Grenaa Municipality, Grenå

Name: Grenaa Municipality
Address: Grenå, Denmark

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Until 1 January 2007, Grenaa municipality or Grenå municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 196 km², and had a total population of 18,641. Its last mayor was Gert Schou, a member of the Social Democrats political party. The municipality's main city and the site of its municipal council was the town of Grenaa. The municipality was located on the east coast of the peninsula known as Djursland, with the waters of the Kattegat to the east, defining the municipality's eastern border. ()

Local name: Grenaa Kommune Area: 75.68 mi²Coordinates: 56°25'0"N, 10°52'60"E

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Grenaa Municipality – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kattegatcentret, Fornæs Lighthouse, Sostrup Castle, Rimsø Runestone.

1.8 miSE
Aquarium, Tours, Outdoor activities
Kattegatcentret, Grenå
47 min walk • Kattegatcentret is a public aquarium in Grenå, Denmark. Its name refers to the Kattegat sea. The mission of Kattegatcentret is to mediate knowledge about the sea to the general public, so more people are able to enjoy, understand and guard the seas.
3.4 miNE
Lighthouse
Fornæs Lighthouse
86 min walk • Fornæs Lighthouse in Denmark is located on the eastern tip of the Danish peninsula, Djursland by the sea, Kattegat between Denmark and Sweden, 6 kilometers north of the town Grenaa.
5.9 miNW
Manor house
Sostrup Castle
151 min walk • Sostrup Castle is a Danish castle in Gjerrild parish, once in Djurs Nørre Herred, now in Norddjurs Municipality, Denmark. The main building was begun in 1599 and completed in 1606.
5.4 miNW
Stela
Rimsø Runestone
139 min walk • The Rimsø stone or DR 114 is a runestone from the 10th century near Århus in Denmark. It is one of few runestones raised after a woman, and it is raised by her son who exclaims that losing one's mother is the worst thing that can happen to a boy.
0.8 miNW
Windmill
Baunhøj Mølle, Grenå
21 min walk • Baunhøj mill, a Dutch windmill, was built in 1849 on Grenaa's best viewpoint, 37 metres above sea level. The mill was built by district physician C.A. Arendrup, who had to sell the mill again at a forced auction in 1856.
4 miS
Forts and castles
Katholm Castle
101 min walk • Katholm Castle is a manor house located on the Djursland peninsula, six km south of Grenaa, in eastern Denmark. Built in the Renaissance style from 1588 to 1591 and expanded in 1622, it is set on a castle bank in the middle of an artificial lake in a forested area.
2.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Cliffs of Sangstrup
75 min walk • The Cliffs of Sangstrup and Karlby in Denmark, Northern Europe, at the entrance to the Baltic Sea, are two, up to 17 meters tall, and 5 km long coastal limestone cliffs originating from a 65-million-year-old coral reef in a prehistoric and tropical Danish sea.
~1880 ftSW
56°24'49"N • 10°52'34"E
Grenå Kirke, Grenå
10 min walk • Church