. There is also historic city walks where you hear about different things that happened in Aalborg fx. Wicthes burning...
I am super happy you enjoyed Aalborg. Northern Jutland and Aalborg have been my home for all my life. The history of Aalborg is quite interesting and the city have rapidly developed and modernized over the last 20 years. You can see some of the changes in the movie "Nordkraft" I'm sure you will recognize some places. Also Aalborg have a lot of hidden gems mixed into the inner city. I'm a city guide, so I next time you're in town hit me up and I will give you a tour of some of the more local and obscure historical places and places of interest. -TB
Hi Tichondrian - can you give me the website of your tour company? I live in Aalborg (I've been here since April) and would love to know more about the place.
It's all about perspective. Growing up in TN everything it pretty much a minimum of a 45 minute drive. When I worked in Nashville, it was a 40km drive just to go to work from where I lived so I did that two times a day, 5 days a week in the summers. 8-10 hour drives to see family are really common in the U.S. For many years we drove 700mi (1127 km) each way just to see Josh's family for Thanksgiving. Driving 100km is really not that far for us.
I think I remember there being some old trees that died in that area of the park where the Singing Trees now rules. Cliff Richard was the first to plant a tree in 1987, but adding music did not become a tradition before 2012. Cliff Richard was invited back to begin this tradition as well, since he was the first superstar to plant a tree.
Do you know that in 2019 or was it in 2020 (?) Aalborg won a European contest, because in Aalborg the most inhabitants in Europe was satisfied with their city and what it has to offer - nice!!!
Welcome to Aalborg. If you like Penny Lane, you should definitely also try Søgaards Bryghus - both for the beer and the food. Both places are founded by the same people and while very different both seems like they are based on a passion for great food (and beer). As for the area, it’s definitely worth looking for one of the walking tours, we have history spanning from Vikings over the Medieval times to WW2 history - lots of history to see and hear, and given the relatively small area it’s quite a nice way to get around. Feel free to reach out if you need any inspiration should you visit another time. :-)
If you are into vikings, next time you are in Jutland, you really should visit Fyrkat in Hobro, there is a big Viking fortress with a museum and other stuff, i believe it is the largest fortress in the nordics
@@sorencyrano1413 The more you know :) - never been to Aggersborg actually, been to Fyrkat several times though, it's absolute worth the trip. - I must try Aggersborg next time im in that area
I love Subway too, absolute guilty pleasure. There is one in Aarhus too(Pickup/delivery only), one in Vejle and one in Kolding. There used to be more, but "Sunset Boulevard" won the sandwich-fastfood-war sadly.
Hi! I am in aalborg for vacation now, and was wondering, how did you guys get to Lindholm Høje from the city? :) (Am planning to head there on 24/25/26 dec)
@@TravelinYoung oh! thank you so much for this!!! got it:) will email and ask them about public transport instead! thank you and hope you’re having absolutely lovely day!
@@zifoonngg There are busses that stop near by, don’t know the number of the bus, anyway the numbers are often changed. You would probably have to walk about 500 meters.
Thank you for your wonderfull and respectfull descriptions of our country. My family and I live in straight air line between Limdholm Høje and Aalborg Streetfood. If you ever come to Aalborg again, we would love to treat you to a homecooked dinner. We Are allso a family of 3, mom, dad and son allmost 18. 😉 Let us know 😘
I don't think youtube will be mad for a short taste of music. But great to see your videos once again. Also been a long time since I've been to mønsted kalkgrupper so nice to see what you think
he he i nordjylland, men danmark...naaaah :D Djurs sommerland, tivoli Friheden, Legoland og Tivoli er alle steder jeg ville besøge før jeg tog i Fårup sommerland ;)
If you choose to go to Fårup Sommerland, you can bring you own food and there’s a place where you can sit with large grills where you can grill your own steaks or sausages.
Glad you went to Aalborg. The town i moved to when leaving home. Lived there for 21 years 😁 Had a lot of excitement, adventure and really wild things. It is Denmark's 4th largest city. But it did not annoy me as Århus does now 🤣
Well they should never have moved all the old houses to “Gammel by “ in Århus . Most of the houses there came from Aalborg. They should have kept them to create an atmosphere like no other. 😩 Instead we got 1950s or 60 architecture.
We are thanks!! We have been to Esbjerg for a short dinner, but we need to go back for real and highlight it on the channel. It's in our future for sure :).
@@TravelinYoung Hanstholm has the biggest world war gun or what’s left. It covered the sea half way to Norway where the nazies had another gun pointing south.
