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Vendsyssel-Thy or Nørrejyske Ø (Danish for North Jutlandic Island) is the northernmost part of Denmark. Technically, it is the second largest island of Denmark (excluding Greenland), however for practical and traditional reasons it is considered a part of the Jutland Peninsula, from which it became physically separated during a flood in 1825. The area is separated from Jutland proper by the Limfjord. Vendsyssel-Thy is seldom regarded as a single unit. It consists of three areas which are referred to much more often than to the island as a whole. The consisting areas are:
The term North Jutland usually includes Vendsyssel-Thy, Himmerland and the islands of Mors and Læsø. From 2007, these areas will constitute the North Jutland Region, being smallest by population of Denmark's five new regions.
Vendsyssel-Thy was once connected to Jutland proper by a 13 km long and less than 1 km wide isthmus, Agger Tange, which separated the North Sea from the Limfjord. It became an island on February 3, 1825 when the sea broke through the northern end of the isthmus, creating Agger Channel. Thyborøn Channel, located farther south of the original canal, was created through the center of the isthmus by another flood in 1862. Agger Channel began to fill up with sand and was eventually filled up in 1877, thus making the island a little bit larger.
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Names
Some historians and linguists hypothesise that the name Vendsyssel is derived from the Germanic tribe of the Vandals. Syssel is an ancient form of administrative region. Vendel (Old Danish Wændil) was also the ancient name of the Limfjord itself.
Thy is originally the same word as Old Norse Þjóð, meaning people, and is by some scholars thought to be the origin of another Germanic tribe, the Teutons.
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Key facts
Population: 306,373 (January 1, 2003)
Vendsyssel: Hjørring, Frederikshavn, Skagen, Brønderslev, Sæby, Hirtshals, Løkken, Nørresundby (northern part of Aalborg, which is mainly south of the Limfjord)
Hanherred: Fjerritslev, Brovst
Thy: Thisted, Hanstholm, Hurup
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Bridges to mainland Jutland
From west to east:
Vilsund (road, from Thy to the island of Mors and onwards to central Jutland)
Aggersund (road, between Hanherred and Himmerland)
A further bridge crossing the Limfjord west of Aalborg has been proposed.
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Ferries
To Sweden:
To Norway:
To the Faroe Islands and Iceland:
To mainland Jutland:
Feggesund (between Hanherred and the island of Mors)
Hals-Egense (crossing the eastern mouth of the Limfjord)
To the island of Læsø:
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Airports
Copenhagen
Faroe Islands
Oslo, Norway
Bergen, Norway
Ørlandet (Trondheim), Norway
Helsinki, Finland
London Gatwick, UK
Malaga, Spain
Copenhagen
Roskilde
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