Aalborg Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Long-distance buses stop at the bus station on JF Kennedys Plads (behind the new shopping centre), just south of the train station. From Aalborg you can reach most Jutland towns of note on the X-bus network (www.xbus.dk in Danish). Express bus line 981, operated by Thinggaard Express (98 11 66 00; www.ekspresbus.dk in Danish), runs four times per week to Odense (one-way adult fare 190kr, 4½ hours), calling at Randers, Århus and Vejle en route.

Car & motorcycle

Aalborg is 117km north of Århus and 65km southwest of Frederikshavn. The E45 bypasses the city centre, tunnelling under the Limfjord, while Rte 180 (which links up with the E45 both north and south of the city) leads into the centre.

To get to Lindholm Høje, or points north of the centre, take Rte 180 (Vesterbro), which crosses Limfjordsbroen.

Train

Trains run about hourly north to Frederikshavn (83kr, 1¼ hours) and south to Århus (153kr, 1½ hours) or to Copenhagen (338kr, five hours).

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Air

Aalborg airport (airport code AAL; 98 17 11 44; www.aal.dk) is 6.5km northwest of the city centre. There are loads of direct connections with Copenhagen, and flights to/from Oslo and Helsinki. Sterling (www.sterling.dk) also has about 10 weekly connections with London (Gatwick­).

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