Visit Herning Denmark

Herning was first recognized as a market town in 1913 and was in the old days some of the most remote in the country. From being a poor outpost, the city has over a few years developed into the center of the Danish textile industry.
Herning called sake of pearl and is known among other things as a textile town, fairs, congress and culture.
Herning is located in central Jutland and is a perfect starting point for cultural activity embossed or natural experiences.

Commercial differs Herning from the national average by having over 10 percent more workers in the manufacturing industry. Traditionally, textile production was the main industry, although employment is declining. Other important areas are wood and furniture industry and the iron and metal industry. Herning, together with the Municipality of Ikast designated an area between Hammerum and Ikast to the business park.

 Large exhibition activity has helped to shape the development since 1954, when the first Herning Hall was built. Today, the old halls in the middle of the city has expanded and is a congress, meeting and cultural center, Herning Congress Centre, with its 17,000 m2 amphitheater built auditorium is one of the biggest stages. Exhibition Centre Herning southwest of the city is Skandinavens leading organizer of trade fairs.

Textilforum
Danish Museum Centre for tekstilindustri- and design
housed in the former Herning Klædefabrik. Through exhibitions and workshops to life various aspects of textile production? past and present, local and global.

Denmark´s oldest village church
There are many interesting churches in the area. Just outside Herning, Denmark's oldest village, and in a suburb of Herning is the vejmand buried, who gave Jeppe Åkjær inspiration for the song they Jens vejmand.

Poorhouse i Sammelstedby
In 1816 a poorhouse for "scoundrel John Axelsen and family" on Ørre Heath. In the following years, built a further five almshouses, and the place was named Sammelstedby. Blicher stone was placed in 1917 on the site of Axelhus in memory of St. St. Blicher, who transferred the plot of the short story "Keltringeliv" to Ørre Heath. In the preserved poor, which was used until 1989, there is an exhibition about the poor history.

Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelts Museum provides with its 4000 works of artist couple a comprehensive picture of the two major Danish painters associated with the international cobra group. The museum building itself is an architectural and artistic attraction with a 90 m stone ware frieze created by Carl-Henning Pedersen.

Herning Art-museum
Extensive collection of Danish and international art, mostly from the period after WW2. My musical influences can exhibit divided into four categories: Cobra? and later expressive arts, specifically abstract art, conceptual art and contemporary art.

Aktivities
Experience the wild and strong mid-Jutland. The opportunities to spend a day in one of the most magnificent natural sites around Herning are many. Go example. ride in one of the most beautiful areas of heather or in one of the area's forests.

There are plenty of opportunities for an active holiday and family / children holidays in Herning area. Among other things, canoeing holidays, golf holidays, fishing holiday and cycling. Discover also Jyllands Park Zoo, Hoppeloppeland, go-kart track and skating and tax courts. Or experience the beautiful western Jutland from a rail bike.

Herning history

Herning is in many ways an atypical Danish provincial town mainly because the city has sometimes had an almost explosive growth. The city's first courthouse was built in 1827 and there was virtually nothing at the time. In the following years were built pharmacy, tavern, medical center o. Etc., but we must be about half a century farther before that really happened. In 1877 the city will be connected to the outside world by rail and then it goes really fast. The development takes place mainly around the main street Broad Street-East Street, which included hotels, shops, homes, church and new courthouse (the town's third). The textile industry also developed rapidly in recent years, something that would come to characterize the area for many years. This building boom continued until the beginning of World War 1 in Herning, which incidentally also had the status of Market Town (1913). Especially two men had great influence on this development: Murermester Rønnow, who built many buildings in the main street and threw Poul Andersen, inter alia, brought marketplace and built Herning Clothing Factory and Hotel Herning.

Until 1940 it was still a relatively small area within the city evolved. The first major development outside this area was floor residential neighborhood Fruehøj with Sct. John Church. Up in the 1950s and 1960s, large residential neighborhoods, housing developments and public institutions listed, and it was also during these years Herning got his first exhibition halls. They were the Herning Conference Centre today at home (Exhibition Centre today moved into the city's south-west). This rapid development has also caused several fine buildings over the years, including "School home" was demolished were in 1970.

Here, a few years after the city has passed its second century of change, continue development. Over the past year included significant construction projects such as Queens Corner, Heart, DGI house and and Denmark's first multi-purpose arena, Jyske Bank BOXEN, and more are coming. Herning in recent years are also connected to the European road network, with the major highway construction is currently being built. The city's motto "All possibilities are open" seems to match well with this city where no vision is too big.

Modern times
Since the year 2000, in line with the city's history, further development in Herning. South and east of the city of Aarhus motorway established and several highways are moving toward respectively Fires and Holstebro. In 2004 was inaugurated SAS Arena Exhibition Centre which is a football stadium with seating for approximately 12,000 spectators, mostly seating. At this stadium plays football club FC Midtjylland his battles.

In 2005 inaugurated a new swimming lake Fuglsang Lake in the northwest part of town, and close to Aarhus motorway was Holtbjerg Lake opened in 2006, also a swimming lake.

On the musical side is Green Festival after a hiatus of 10 years come to Herning again.

Finally the DGI in the creation of a wellness center will build a 20-story apartment building in Herning City in the coming years.

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