@@TravelinYoung Actually.. as the marine museum has a great deal of post ww2 history, you might want to experience the deeper story of the cold war quite literally.. I joined "Nordjyske Museer" a few years ago, as I became a member of "Fyrkat's venner (friends of fyrkat, obviously". But the cool thing about that initiative, which is really something special, is that they occasionally invite members, to experience the new ventures before they open for the public. And recently I was invited to REGAN Vest, for a tour of the nuclear bunker up north of Rold Skov (which btw is the largest Forrest in Denmark). In 2012 the program for protecting the royal family and the sitting government was ended, since the threat level was effectively gone. And that meant the buildings, were handed over to the cultural preservation society, and the past 8 years they have been working on making the bunker into a cultural significant hotspot of the late part of the cold war scenario. And it's scheduled to open next year, as a historical attraction. I was part of the NBCR preparedness team in the last years of the detente (and yes I know how old and crusty, that little detail makes me) The stories of close calls and minor aggressions in our area, had huge strategic implications and is a relatively new thing to be exposed. So I would be inclined to, encourage you to think about a visit in the near future, maybe next summer or whenever you're free and ready for a little tour underground. You will explore how time stood still, sometime in the past 20 or 30 years, because everything is still as it was during the operative period. And I guarantee that it's not a typical case of Traveling Young 😊 Although I believe they are possibly brewing a commemorative beer for the opening. It's not under command, so the zero tolerance policy has been abolished.. You could maybe combine a 4th of July in Rebild with that occasion, it's only a few kilometers away from the bunker... Cheers and blessings to you all.
AAHH my birthplace and favorite town, but you missed the most important things Rebild bakker for the 4. off july and in the city center DUUS wine cellar which is an absolutly must, also JFK square is impressive, a visit to the alborg tower and the zoo is not to be missed (polar bears playing)
@@jeppeskov5860 Aalborg Zoo has been changed a lot, since i was young in the 60' and 70'. Before they had plenty of different kind of animals, but now they have fewer different species, and a bigger and better areas for the animals. :)
It's cool, so much to learn! I've been around Europe a ton prior to moving here and I've always enjoyed learning about history that happened long before the US. And of course some of that European history helped shape what later became the US.
For many Americans it’s their history too just divided more up depends how their roots spread out. Another reason why we should work together in this world 🌍 of ours.
@@denmark39 Well, yeah, America is one big melting pot of different races and people. Just too bad that the stereotypical american doesn't get that through their thick skulls..
One funny fact Christian #7 the mad danich king was king at the same time as king George #3 who was the king in the American revolution.. Denmark had a mad King and Great Britan had a mad King at the same time, the movie about Struensee a Royal afair with mads Mikkelsen is about that time. And zatrina Caterina the greate was also at the same time.. And it was just before the french revolution..
The town I was born in❤️ Almost… You have to know, that Nørre Sundby (North of Limfjorden) and Aalborg is 2 different Citys😂 Today you call it Aalborg. I was born in Nørre Sundby and it is 65 years ago😱 Born north of Limfjorden is much nicer. We are the tuffest, the smartest, the cool people.( like the danes feeling much smarter than the swedes, people from Jylland making jokes about the crazy iland called Sjælland …..) danish humor🤪🥰😂 My father was an officer in Karup by Lindholm Høje, my grandfather was an ingeneer and his firm buil the tunnel between Aalborg and Nørre Sundby and my family worked the brewery, Urban, and latter Raders Brewery. (Henrik and Per Sander). So I have been drinking a lot of that beer and soda, the made😍 I now live almost by the see in the western part of Sjælland. It is also nice. DK is nice❤️ But the real see in my opion is Vesterhavet🌊, I have to see it, hear it and swim in it every year. Had summerhouse in Blokhus, later Løkken at Badehotellet. You have to visit Lønstrup, Løkken, Blokhus, Hirtshals……. And of cource Skagen🌊
For many many years it has been Aalborg Kommune also before when a kommune was smaller. Aalborg Teknisk Forvaltning have been in Nørre Sundby for decades.
@@TravelinYoung Tak for svaret det var bare det. Men bortset herfra kan man godt leve i Danmark uden at have en job bare se på de de mange flygtninge/immigranter. Hav en dejlig dag
@@peterskovgaard1623. Desværre har “de andre” fået tildelt en anden status, så jeg er enig med Travelin‘ Young her, men jeg er stadig imponeret over hvor meget de har tid til at se.
As Americans, that drive was not unreasonable, i kender helt klart Danskerne :) først tanke, base i Aalborg også køre man 2 gang til Skagen, det ville de færreste Dansker gøre. Så vi må heller lige fortælle, at vi ikke helt er Dansker endnu.
Min mand og jeg elsker lange ture. Det er fantastisk tid sammen og man kan få talt om alle mulige ting man ikke gør ellers og opleve ting sammen i et roligt tempo. Er vi amerikanere nu? 😃😃😀
Argh u guys... I think u make great videos... for sure... but how can u film Jens Bangs Stenhus without mentioning it... And to ppl who has grown up in Aalborg area (which I have myself despite living in CPH now) then it's almost a crime not to visit "the street" / Jomfru Ane Gade.. if u don't like too much party then can be visited during day time then there's lots of the places functioning just like cafes... Next I have to mention also both Utzon museum and Aalborg Tårnet (tower) but very cool u went to Lindholm høje
Yeah, it's a bit of a challenge when we record on our actual vacation. We pick and choose what we do for ourselves and what we do on camera. In the case of Aalborg we decided early on that we'd go back again to make another video in the future to catch the things we didn't get recorded this go round. It's a balance to make sure we also can relax on vacation. Thanks for the tips though, they will for sure be included when we get back again!
