Horsens

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Horsens

Horsens is a Danish town in east Jutland. It is the site of the council of Horsens municipality.

Geography

Horsens is places in eastern Jutland. Situated 50km south of Aarhus and 30km north of Vejle with approxiamately 200km to Copenhagen. As a consequense of the positive development in the city, many people move there. It is believed that 50 per cent of these are from Aarhus because they find prices in Horsens very cheap.

The city is currently undergoing a positive development with new industry moving to Horsens, or expanding their activities already in Horsens. A lot of electronics and graphical companies are based here. Horsens also has Denmark's only Industry Museum. The city is also home to Vitus Bering University College.

In recent years, much work has been done to improve cultural activity. Several internationally known artists, like Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, Tom Jones, Bryan Adams, David Bowie, José Carreras, Helmut Lotti, Westlife, R.E.M., Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, The Rolling Stones, Madonna and Dolly Parton have performed, or have performances planned in Horsens.

One of the largest cultural events in Horsens is the annual European Medieval Festival on the last Friday and Saturday in August. The town centre of Horsens is then transformed into the largest medieval market town in Northern Europe with activities and entertainment for families and children of all ages.

Every Year in March a Crime Festival takes place in Horsens. The Crime Festival - in Danish called Krimimessen - is an event for Crime, Mystery and Thrillers. The Crime Festival is organized by Horsens Public Library and every year many well known and even famous crimewriters visit Horsens.

European route E45 runs by the city of Horsens.

Famous people from Horsens are: Vitus Bering, Russian Navy captain was born here. Claus Elgaard, Journalist and Television host AC Horsens, Football team playing in the best Danish football division - the Danish Superliga

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[edit] External links

Horsens city official website (In Danish)
Horsens New Theatre (In Danish)
The European Medieval Festival in Horsens (In Danish and English)
Denmark's Industrial Museum (In Danish, English and German)
Krimimessen (In Danish)

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Copenhagen (1,084,900) · Århus (228,700) · Odense (152,100) · Aalborg (121,500) · Esbjerg (71,900) · Randers (55,900) · Kolding (55,000) · Horsens (51,000) · Vejle (49,900) · Roskilde (45,800) · Herning (44,400) · Silkeborg (41,300) · Næstved (41,200) · Greve Strand (41,100) · Hørsholm 37,100 · Fredericia (37,100) · Elsinore (35,100) · Køge (34,500) · Viborg (34,100) · Holstebro (32,000) · Slagelse (31,800) · Taastrup (31,100) · Hillerød (28,900) · Svendborg (27,200) · Sønderborg (27,000)