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Djurs Sommerland
Denmark's biggest amusement park in Jutland with over 60 rides and attractions across themed areas.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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Hadsund
North Denmark, Denmark · Europe
About Hadsund
Hadsund sits on the route: 10 minutes from Assens, 42km from Lindholm Høje.
Hadsund is in North Denmark, Denmark, with about 5,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Assens, about 5 km away.
Hadsund (Danish: [hæðˈsɔnˀ] ) is a town in the eastern part of Jutland with a population of 4,902 (1 January 2026; 5,336 incl. Hadsund South). The town is located by the narrow strait of Hadsund, along an inlet of the Mariager Fjord. It is situated south of the city of Aalborg and north of the city of Randers. TheRead more
town is a part of Mariagerfjord Municipality in the North Denmark Region. Until 2007, Hadsund was the administrative seat of Hadsund Municipality.
The area has had human presence since at least the Iron Age, though the settlement of modern Hadsund, centred around the ferry connection across the fjord, is first mentioned in 1736.
Hadsund houses multiple educational institutions, including Tech College Mariagerfjord, VUC Hadsund, Hadsund School, and Hadsund Produktionsskole in the area of vocational education. It is also home to a number of companies, including DAVA Foods, Nilfisk, and Bodylab. The western part of the greater Hadsund area is home to the oldest still-existing windmill in northern Jutland, Havnø Mølle, which was built in 1842 and operated until approximately 1927.
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Within an hour or so of Hadsund: Djurs Sommerland (42 km), Lindholm Høje (42 km).
Where is Hadsund?
Hadsund is in North Denmark, Denmark, about 5 km from Assens.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,066
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- North Denmark
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
- Coordinates
- 56.7148, 10.1168
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2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Lindholm Høje
Viking and Iron Age burial ground of around 700 graves on a hill above Aalborg, with an on-site museum and parking.
42 km · about 50 min drive
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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