Aalborg

Aalborg ('Eel-town'), a seaport in the north of Jutland, on the south side of the Liimfjord. It has two old churches and a castle, is the seat of a bishopric, and has a considerable trade, exporting spirits, hides, cattle, butter, eggs, and chalk, and importing salt, tobacco, oil, petroleum, and iron. Aalborg is connected with Sundby across the Liimfjord by two bridges. The place was well known in the 11th century, and has a charter of 1342. Pop. (1890) 19,503.