@@TravelinYoung Jens Bangs stenhus houses a very old Apotek/ Farmacy on street level and Duus wincellar, just walk down the stairs and enjoy a centruries old cellar while have a pint. It is also “home” for the King Christian the IV guild, and if you get quadruplets at birth the will/ would help you financialy. If a very honourable person visits town, that person will get a key to the cellar, ( backdoor Yale key, but still, who wouldn’t want a key like that!) Lots of plaqettes on the wall from different navyships that visited Aalborg. Maybe a visit during Tall Ships races, I find it too crowded, but the ships are amazing. I live north of Limfjorden so I went down to the beach to see the ships sail into Aalborg, a very beautifull sight but what I’ll never forget and what really surprised me was …. there was no sound, no motors they came in so quietly no noise what so ever … no surprise that ships could sneak up on you in the old days.
Dragsholm Slot the earl of Bothwell in the church the white lady ghost that haunts the food a weekend stay make a deal (discount) with the manager a beautifull plac e in DK (: (:
You have a great speaking voice - making it great on video. It is not called Jut-land. It is pronounced U-t-land. Danes pronounce J as you say the letter U.
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I swear, this family has seen more of Denmark then most Danes have.
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I told them that when I met them in Jutland.
@@charisma-hornum-fries I still hope to bump into them. It's like they're "anywhere" just three steps ahead of me ...
Absolutely agree! I'm from Vestsjælland, and I've been to Africa, China, India, and most European countries by motorcycle and plane, but never been to Aalborg, Århus, Skagen, Bornholm, and lots of other "huge" areas of Denmark.
For 19 years we (my parents and I) had a beach kiosk where we lived 5 months a year, with a view to Sejerø and Nekselø, and at the end of each season, we always said: "Next year we'll go there" - but we never did, and now I'm the only one left!
Man kan kun udsætte for en tid førend chancen, ofte pludseligt, er forpasset!
Aalborg is my hometown! Moved away 6 years ago, but I am forever an Aalborgenser. Hope you will return!
I lived in Aalborg 6 years, but moved away in the summer of 2020. It is a nice city. Personally I grew up in Middelfart, though born in Fredericia. Other than that, then I have lived in Copenhagen, Kolding, Sønderborg, Hjørring and Fredericia.
Wow, what a smart wonderful sweet amazing adorable cute darling pretty lovely beautiful gorgeous dog!😍🐕😍
I've been wanting to say this for a long time: I freakin' love you guys! Not only is it interesting for a Dane like me watching you explore your 'new' country and all the things you see and places you visit, you are also - in my opinion - the very model for how foreigners settling in Denmark ought to behave: You seem very interested in finding out who we are and what our country and society has to offer - I wish all people coming to live here would do the same and behave more or less like you! Please keep up the good work - and have a very pleasent weekend and an even better summer! You rock! Respect! :)
Funny story about the singing trees - sometime when it's raining really, really hard - it can trigger a lot of the trees to play simultaniously. It sounds quite funny with all the songs going off at once, when you walk through.
Also the fountain you filmed at around ~5:35 is also a musical fountain that plays once a day. Our office is the nice red building in the background - so we hear it :p
That is awesome!
Not just rain it seems. I've noticed them play in various weather situations :D
I'm from Aalborg and I live very close to the street food market. I'm glad you enjoyed your time here:)
Did you visit our local brewery Søgaards Bryghus? If you come to Aalborg again I can highly recommend The Wharf as well. It's a pub but they don't have the regular range of beers you see in most places. It's always worth a visit :)
A trip up in Aalborg Tårnet for a view of the whole city is also a fun thing to do, or maybe go to Duus Vinkælder. A restaurant/bar underneath Jens Bang Stenhus. It dates all the way back to 1624 :)
First time I've heard about "St Paul and the broken bones", and that is really, really good music! I always learn something new from your videos. Thank you SO much!
You are welcome! So glad you like them :).
Congratz with 20.000 subscribers, proving that your giving us awesome videos and infoes eberytime! Keep up the good work, and hope you enjoy the long hot summerdays, with good food and cold beers!
Thanks so much for this comment! We do have some nice plans to finish out the summer, and beer for sure will play a part :).
Quite interesting seeing a tourist video of my own city.
The MOST awesome thing I ever saw in Kildeparken/The Singing Trees was when Leonard Cohen died. ALL the trees were "singing" - EXCEPT the Leonard Cohen one that was mute, and where someone had placed some candles in front of it. Very poignant. Very cool.
Very neat!
Aalborg is also a great university city, and when Maya is considering universities, it's much cheaper for a student to live there than in Copenhagen (but the same goes for any other university town in Denmark). Thank you for showing your trip :) Hope you are all well
Those "singing" trees are awesome, I need to get over to Aalborg!
