Gråsten in Denmark

8 January 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Gråsten Palace © Erik Christensen/cc-by-sa-3.0

Gråsten Palace © Erik Christensen/cc-by-sa-3.0

Gråsten (German: Gravenstein) is a town with a population of 4,365 (1 January 2023) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark by the Nybøl Nor at an inlet of the Flensburg Fjord. It belongs to the Sønderborg municipality in Region of Southern Denmark. The town is located almost exactly at the center of a triangle defined by the towns of Aabenraa, Flensburg and Sønderborg Castle (Sønderborg Slot). The Danish royal family has their summer residence, Gråsten Palace, in the town.   read more…

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Theme Week Jutland – Sønderborg

23 December 2020 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Sønderborg Castle © Erik Christensen/cc-by-sa-3.0

Sønderborg Castle © Erik Christensen/cc-by-sa-3.0

Sønderborg is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 27,841 (1 January 2020), in a municipality of 74,561. In recent times, Sønderborg is a center for trade, tourism, industry, and education in the region of Southern Denmark. The town is the headquarters for several industrial companies.   read more…

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