GOOD DEALS

Get around

A ticket purchased on a local bus is valid for one hour and costs DKK 19 A ten-trips card costs DKK 115, each trip is valid for an hour as well. A great way to discover Horsens is by bike. You can rent bikes at different locations, ask at the tourist office located at Søndergade 28.

What can we visit?

Bygholm Park



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 Vitus Berings Park

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Søndergade (High Street)  

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The museums

The old prison( closes by the end of 2008 )  

the special churches

Abbaye church

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Annual event

One of the largest cultural events in Horsens is the annual European Medieval Festival on the last Friday and Saturday in August. The town centre of Horsens is transformed into the largest medieval market town in Northern Europe with activities and entertainment for families and children of all ages.

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What can we buy ?

• Bytorv Horsens : It is a Shopping Centre located on the highstreet, Søndergade.

• Bilka : It is the largest supermarket in the town of Horsens.

Where can we eat?*

• L'estragon (Restaurant), Sønderbrogade 4, 8700 Horsens. Restaurant L'estragon takes the French kitchen as its starting point and combines it with ingredients and methods of preparation from all over the world.
• Cafe Corfitz (Cafe and restaurant), Søndergade 21, DK-8700 Horsens
• China House (Restaurant), Søndergade 15,  DK-8700 Horsens

* This is only a very little selection of the restaurants and cafees in Horsens.

Bars and Coffees

There is a wide selection of cafées and bars in Horsens,among many:

·         Benediktes-Grønnegade 15,8700 Horsens

·         Hekkenfeldt-Graven 17-19,8700 Horsens

·         Cafe Koks,Nørregade 7, 8700 Horsens

·         Corfitz,Søndergade 21, 8700 Horsens

Where to stay?

There are a few primitive, but free, camping grounds available

• Best Western Hotel Danica, Ove Jensens Alle 28. Rooms from DKK 895.
• Jørgensen Hotel, (Centraly located). Rooms from DKK 695.  
• Scandic Hotel Bygholm Park, Schüttesvej 6. Rooms from DKK 750.
• Danhostel Horsens Vandrerhjem (Youth hostel), Flintebakken 150. Rooms from DKK 400 - shared room from DKK 200.

  

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THE TRAVEL

During this journey, we will take advantage of visit other Northern cities of Europe. We decided to stop over Amsterdam and Hamburg, because these cities are almost on the way to Horsens, and seem very interesting to visit.

We travel with two other students (Robin and Alexandre)  in a Volkswagen Transporter.

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We will leave Angers the 2^nd of February at 8 a.m. to arrive at 5 p.m. in Amsterdam with approximately 8 hours on the road and an additional hour for breaks and lunch. Then, we will continue our journey to Hamburg in the beginning of the afternoon, and we will arrive 5 hours later to the city. And to finish, we will leave Hamburg the 4^th of February to go to Horsens after 3 hours on the road.

In total, we will spend nearly 15 hours in the car, drive 1600 km and cross 3 countries during the journey. The total of the travel is around 150 Euros of gasoil and 40 Euros for the toll, only in France.


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WHERE ARE WE GOING AND WHY?

I am Eh and I'll tell you my trip with two French students Samuel and Julien who are in a French School of Engineering , specialising in Health, Safety & Environment. We are going three months at the University of Horsens in the Danish region of Midtjylland to complete our first year and discover another culture, exchange with other students, to know another way of life and of course progress in English and improve our knowledge in our field!

Horsens:

This is a Danish city in east Jutland and his population is 80,000 inhabitants. Horsens is 50 km south of Aarhus and 30 km north of Vejle, and 200 km from Copenhagen.

Today, the city is undergoing a positive development with new industry moving to Horsens, or expanding their activities already in Horsens. A lot of electronics and graphical companies are based there. Horsens also has the only Industrial Museum in Denmark.

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VIA University College:

VIA University College is offering bachelor courses of all kinds in all of Central Denmark Region. VIA University College is Denmark's third largest educational institution after Copenhagen University and Aarhus University, with approximately 20,000 students, and operates within the pedagogical and social professional, the health professional and the technical-commercial area. It is headquartered in Aarhus, but the activities anchored on seven campuses spread over 39 locations throughout the region.

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The Campus in Horsens holds most of the engineering, the technical and the business programmes of VIA University College. The increasing campus population is now around 3,500 students with 1200 are international students coming from more than 40 different countries.

Over there, we will have to validate five courses:

• Applied statistics for engineers  : 4 ECTS                             

• Sustainable Energy : 4 ECTS

• Waste Water treatment : 4 ECTS

• Water Supply : 2 ECTS

• Soil Contamination : 2 ECTS

(sources: www.viauc.com; www.wikipedia.org; www.horsens.dk)