As a human in Aalborg, I can confirm that Aalborg is a lot of fun to be in and visit!
They're fucking annoying when someone decides to make them play all at once - like I did one time
@@Stefan-yt6ed Ahahaha what an image! 😂 Bet that happens a lot
@Stefan That comment took a turn :D
@@Stefan-yt6ed as an Aalborgenser with small kids - sorry, but it keeps them occupied.
Aalborg is my City ❤❤
I still can't believe you only have 19.900 subscribers. But let's not focus on numbers, just this great content.
Haha, we are actually only 20 away from 20,000 right now....so close! RUclips is a bit fickle though, but I am amazed we've gotten here so quickly. I'm sure it will still grow, but we will keep making videos regardless :).
Lindholm Høje is an amazing place!
I have enjoyed the small 'mighty' museum twice!!
Great video guys! 👏
hello from Hundested 🌱
Once a year there used to be a viking outdoor play at Lindholm Høje, which I took part in. (some of the years) Each year there's still a weekend with vikings showing their craft, you can buy things and watch how the vikings rode on horses and fought.
That sounds cool!
Remember to visit the street Hjelmerstald the next time you’re in Aalborg. Peter Lange has a shop with ceramics there, and you can go into the micro-size park in his yard with his funny and humorous art work there - really worth going there. - and we have a very, very fine museum with contemporary art in Aalborg also.
Thanks for sharing. American here with Danish heritage. My Sorensen family line is linked to Vester Hassing near Aalborg. Interesting to see where some of my ancestors may have roamed.
I take my Aalborg for granted, I have lived here my entire life, 55 years. I forget to look up, see all the adorable old buildings, eating at a new small café or aknowledging the nice ongoing development so thanks for reminding me why I love my city😍😍also a fan of your channel👏👏
Thanks, we only scratched the surface during this trip, but we will be back to enjoy it more. It is a nice city!
Like many of the other viewers have said Aalborg is also my hometown :) For some reason it looks slightly different when seen through your eyes. Glad you liked the place, hope you come back! :)
We will for sure!
This seems to be such and amazing place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Velkommen til Aalborg. Been living here my whole life and I didnt know about the singing trees. Now I feel embarassed :D
Ernst Trillingsgaard who was the directory for Aalborg cultural center next to Kildeparken got the idea, to have performing artist plant a tree. Ernst Trillingsgaard was very skilled to get international artist to Aalborg.
The first tree where planted by cliff Richard in 1987 and in 2012 there came Musik on the trees, cliff Richard cut the red ribbon. I moved to Aalborg 1992 still living here love my Town.
Driving along the east coast visit Voergaard on your way north from Aalborg. Go to the tip of Denmark and stand with your feet in two different seas. On you way down from Skagen enjoy the west coast take a short turn inland to visit Børglum kloster and see the only replica of the Bayeux tapestry in the world, 70 meters long! It took a group of women about 6-7 years to embroider it, with visits to Bayeux, France a couple of times to get it absolutely right, as the last part of the original is missing they came up with an idea of how it could have looked in the original, check Børglum kloster for opening hours before planning a trip there!
You should go on a guided tour in Aalborg :) They are soooo good :) get to hear more about the history. I dont know if you saw it, but every street tells why it is named that way, and maybe you saw some signs to remember people who died when the city was occupied by the nazis. There are so much more to Aalborg :D I love my city
That's really cool! We love history stuff. Perhaps we can do that the next time we visit :)
@@TravelinYoung I would love to watch that video! Its Aalborgs local museum who arranges the trips :)
Thank you for spelling it correctly with Aa 😜
When you visit again, I have some suggestions for you.
First up, museums; Gråbrødrekloster Museet, a subterranean museum in the middle of Aalborg.
Then there's Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg. Further more there's "Springeren", a maritime museum, it's really close to the Street food market.
Next up, cafe's. Klostertorvet is a tiny and really cozy café, hidden away in a back ally, square area.
There's also Café "Café Ulla Terkelsen London", named after a well know (in Denmark) Danish reporter, and the standard opening line for reporters back in the day, where they said their name followed by the city they were reporting from. The café has a very distinct interior decoration, mix up style with focus an being cozy. Given, it's been quite a while since I have been there, but they have a amazing weekend "all you can eat" brunch.
Lastly, you need to try a "bøfsandwich", a very Jysk thing. Kind of a burger, but with beets, fried onion, remolade, pickles, and most importantly; bathed in traditional gravy. One of the best places to get on in Aalborg is at Restaurant Vestre Baadelaug.
Lastly, close to Vester Baadelaug, there's "Fjordbyen", a tiny quirky place with 122 small homes. Almost like a kolonihave, but with no rules. So it's a crazy mixture of colorful alternative shed houses to absolutely modern designer (albeit small) homes.
Oh, and if you are feeling adventurous, there's an old factory in Godthåb not far from Aalborg. Where they used to manufacture tools, using water power from a nearby stream. All the belt driven machinery is still there, and in working order. Visit at the right time, and they run them all and demonstrate how tools were made.
www.godthaab-hammervaerk.dk/info.html
Very good suggestions !
