FACTS - DID YOU KNOW THAT...?

• Esbjerg Municipality has a population of around 114,000 making it the fifth largest municipality in Denmark.
• The municipality covers 75,543 ha or 755 square kilometres. It is roughly 56 kilometres as the crow files from the north-west to the south-east corner of our municipality.
• Esbjerg Municipality’s budget is approximately DKK 8 billion.
• Bramming and surrounding villages are popular areas for newcomers to settle in, surrounded by countryside, yet close to the city of Esbjerg.
• Bramming is especially renowned for its furniture and plastics industries and also delivers products to B&O. Arne Jacobsen’s famous chairs The Egg and The Swan are also manufactured here.
• Every community in the area has active associations and clubs where many people – through local councils and boards – are involved in organising and participating in town fêtes, sports activities and cultural events.
• Ribe Cathedral is called the Church of the Virgin Mary and Bishop Thure commissioned the building of the church in the year 1110.
• Ribe has won awards for its systemic urban renewal and cobbled streets in the town centre.
• Esbjerg is one of Denmark’s youngest market towns – receiving its town charter in 1899.
• Musikhuset Esbjerg (Esbjerg Concert Hall) was built in 1997, in a unique collaboration involving investors from the private and public sectors.
• Tobakken is a regionally supported rhythmical music venue: www.tobakken.dk.
• The centre of Esbjerg has won several awards for things like lighting and unconventional partnerships.
• Esbjerg is a two-time winner of the City of the Year award: in 1997 and again in 2006 for its efforts involving young talents.
• Tens of thousands of people flock to the centre of Esbjerg for Esbjerg Festival Week to enjoy its many offerings.
• Esbjerg has bathing beaches at Hjerting, Sjelborg and Marbæk.
• There are 26 sports halls in Esbjerg Municipality.
• The largest primary and lower secondary school in Esbjerg Municipality is Vestervangsskolen in the town of Esbjerg (762 pupils) and the smallest is Jerved School (66 pupils).
• Esbjerg Municipality has a fine collection of continuation boarding schools within the municipality.
• Esbjerg Municipality has elite sports classes for forms 7 through 10.
• Esbjerg Municipality promotes efforts involving talented children within the visual arts and music by providing special classes that prepare them for admission to an art academy or conservatory of music.
• Esbjerg has a cultural school that also conducts classes in Ribe and Bramming.
• The library service has libraries in Esbjerg, Ribe and Bramming, and bookmobile service is offered in several villages and small towns.
• Around 5,000 students pursue a higher education in Career Country.
• Aalborg University, Esbjerg, has the most satisfied engineering students in Denmark.
• An Innovation Festival is held in south-west Jutland every September: an entire month of events, lectures and activities focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Musikhuset Esbjerg was design by Jørn and Jan Utzon.
• Tobakken is a regional music venue and is supported by the Committee for Music of the Danish Arts Council.
• Esbjerg Art Museum has a unique collection that is widely acclaimed far and wide outside Denmark.
• Esbjerg Municipality has one of the largest theatre districts in Denmark.
• The Fisheries and Maritime Museum is the region’s biggest tourist attraction.
• One of Denmark’s best swimming and bathing facilities is located in Esbjerg.