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Esbjerg is a main centre of West Denmark with a metropolitan atmosphere. The city offers attractive shopping venues, stimulating cultural activities and a versatile business community. The shopping, commercial and cultural centre of Esbjerg is seething with activity all year round and features an intriguing combination of myriad cultural centres, specialty shops, cafés and restaurants – all set in an interesting urban commercial and cultural environment.
Esbjerg is a modern, lively city that encourages people to experiment with new ideas. By virtue of its youth and seaport status, Esbjerg’s hospitality is outstanding. Tourists also leave their mark on the city. In addition to visitors from the holiday home areas, large cruise ships call at the city, and Ryanair flies in visitors to Billund (Near Esbjerg) from London every day. Esbjerg enables visitors to experience a pulsating commercial and cultural centre, yet without being far from nature areas or fine bathing beaches. The city is built up around a unique right-angled street grid, modelled on US cities.
Esbjerg’s suburbs feature green wedges that help to make Esbjerg’s residential areas attractive.
Esbjerg was founded in 1868 and its population was 72,000 in 2007.
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