Thanks you for this video. I left Denmark 8 years ago, miss there and people.
You are welcome, glad you found us and thank you for the comment!
Aalborg is so under valued.. its an interesting city in many ways.. Also i hope this channel opens up for how interesting denmark is to its own citicens.. go out and explore denmark.. it got a lot of good history that most danes just dont seek out.
Whenever you will go back to Aalborg or north from there, I would recommend you look up when and where the Chuck-wagon will be at, as he drives to different cities different days. The guy that runs that wagon make some fantastic burgers and it is American style (if I recall correct, he is an American himself). As he describes it on his Facebook page: A genuine American Street Food Truck, Class A Hot Dogs, Huge Burgers, Great Tastes.
Yeah, I had actually planned to go this trip but according to his FB page it was shutdown for some improvements when we were around. I will make sure to get there one day though!
Great to see you enjoy my home town. It also allowed me to get up to date with what is going on in downtown aalborg where I am unable to go because of mobility issues.. I havent been there since 2016 :)
Denmark may be a small country, but there is so much to see..
Larger than Belgium and used to be the might of europe, nobody would do anything without consulting the Danes first!!
I've lived in Aalborg for around 5 years and I've gone to Kildeparken several times (mostly to get from one place to another), but I never knew about the singing trees...
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Thanks for sharing your views 🙏 I'm lovin it 😀
Please remember next time you're in Aalborg I'll buy you the last round 😉
Take care 🤗
Next time you visit North Jutland you must go 20 miles furhter north West to the West Coast where you can drive your car on the beaches.. (to Grønhøj/Blokhus/Løkken/Lønstrup) and in Aalborg visit Abbey Road (same owners as Penny Lane) for lunch/dinner and also Cafe Ulla Therkilsen London
Cool, thanks for the tips!
Next time you are in Aalborg you should visit the remains of an old monk monestary that is below grund, right in the middel of the city by the shopping centrer Salling. Aalborg has alot of history not only Vikings. There is also historic city walks where you hear about different things that happened in Aalborg fx. Wicthes burning...
Grevens Fejde og Skipper Clement. The "newer" monastery. The two "white" houses. Vesterfjord Parken and Fjordbyen.
I am super happy you enjoyed Aalborg. Northern Jutland and Aalborg have been my home for all my life.
The history of Aalborg is quite interesting and the city have rapidly developed and modernized over the last 20 years.
You can see some of the changes in the movie "Nordkraft" I'm sure you will recognize some places.
Also Aalborg have a lot of hidden gems mixed into the inner city.
I'm a city guide, so I next time you're in town hit me up and I will give you a tour of some of the more local and obscure historical places and places of interest.
-TB
Hi Tichondrian - can you give me the website of your tour company? I live in Aalborg (I've been here since April) and would love to know more about the place.
There is a lot more for us to learn. We will be back for sure, we definitely enjoyed it!
Aalborg to Skagen is a reasonable drive? I grew up in Hjørring (50 km from both Aalborg and Skagen) and it's a long drive to both cities!
There’s 30-50 km between everything in northern Jutland. It’s not that far but takes planning ahead.
It's all about perspective. Growing up in TN everything it pretty much a minimum of a 45 minute drive. When I worked in Nashville, it was a 40km drive just to go to work from where I lived so I did that two times a day, 5 days a week in the summers. 8-10 hour drives to see family are really common in the U.S. For many years we drove 700mi (1127 km) each way just to see Josh's family for Thanksgiving. Driving 100km is really not that far for us.
Stop stop this Tjøvenhavneri... Nothing in Danmark is far away. Only people who lives and/or who moved to the bigger cities complain about distance.
It's the classical "In Europe 100 Kilometers is a long way. In the US 100 years is a long time" perspective.
Just looked up St. Paul And The Broken Bones. That's really good. He can sing!!! And like that kind of music.
Awesome!! I absolutely love that style of music, you always walk away feeling good :). I think I will put on one of their records now.
I absolutely love you guys kind regards from Aalborg
Thanks so much!
No Jomfru Ane Gade? You need another trip to Aalborg!
If you are 18-20 and want to get drunk. Not necessarily a family trip 😜
@@denmark39 I agree 100%. 😉
You can walk through in the afternoon/ early evening and pick a place of your choice, sit down and have a beer ( also outside in summertime).
I am glad, that you refer to Aalborg as a city!😉
I think I remember there being some old trees that died in that area of the park where the Singing Trees now rules. Cliff Richard was the first to plant a tree in 1987, but adding music did not become a tradition before 2012. Cliff Richard was invited back to begin this tradition as well, since he was the first superstar to plant a tree.
Do you know that in 2019 or was it in 2020 (?) Aalborg won a European contest, because in Aalborg the most inhabitants in Europe was satisfied with their city and what it has to offer - nice!!!
As it should! It was a lovely city. Looking forward to making it back there some day!
I consider myself, after 30 years, as an Aarhusian, but Aalborg is my hometown.❤ Did you remember to get a beer in "Jomfru Ane Gade"?
