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Hi, apologies if this is not the best place to ask, but partner and I are looking at visiting Denmark with a view to moving permanently. Where would you say is the best city to visit/move to on the Jutland peninsula?

Currently in the UK and getting off of an island is why we're not looking at Fyn or Sjælland.

Thank you!

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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/Giving-In-778 at 2024-03-17 16:38:43+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

snarkybat at 2024-03-17 17:04:15+00:00 ID: kvay6ty

I had a suspicion that was the reasoning. It’s of course up to you, but do note that we have great highway bridge connections across Fyn and Sjælland, and soon directly to Germany over the islands south of Sjælland. They don’t really feel like separated islands in that sense, and it may be easier to settle in Copenhagen with its larger international scene.

Choosing Sjælland or Fyn will in no way make travel as difficult as you are used to! Denmark is really small and well connected with roads.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Giving-In-778 (OP) at 2024-03-17 17:12:26+00:00 ID: kvazlwh

Yes and we'd make use of the bridges to go to the airport at Copenhagen or to Sweden, but most of our travel would mean taking a train or car through Jutland anyway, so starting there would cut that extra bit off!

And some days I feel like I could move to a landmine riddled sandbar on the Baltic coast and somehow have better travel options that parts of the UK!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

PotatoViking at 2024-03-17 18:41:11+00:00 ID: kvbf618

I understand not wanting to live on Sjælland due to the distance to the Germany border and the bridge toll, but I don't understand why you're against Fyn as a candidate due to it being an island. The bridge between Jutland and Fyn is free.

Odense would be a decent candidate, 3rd largest city in the country and cheaper than Århus. Travel time to Hamburg by car or train is pretty much exactly the same as Århus. Also much closer to Copenhagen if you want to reach an airport with good flight connections in shorter time.

So if Jutland is the only candidate, unless you settle on a location below Århus, you would gain no advantage on travel time compared Odense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Giving-In-778 (OP) at 2024-03-17 18:45:32+00:00 ID: kvbfx1x

That's fair - I've made an assumption that the bridge connections would be traffic snarls because infrastructure is bad in the UK. Originally that was the reason for wanting Jutland, because of an assumption that travel to the German border would be quicker if avoiding the bridges.

From other comments though, Århus is Denmark's second city, yes? Wouldn't that mean opportunities are going to be better there, for the sake of the same travel to Hamburg but slightly worse connections to Copenhagen (when compared to Odense)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Chem_Engineer_123 at 2024-03-17 19:19:42+00:00 ID: kvblogw

The connections to Hamburg (and the rest of mainland Europe) are actually better from Odense (both in car and by train) compared to Aarhus. The trains from Copenhagen to Germany all passes through Odense, abd therefore Odense is very well-connected. However, Aarhus is a larger city, and will have more of a Copenhagen-vibe compared to Odense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Giving-In-778 (OP) at 2024-03-17 19:21:25+00:00 ID: kvblyw3

Thank you - from the comments it looks like Århus, Odense and Copenhagen need a visit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Chem_Engineer_123 at 2024-03-17 19:26:29+00:00 ID: kvbmtin

They are all very nice cities!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

NCLI at 2024-03-17 22:43:49+00:00 ID: kvcjsuu

Odense will soon be less well-connected to Germany though, since the trains from Copenhagen will all move to the new Femern tunnel in a few years.

Once that happens, Copenhagen will be better connected to Germany than Aarhus, though it will obviously cost more to to ge there by either car or train due to the tunnel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

PotatoViking at 2024-03-17 21:10:03+00:00 ID: kvc47kf

Crossing the Lillebælt bridge on weekends is most of the time completely hassle free. And honestly even on weekdays at times of heavier traffic, it's usually not that bad at all. Us Danes like to complain about traffic but comparing it to much larger countries, it's barely non-existent. Which may be an exaggeration, but if you're coming from a larger city or urban area, you'll probably find the traffic in most of Denmark to be much easier to deal with.

I'm not sure what you mean about opportunities, but yes Århus is bigger and therefore of course more culturally interesting than Odense. Housing wise the price difference is fairly big though.