Aalborg

For Barry's final semester (which he is going to do back home in New Zealand), he has to complete a full Architectural Technology project on his own. This project covers all requirements set by the University for the Bachelor degree. The job he will be doing is for a new Church and is based in Aalborg which is about 150km north of us.

So last weekend we took the train so Barry could check out the building site, and this time both of us went home with hundreds of photos!
Aalborg is Denmark's fourth largest city with an urban population of 136,000, so a bit larger than Horsens which has 87,736. Fact; if you look at the map above (or in Google Maps) you will see that the body of water to the left and right of Aalborg means that the very top part of Denmark is actually an island (Denmark is made up of a peninsula, Jutland, and hundreds of islands which you can read about if you wish, here). Aalborg is situated at the narrowest point of this water (known as Limfjord) and began life as a trading port.
So anyway, today the city is very pretty with old and new bits and a pedestrian shopping area, etc, just like all the cities we have seen in Denmark. We had dry and sunny weather and also took the opportunity to visit the polar bears in the Aalborg Zoo.

A bit of snow at Horsen's station before we left

Very old and some new

Winky wonky buildings on cobbled streets in the old part of town

Pedestrian shopping area

Kids having a ball on the ice skating rink

Sculptures in Sculpture Park

A view over Aalborg on a sunny but cold winter day

Polar bears!

And just for you Bernie....

Reindeer!

So tomorrow I leave this lovely country. I am going to miss it for sure. We had a sunny day back in Horsens so we went for a bike ride and took these lovely shots...

Byebye fjord and bike!

It was very sunny and still but VERY cold!

Mirrored docks look like they are floating in air

Barry on his cycle after our last coffee at a Horsens Kaffe!

Getting ready for instant summer in 2 days time!!!