We did not, I (Josh) felt a little ill on the night we would have. But I am happy to go back again :).
The beers are ridiculous cheap there. It’s half the price of my local in Frederiksberg.
Cant believe Maya was in Aalborg, my hometown. She so sweet, my internet crush!!
Haha, yes she was!
Welcome to Aalborg.
If you like Penny Lane, you should definitely also try Søgaards Bryghus - both for the beer and the food. Both places are founded by the same people and while very different both seems like they are based on a passion for great food (and beer).
As for the area, it’s definitely worth looking for one of the walking tours, we have history spanning from Vikings over the Medieval times to WW2 history - lots of history to see and hear, and given the relatively small area it’s quite a nice way to get around.
Feel free to reach out if you need any inspiration should you visit another time. :-)
Søgårds Bryghus also make the best rugbrød I’ve ever tasted, as far as I know they use some of the produce from their beer making in the bread.
If you are into vikings, next time you are in Jutland, you really should visit Fyrkat in Hobro, there is a big Viking fortress with a museum and other stuff, i believe it is the largest fortress in the nordics
Cool, I just added this to my google map of places to see :).
Aggersborg is bigger, but Fyrkat has a center and other facilities, which Aggersborg doesn’t.
@@sorencyrano1413 The more you know :) - never been to Aggersborg actually, been to Fyrkat several times though, it's absolute worth the trip. - I must try Aggersborg next time im in that area
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I love Subway too, absolute guilty pleasure. There is one in Aarhus too(Pickup/delivery only), one in Vejle and one in Kolding. There used to be more, but "Sunset Boulevard" won the sandwich-fastfood-war sadly.
Omg I wish I knew you were here! I would have loved to show you around!
I also spent the entire video trying to see if I came close to meeting them at any point!
Hi! I am in aalborg for vacation now, and was wondering, how did you guys get to Lindholm Høje from the city? :) (Am planning to head there on 24/25/26 dec)
Hi, I hope you have a great time! I had my car as we drove from CPH to Jutland, so we drove there. I am not sure how to get there on public transit.
@@TravelinYoung oh! thank you so much for this!!! got it:) will email and ask them about public transport instead! thank you and hope you’re having absolutely lovely day!
@@zifoonngg There are busses that stop near by, don’t know the number of the bus, anyway the numbers are often changed. You would probably have to walk about 500 meters.
Thank you for your wonderfull and respectfull descriptions of our country. My family and I live in straight air line between Limdholm Høje and Aalborg Streetfood. If you ever come to Aalborg again, we would love to treat you to a homecooked dinner. We Are allso a family of 3, mom, dad and son allmost 18. 😉 Let us know 😘
Did you guys visit Holy Ghost Monastery?
I don't think youtube will be mad for a short taste of music. But great to see your videos once again. Also been a long time since I've been to mønsted kalkgrupper so nice to see what you think
Just give a heads up next time you are around Aalborg. Me and my family live just north of the city close to a very nice forest
Me too, Hammer Bakker!
So glad to hear you enjoyed my hometown. :)
Next time you visit Nordjylland you must visit Fårup Sommerland - the best amusement park in Denmark!
Maybe they should wait until next year when the new rollercoaster is ready.
he he i nordjylland, men danmark...naaaah :D
Djurs sommerland, tivoli Friheden, Legoland og Tivoli er alle steder jeg ville besøge før jeg tog i Fårup sommerland ;)
If you choose to go to Fårup Sommerland, you can bring you own food and there’s a place where you can sit with large grills where you can grill your own steaks or sausages.
Glad you went to Aalborg. The town i moved to when leaving home. Lived there for 21 years 😁 Had a lot of excitement, adventure and really wild things. It is Denmark's 4th largest city. But it did not annoy me as Århus does now 🤣
If you like beer you should’ve went to Søgaards Bryghus. Great amazing food and great beer on C.W obels plads
Aalborg is amazing because it is old mixed with new and they have great bars!
The street marked is really expensive though :/
Well they should never have moved all the old houses to “Gammel by “ in Århus . Most of the houses there came from Aalborg. They should have kept them to create an atmosphere like no other. 😩 Instead we got 1950s or 60 architecture.
@@denmark39 man! I did not know that the houses were moved. what a shame 😔
Yayy kildeparken (with the musical trees) is 5 min walk from my house. Too bad i was in Norway at the time..
St. Paul and the broken bones is frikking awesome
Aalborg is my Home town Great video 😀👍
My hometown :D
Hello - I hope that you are good!! I live in Esbjerg, and I think, if you has been in Esbjerg? :) ( Sorry for bad English ).
We are thanks!! We have been to Esbjerg for a short dinner, but we need to go back for real and highlight it on the channel. It's in our future for sure :).
@@TravelinYoung Great :) If you need help with something, I will be more than happy to help :)
Street food but inside! It's like outdoor activities but inside. It's genius! xD
If you ever go north again try a stop in Frederikshavn. Lots of history from 2nd world war - the bunker museum and the war graves.
