Vester Hassing is a Danish town in North Jutland, Denmark immediately north of the

Limfjord The Limfjord ( common Danish: ''Limfjorden'' , in northwest Jutlandish dialect: ''Æ Limfjord'') is a shallow part of the sea, located in Denmark where it has been regarded as an inlet ever since Viking times. However, it now has entries both ...

, and a part of

Aalborg Municipality Ålborg Municipality () is a municipality in North Jutland Region on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.Bridgwater, W. & Beatrice Aldrich. (1966) ''The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia''. Columbia University. p. 11. The municipality str ...

and

Region Nordjylland The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the traditional counties () an ...

. The town is situated 17 km to the east from

Aalborg Aalborg or Ålborg ( , , ) is Denmark's List of cities and towns in Denmark, fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an Urban area, urban populati ...

, where the majority of the citizens are working. Vester Hassing lies in a hilly

moraine A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and Rock (geology), rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a gla ...

landscape between the villages, Stae and Gandrup. The church dates from c. 1200 AD. Vester Hassing experienced a surge in

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

an development in the 1970s, where among others a great part the towns residential areas were built. After some years with stagnation in population, the town began to grow after year 2004, when new homes were built. Since then

commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

has grown and new

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s have been developed. Since 1999, Vester Hassing has hosted Limfjordsfest (originally named Landsbyrock until 2007). An annual music festival, where both local and foreign artists appear. Due to economic reasons, Limfjordsfest has not been held since 2022. At Vester Hassing there is a Danish static inverter station of the

HVDC A high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system uses direct current (DC) for electric power transmission, in contrast with the more common alternating current (AC) transmission systems. Most HVDC links use voltages betwe ...

Konti–Skan Konti–Skan (also known as Kontiskan) is the name of High-voltage direct current, high-voltage direct-current transmission line between Denmark (DK1) and Sweden (SE3). Technical description Kontiskan is a bipolar HVDC scheme. Pole 1 (Kontiska ...

with the static inverters of Konti-Skan 1 and Konti-Skan 2. Vester Hassing has a population of 2,602 (1 January 2025)BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from

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Famous people from Vester Hassing

* Erik Barslev, (Danish Wiki) (born 1955) former successful national athletics coach * Niels Skovmand, a well-known radio host from a radio station called HIT FM Denmark

External links

Satellite image from Google Maps

References

Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Towns and settlements in Aalborg Municipality {{NJutlandDK-stub