Thisted Attractions
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Thisted on the A11 is an industrial town on Thisted Bay (Thisted Bredning). In the old cemetery can be found the grave of the writer Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847-85), who was born here and whose psychological novel "Niels Lyhne" (1880) is well known both in Denmark and abroad. On the east side of the cemetery in Jernbanegade stands the Local Museum, with an interesting historical collection and mementos of Jacobsen.
The town possesses an imposing Town Hall, designed in 1853 by M. G. Bindesboll. A bust on the Lilletorv is in memory of the priest Hans Christian Sonne, who in the 19th century founded Denmark's first consumers' co-operative society in an attempt to improve the lot of the workers.
The town possesses an imposing Town Hall, designed in 1853 by M. G. Bindesboll. A bust on the Lilletorv is in memory of the priest Hans Christian Sonne, who in the 19th century founded Denmark's first consumers' co-operative society in an attempt to improve the lot of the workers.
