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Practicalities
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The
tourist office
is centrally placed at A?sterA?gade 8 (mid-June to Sept Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm; rest of year Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm; tel 98.12.60.22,
www.visitaalborg.dk
). The cheapest
hotels
are the traditional
Aalborg
S
A?mandshjem
, A?sterbro 27 (tel 98.12.19.00,
www.hotel-aalborg.com
; A?20-25/$32-40/a?¬36-45) and the slightly cosier
Hotellet Krogen
, Skibstedsvej 4 (tel 98.12.17.05,
www.krogen.dk
; A?20-25/$32-40/a?¬36-45). There's a large
youth hostel
(Fjordparken: tel 98.11.60.44,
www.danhostelnord.dk/aalborg
; A?5-10/$8-16/a?¬9-18; reservations necessary) 3km west of the town on the Limfjord bank beside the marina - take bus #8 from the centre to the end of its route - and, about 300m away, a
campsite
,
Strandparken
(tel 89.12.76.29,
www.strandparken.dk
; mid-April to mid-Sept). For a little more adventure, catch the half-hourly
ferry
(tel 98.11.78.23; 6.30am-11.15pm; 12kr) from near the campsite to Egholm, an island in Limfjord with free camping under open-sided shelters. In pursuit of
food and drink
, almost everybody heads for Jomfru Ane Gade, a small street close to the harbour between Bispensgade and Borgergade, on which a number of restaurants/bars advertise daily specials: the most reliable are
FyrtA?jet
at no.7, and
Dirch's Regensen
at no.16, which generally offer lunch for 50-60kr. Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center at Europa Pads 4 (tel 99.35.55.65,
www.akkc.dk
) is the city's new theatre and concert venue. Other useful information
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