With about 5500 inhabitants Hirtshals Port is one of the largest fishing ports in Denmark. The fishing-boats are in action all around the clock. A visit in the port is an experience any time of the day.

Not only fishing boats sail from Hirtshals; there is also traffic of large passenger and cargo ships, which regularly sail between Hirtshals/Faroe Islands/Iceland and Hirtshals/Norway. In Hirtshals you always have the sea in sight.

Enjoy the special atmosphere of the square public place “Den Grønne Plads” right in the centre. From here you have a magnificent view of the sea and the port. In the pedestrian zone many restaurants and shops invite to stay.

In the museum of Hirtshals impressions of the city´s history and fishing from past times are offered and In the "Nordsøen Oceanarium" there are found a seal station and Europe´s greatest aquarium with 4,5 Mio. litres sea-water.

The landmark of Hirtshals unsurveyably is the lighthouse. The lighthouse was built 1860-63 on the cape in between the baights of Jammer and Tannis. The tower is opened for tourists. There are 144 steps up to the platform, which is 57 metres above the sea-level. From here you have a beautiful view of the sea and of Hirtshals. By the lighthouse there is the shelter-museum.