Stay tuned for next Friday....we went to the bunkers and all around Skane :). They were impressive to see for sure.
@@TravelinYoung Hanstholm has the biggest world war gun or what’s left. It covered the sea half way to Norway where the nazies had another gun pointing south.
Krudthuset in Frederikshavn and the whole funny story about Tordenskjold.
My hometown! Hope you enjoyed it 😁
Came for your great content. Stayed for Brisket!
Let's be honest. We're all just here for the Brisket content :D
Yay my hometown!
Thank for the St. Paul and the Broken Bones. Ever never heard about them - if hadn't been for you.
You need to go to prinses juliana when you were there, I work there and really enjoy your content 😊
The marine museum is also worth a visit in Ålborg. They have a whole ww2 submarine on display.
Oh man! We'll definitely put that on the list for next time!
@@TravelinYoung Actually.. as the marine museum has a great deal of post ww2 history, you might want to experience the deeper story of the cold war quite literally.. I joined "Nordjyske Museer" a few years ago, as I became a member of "Fyrkat's venner (friends of fyrkat, obviously". But the cool thing about that initiative, which is really something special, is that they occasionally invite members, to experience the new ventures before they open for the public. And recently I was invited to REGAN Vest, for a tour of the nuclear bunker up north of Rold Skov (which btw is the largest Forrest in Denmark).
In 2012 the program for protecting the royal family and the sitting government was ended, since the threat level was effectively gone. And that meant the buildings, were handed over to the cultural preservation society, and the past 8 years they have been working on making the bunker into a cultural significant hotspot of the late part of the cold war scenario. And it's scheduled to open next year, as a historical attraction.
I was part of the NBCR preparedness team in the last years of the detente (and yes I know how old and crusty, that little detail makes me)
The stories of close calls and minor aggressions in our area, had huge strategic implications and is a relatively new thing to be exposed. So I would be inclined to, encourage you to think about a visit in the near future, maybe next summer or whenever you're free and ready for a little tour underground. You will explore how time stood still, sometime in the past 20 or 30 years, because everything is still as it was during the operative period. And I guarantee that it's not a typical case of Traveling Young 😊
Although I believe they are possibly brewing a commemorative beer for the opening. It's not under command, so the zero tolerance policy has been abolished..
You could maybe combine a 4th of July in Rebild with that occasion, it's only a few kilometers away from the bunker... Cheers and blessings to you all.
AAHH my birthplace and favorite town, but you missed the most important things Rebild bakker for the 4. off july and in the city center DUUS wine cellar which is an absolutly must, also JFK square is impressive, a visit to the alborg tower and the zoo is not to be missed (polar bears playing)
Yes, Duus is a must, also a visit to the top of the Aalborg Tower and Jomfru Ane Gade! That why Aalborg is called the Paris of the North.
you really need to visit aalborg zoo. i think ull really like it.
Yeah, we didn't this trip because we were at the Randers Regnskov just days before. But we will in the future for sure!
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Aalborg zoo is nothing special.
@@jeppeskov5860 Aalborg Zoo has been changed a lot, since i was young in the 60' and 70'. Before they had plenty of different kind of animals, but now they have fewer different species, and a bigger and better areas for the animals. :)
It was the vikings who discovered America (New Foundland?) for about 1000 years ago 😊
While true, Vikings were the first Europeans there, I do believe the natives might claim that they discovered it first ;)
Lived in aalborg for close to 3 years now and i had no idea those singing trees where a thing wtf
Next to Aalborg Hallen
Hey! Thats were I live 😃
Woaw G'N'R .. been to the only concert they did in DK,, ,damn i'm old :p
How does it make you feel that most of Danish history, or European history is older than the US?
It's cool, so much to learn! I've been around Europe a ton prior to moving here and I've always enjoyed learning about history that happened long before the US. And of course some of that European history helped shape what later became the US.
For many Americans it’s their history too just divided more up depends how their roots spread out. Another reason why we should work together in this world 🌍 of ours.
@@denmark39 Well, yeah, America is one big melting pot of different races and people. Just too bad that the stereotypical american doesn't get that through their thick skulls..
One funny fact Christian #7 the mad danich king was king at the same time as king George #3 who was the king in the American revolution.. Denmark had a mad King and Great Britan had a mad King at the same time, the movie about Struensee a Royal afair with mads Mikkelsen is about that time.
And zatrina Caterina the greate was also at the same time..
And it was just before the french revolution..
