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AALBORG
, a See also:city and seaport of See also:Denmark, the seat of a See also:bishop, and See also:chief See also:town of the amt (See also: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 See also: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 See also:west the Limfjord broadens into an irregular
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See also:lake, with See also:low, marshy shores and many islands
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North-west is the See also:Store Vildmose, a swamp where the See also: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 See also: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 See also:grain and See also:fish
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An old See also:castle and some picturesque houses of the 17th See also:century remain
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The Budolphi See also: There are also an See also:ancient See also:hospital and a museum of See also:art and antiquities . On the north See also:side of the See also:fjord is Norre Sundby, connected with Aalborg by a See also:pontoon and also by an See also:iron See also:rail-way See also:bridge, one of the finest See also:engineering See also:works in the See also:kingdom . Aalborg received town-privileges in 1342, and the bishopric dates from 1554 . |
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