The best city hikes and walks around Vandværksskoven

The church is not particularly old, but its historicist architectural style makes it beautiful nonetheless. The perfect symmetry of the central building, which is striking even from the outside, is fascinating.

The former town hall is a very beautiful and striking building made of decorative brick in the pedestrian zone of Frederikshavn. Some of the decorations are elaborate and will appeal to architecture enthusiasts.

Something like a Danish national hero: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wessel_Tordenskiold

Located in the middle of the city, but typical for Denmark are the well-developed cycle paths

The seemingly endless bridge to the ferries to Norway and Sweden spans the harbor. Fully glazed on both sides and weather-covered with a marine plank deck, it offers magnificent panoramic views of the harbor, including the military harbor, where Denmark's two large frigates can be seen. It also overlooks the grounds of the Modern American Recycling Services Europe (M.A.R.S.) shipyard, one of Europe's largest shipbreaking yards, dismantling 60,000-200,000 tons of ship capacity annually under European environmental standards and providing 159-200 jobs. Two large Tyra platforms were also dismantled here.

Directly behind the dunes is a large sports field where you can play beach volleyball. Since 1987, the Jutland Beach Badminton Championship, a very popular event in Denmark, has been held here as part of a major cultural and sports festival held around the summer solstice. The championship takes place in any wind speed, which gives it its special appeal. The winner of 2025, in a thrilling match in force 5 winds, was the famous and popular Olympic star Ele, who trains here at the Sonnercamp. Regarding the outcome of the game, which depends on the wind speed and gustiness, he is quoted as saying, "You don't need luck, just control."

You drive into the parking lot and are amazed. You recognize the shape! And indeed, it is. Here, the halved shell of an experimental nuclear power plant from the 1960s has been meaningfully reused as a concert pavilion. In this function, the beautiful curve of the vault is pleasing. To reassure you, the structure poses no danger. The nuclear power plant never went into operation because, after completion, it became apparent that the reactor chamber's shell was quite delicate. This enabled safe dismantling and sensible recycling, serving as a reminder of a technology-believing, not always entirely successful, pre-solar era. History and technology buffs are recommended to Wunderland Kalkar in Germany, where a fast breeder reactor from the same era has been meaningfully reused as an amusement park.

An exceptionally well-designed, spacious forest playground offering plenty of space and numerous themed landscapes. Tree houses, an Indian village, a zip line, numerous climbing opportunities, a treasure hunt in the jungle, and much more. It's a shame our children are already so big. We would have spent many hours here in the past.