@@TravelinYoung A very diplomatic answer 😄
Next time, you could take Brisket to Aalborg Zoo :)
I love the fact that everything only cost a penny at Penny Lane .... or .. at least that is how I wish it would be ;-)
Tak for vid.
if i knew you were in Aalborg i would have offerd you a guided tour with lots of history, but if you are ever back let me know
The town I was born in❤️ Almost… You have to know, that Nørre Sundby (North of Limfjorden) and Aalborg is 2 different Citys😂 Today you call it Aalborg. I was born in Nørre Sundby and it is 65 years ago😱
Born north of Limfjorden is much nicer. We are the tuffest, the smartest, the cool people.( like the danes feeling much smarter than the swedes, people from Jylland making jokes about the crazy iland called Sjælland …..) danish humor🤪🥰😂
My father was an officer in Karup by Lindholm Høje, my grandfather was an ingeneer and his firm buil the tunnel between Aalborg and Nørre Sundby and my family worked the brewery, Urban, and latter Raders Brewery. (Henrik and Per Sander). So I have been drinking a lot of that beer and soda, the made😍
I now live almost by the see in the western part of Sjælland. It is also nice. DK is nice❤️ But the real see in my opion is Vesterhavet🌊, I have to see it, hear it and swim in it every year. Had summerhouse in Blokhus, later Løkken at Badehotellet. You have to visit Lønstrup, Løkken, Blokhus, Hirtshals……. And of cource Skagen🌊
For many many years it has been Aalborg Kommune also before when a kommune was smaller. Aalborg Teknisk Forvaltning have been in Nørre Sundby for decades.
@@denmark39 NørreSundby is NørreSundby, not Aalborg north!
Now you are here with us up north do get REAL romkugler not those bad ones in København!!! Get from Haals bager they're the best
I live in Aalborg
Don’t push the “Kiss-tree”. Gene and Paul will surely be chasing you - 😂
And Gene will claim to own the rights to Brisket
Haha!!
eyyy, thats where i live, born and raised
Jeg tror gerne på de her se mere af Danmark end de fleste, Til gengæld har jeg aldrig hørt de har noget fast job
We both have full time jobs, otherwise we couldn't live in Denmark. But the channel isn't about that, so we don't talk about it that often.
@@TravelinYoung Tak for svaret det var bare det. Men bortset herfra kan man godt leve i Danmark uden at have en job bare se på de de mange flygtninge/immigranter. Hav en dejlig dag
@@peterskovgaard1623. Desværre har “de andre” fået tildelt en anden status, så jeg er enig med Travelin‘ Young her, men jeg er stadig imponeret over hvor meget de har tid til at se.
As Americans, that drive was not unreasonable, i kender helt klart Danskerne :) først tanke, base i Aalborg også køre man 2 gang til Skagen, det ville de færreste Dansker gøre. Så vi må heller lige fortælle, at vi ikke helt er Dansker endnu.
Min mand og jeg elsker lange ture. Det er fantastisk tid sammen og man kan få talt om alle mulige ting man ikke gør ellers og opleve ting sammen i et roligt tempo. Er vi amerikanere nu? 😃😃😀
At what point in time, does grave robbing become archeology? 😉
Ha! Good question.
Can not change what was done 70 years ago, so might as well make it a teaching opportunity and display it in a museum.
My home town Aalborg/Nørresundby
I heard Paul Potts as Pol Pot...
Haha quite some different people 🤣
@@blueeyedpunk I almost spat out my coffee 😅🤣
I heard Pol Pot as well!
Argh u guys... I think u make great videos... for sure... but how can u film Jens Bangs Stenhus without mentioning it... And to ppl who has grown up in Aalborg area (which I have myself despite living in CPH now) then it's almost a crime not to visit "the street" / Jomfru Ane Gade.. if u don't like too much party then can be visited during day time then there's lots of the places functioning just like cafes... Next I have to mention also both Utzon museum and Aalborg Tårnet (tower) but very cool u went to Lindholm høje
Yeah, it's a bit of a challenge when we record on our actual vacation. We pick and choose what we do for ourselves and what we do on camera. In the case of Aalborg we decided early on that we'd go back again to make another video in the future to catch the things we didn't get recorded this go round. It's a balance to make sure we also can relax on vacation. Thanks for the tips though, they will for sure be included when we get back again!
@@TravelinYoung Jens Bangs stenhus houses a very old Apotek/ Farmacy on street level and Duus wincellar, just walk down the stairs and enjoy a centruries old cellar while have a pint. It is also “home” for the King Christian the IV guild, and if you get quadruplets at birth the will/ would help you financialy. If a very honourable person visits town, that person will get a key to the cellar, ( backdoor Yale key, but still, who wouldn’t want a key like that!) Lots of plaqettes on the wall from different navyships that visited Aalborg.
Maybe a visit during Tall Ships races, I find it too crowded, but the ships are amazing.
I live north of Limfjorden so I went down to the beach to see the ships sail into Aalborg, a very beautifull sight but what I’ll never forget and what really surprised me was …. there was no sound, no motors they came in so quietly no noise what so ever … no surprise that ships could sneak up on you in the old days.
"Red Aalborg" , tourism in a bottle, lol.. 😂😂
Dragsholm Slot the earl of Bothwell in the church the white lady ghost that haunts the food a weekend stay make a deal (discount) with the manager a beautifull plac e in DK (: (:
You have a great speaking voice - making it great on video. It is not called Jut-land. It is pronounced U-t-land. Danes pronounce J as you say the letter U.
too much "You Guys" and not enough Aalborg..
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