Aabenraa is a small town at the head of Aabenraa Fjord in Southern Jutland, close to the German border, with a long seafaring and shipbuilding past. More about Aabenraa →
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Cruise ships dock at Sonderjyllandskajen, a cargo quay in the south of Aabenraa's commercial harbour, with no passenger terminal. The old town, Brundlund Castle and the cultural history museum are about 1 km away, roughly a 13-minute walk.
1 km · ~13 min by car
Small castle and art museum at the south end of the old town, a 1 km walk from the quay, about 13 minutes.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Sonderjyllandskajen is within walking distance of the old town and its museums. No cruise shuttle is published, so check with the ship. Regional buses link Aabenraa with Graasten, Sonderborg and the rest of Southern Jutland.
Lunch ranges are per person at cafes, pubs and brasseries in the town centre; dinner ranges at its restaurants.
Storetorv, Storegade and Ramsherred, the old main street of Aabenraa, with cafes and restaurants a short walk from the harbour.
Aabenraa is a small town at the head of Aabenraa Fjord in Southern Jutland, close to the German border, with a long seafaring and shipbuilding past. Today its harbour is the only commercial port in Southern Jutland, and cruise ships dock at a deep-water cargo quay, with no passenger terminal. Visitors walk the old town's cobbled streets and gabled merchant houses, see Danish Surrealism at Brundlund Castle and ship portraits at the cultural history museum, or head out to Graasten Palace and Sonderborg Castle.
Brundlund Castle, begun under Queen Margrethe I and with roots in the 15th century, is now an art museum holding Denmark's most important collection of Danish Surrealism, shown in changing exhibitions in the historic rooms. Sculptures stand in the castle park, and the cafe terrace looks over the gardens. Adult admission is DKK 90; under-18s enter free.
The town's cultural history museum tells the story of Aabenraa's merchant shipping and seafarers, with exotic souvenirs brought home from voyages and one of Denmark's largest collections of ship portraits. The building has no lift. Adult admission is DKK 60; under-18s enter free.
The Danish royal family's summer residence, a white palace with a palace church preserved from the earlier palace. The romantic palace garden is open to the public when the royal family is not in residence, and the Royal Kitchen Garden has a garden market with a cafe.
A castle of nearly 800 years on the Sonderborg waterfront, now a museum of Southern Jutland history, from the dukes of Schleswig and the Schleswig Wars to the reunification with Denmark. King Christian II was held captive here for 17 years, and Queen Dorothea's Chapel is the oldest surviving Renaissance room in the Nordic region. Adult admission is DKK 115; under-18s enter free.