Welcome to Sæby

Sæby is a small town but it has a large variety of restaurants and venues. All year round, you'll find an interesting urban life and exciting cultural and musical events.

During the summer ypu can enjoy livmusic at the markedplace in the center of Sæby and in the patio of Lanternen.

Sæby Jazz Festival takes place every year during Pentecost where you can enjoy fantastic jazz all over the town.

Music has a prominent place in Sæby with two large wind orchestras and a bigband, as well as a large music school, so there is music all year round.

The beautiful St. Maria (Mary’s) Church is the last remains of a large four-winged Carmelite Monastery which the Bishop of Børglum helped to establish in Sæby around the year 1470. The church is famous for its beautiful frescoes with the divine Maria – protector of man – as the central figure.

The inhabitants of Sæby are proud of the town’s lovely old houses. In Sæby’s miniature town open workshop you see how some energetic voluntary citizens are making scale 1:10 reproductions of the old houses as they stood around 1900. 

Sæby has several hotels/inns and a holiday resort, which offer comfortable accommodation and activities for all ages.

The camping sites in the area are among the best in the country. Furthermore there are many attractive holiday houses for rent and additionally a hostel, private rooms and flats.