West and Southwest Districts, Aalborg

Vesterbro, running north to south, forms the western boundary of the Old Town of Ålborg. In this street can be seen two notable sculptures: at the end of Bispegade is the "Cimbrian Bull" (Cimbrertyren, 1937) by A. J. Bundgård with a poem by the Nobel Prizewinner Johannes V. Jensen (1873-1950) on the plinth. Further south is the statue of the "Goose Girl" (Gåsepigen) by Gerhard Henning (1937). On Vesterbro, too, stands St Ansgar's Church. Opposite lies Kilde Park, Ålborg's oldest park (1802), with a number of sculptures including "The Three Graces" by Thorvaldsen and "Child of Bacchus" by Anne Marie Carl Nielsen. Also to be found here are the Ålborg Halls.

Ålborg Halls is a complex of two large buildings, Ålborg Hall and Europa Hall, dedicated in 1953 and 1959 respectively. These halls, forming one of the largest function centers in Scandinavia, are used for theatrical performances and concerts, exhibitions and congresses. There is a restaurant ("Papegojehaven") and a bowling alley.The Alborg hall has a capacity of seating 2500 people, and the Europe hall can fit 550 people. The Aalborg Halls offer rooms for meetings, conferences and exhibitions and catering for these events.

At Kong Christians Allé 50 in Alborg stands the impressive building of the North Jutland Museum of Art (Nordjyllands Kunstmuseet), built in 1968-72 to plans by the Finish architects Elissa and Alva Aalto and the Dane Jean Jaques Baruël. The museum consists of a complex of various shapes and includes an amphitheater, a sculpture park and function rooms, including a concert hall. The principal exhibits are composed of post-1890 Danish paintings and 20th century foreign art. The main emphasis is on the works of the COBRA group, founded in 1948 and named after the initial letters of the towns Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. The group was made up of Danish, Dutch and Belgian painters, including Asgar Jorn and Karl Appel.

To the south of the North Jutland Museum of Art in Ålborg rises a wooded hill known as Skovbakken, with an open-air theater and the Ålborgtarnet observation tower, which stands 55m/180ft high.

The Møllepark is a large park offering an extensive view of Ålborg and the island of Egholm (Limfjord). In the park can be seen the sculpture "Noah's Ark", by Roda Reilinger. Ålborg's Zoological Gardens within the park boast 800 animals from all over the world, including African elephants, monkeys, Rothschild giraffes and South American marsh beavers. There is also a sea-lion and penguin layout in which the animals can be observed under water through a panoramic window.

West of the Mollepark area of Ålborg, in the suburb of Hasseris, stands the Svalegården, a merchant's residence which was built about 1600. It was moved here during the modernization of the old part of the town in 1952.