Nørresundby - Lindholm Høje

North of Nørresundby lies Lindholm Høje, with nearly 700 graves dating from the Iron Age and the Viking era. Most of the graves which have been excavated contained ashes; the dead were burned, together with their burial objects, and then interred in a grave marked with a stone. The old gravestones are triangular, the later ones round or oval. Upright stones in the form of ships date from the Viking period.

To the north of the cemetery lies a settlement which has also been investigated. Paths paved with wood, postholes of houses, wells and cooking-pits have been uncovered. Here and there the postholes have been filled with cement so that the visitor can obtain an impression of the size of the houses. The settlement was abandoned in 1100, as it was subject to frequent sandstorms. Many interesting finds from the region are displayed in the "Lindholm Hoje Museet".