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Hjørring a wealth of green attractions
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Both the shopping streets and the town's recreational areas show Hjørring from its characteristic green side. Between the houses the trees fill out the spaces in a highly attractive manner, and in the parks their beauty and tranquility help to create magnificent spaces of their own.
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The parks are one of Hjørring's distinctive features. Here there are both "wild" and natural areas such as Hjørring Bjerge and Bagterp Plantage, as well as the carefully cultured and designed parks such as Christiansgave, Svanelunden, Folkeparken and Sct. Knuds Kilde.
North of Hjørring's old quarter is Hjørring Bjerge, a scenic area in which grazing sheep provide natural maintenance for the heather hills. In the southern part of the "mountains" we find the viewing tower Bellevue, which at 67 metres above sea level, provides a fantastic view over Vendsyssel. Hjørring Bjerge makes up the summit of the island of moraine hills on which the town is built, and from where you can get an impression of the plain – the post-ice-age sea - surrounding the former island.
Bagterp Plantage lies in the southern outskirts of Hjørring. The area was created by migrating sand and is thus completely different in character to Hjørring Bjerge. The area is primarily covered by coniferous forest which was planted on the inland dunes in order to arrest the migration of the sand.
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Close to the centre of Hjørring we find the parks Christiansgave, Svanelunden, Folkeparken and Sct. Knuds Kilde. Christiansgave was established as a state-owned nursery in 1821, and in 1843 King Christian VIII donated the area to the town – hence the name, which means Christian's gift. In subsequent years the park developed into an attractive and harmonious facility featuring alleys, flowerbeds, a sports field and large areas of grass.
South of Hjørring Station lie Svanelunden and Folkeparken as two connected parks. Svanelunden was established as a labour project in 1878 in which a lake was excavated on the marshy meadowlands. The lake was the site of colonies of swans in the summer and ice-skating in the winter. Another lake was later established and in 1888 the park's pavilion was built.
The park known as Sct. Knuds Kilde is, as the name suggests, established around a spring. The spring was known in the Middle Ages, where it was a popular site to visit. Eventually the spring dried up, but at the beginning of the 20th century the park was established featuring a memorial stone commemorating a number of prominent figures in the region, in addition to an open-air stage, and the spring was dredged so that today it once again trickles down through the park.
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Tuesday, December 16 2008
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