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AALBORG , a city and seaport ofSee also: Denmark, the seat of a See also: bishop, and chief See also: town of the amt (county) of its name, on the See also: south See also: bank of the Limfjord, which connects the See also: North See also: Sea and the Cattegat
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Pop
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(1901) 31,457
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The situation is typical of the north of See also: Jutland
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To the west the Limfjord broadens into an irregular
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lake, with low, marshy shores and many islands
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North-west is the Store Vildmose, a swamp where the mirage is seen in summer
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South-See also: east lies the similar See also: Lille Vildmose
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A railway connects Aalborg with See also: Hjorring, Frederikshavn and Skagen to the north, and with See also: Aarhus and the lines from See also: Germany to the south
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The harbour is See also: good and safe, though difficult of See also: access
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Aalborg is a growing See also: industrial and commercial centre, exporting grain and See also: fish
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An old See also: castle and some picturesque houses of the 17th century remain
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The Budolphi See also: church
See also: dates mostly from the See also: middle of the 18th century, while the Frue church was partially burnt in 1894, but the foundation of both is of the 14th century or earlier
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There are also an See also: ancient hospital and a museum of See also: art and antiquities
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On the north See also: side of the See also: fjord is Norre Sundby, connected with Aalborg by a pontoon and also by an iron See also: rail-way See also: bridge, one of the finest See also: engineering See also: works in the See also: kingdom
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Aalborg received town-privileges in 1342, and the bishopric dates from 1554
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