Skive, Denmark
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Skive is a town in Skive municipality (Danish, Skive Kommune) in Region Midtjylland at the base of Salling Peninsula, a part of the larger Jutland peninsula in northwest Denmark. It is the municipality's main town and the site of its municipal council.
The town of Skive is a coastal tourist resort, at the mouth of the Karup River (Karup Å) and the Skive Fjord, part of the Limfjord. Skive has a population of 20,686 (1st January 2009)[1].
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[edit] Attractions
- 14th century Spøttrup Castle underwent extensive repairs in the 1940s, and opened as a museum and medicinal herb garden.
- Skive Art Museum (Skive Kunstmuseum) is housed in a building designed by Danish architect Leopold Teschl, who also designed the Skive Historical Museum. The Art Museum houses a broad collection of modern Danish art, and has a special interest in expressive landscapes and New Realism painting. The collection also has works by local artists, including Christen Dalsgaard, a national romantic painter associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting.
- The Museum also has a stuffed polar bear, which was donated to Skive by the friendship city of Scoresbysund in Greenland.
- The Fur Museum is on the island of Fur, part of the Skive municipality. It features exhibits relating to the island, particularly fossils.
- The Mønsted Limestone Caves south-west of Skive are run by Denmark's nature-preservation group, Skov- og Naturstyrelse. As well as being a tourist attraction, the caves are used as a place to age cheese, which is then exported to Germany as "cavecheese". In winter, the caves are home to 10,000 bats.
- In Skive, all the roundabouts have been decorated with pieces of art known as the 11 Stars, designed by the Danish designer Jacob Jensen.
- Common amenities like supermarkets, shops, bowling alley, hotels are all within the town centre.
[edit] Celebrities from Skive
[edit] External links
- Municipality's official website
- The new Skive municipality's official website (Danish only)
- The 11 Stars of Skive. Art in traffic
- Skive Skive Folkeblad - City Local Newspaper
- Skive tourism bureau
- Spøttrup Castle
- Skive Art Museum
- Mønsted Limestone Caves
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Coordinates: 56°34′N 9°02′E / 56.567°N 9.033°E
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