With the recent completion of the new harbour front development, visitors will be met with outstanding views both on and off the water. Taking the vision of waves undulating across the Limfjord from the world famous architect Jorn Utzon (designer of the Sydney Opera House), the new Utzon Center is architecturally impressive both inside and out. Complemented by the redevelopment of a former coal power station into the city’s vibrant new multicultural powerhouse - ‘Nordkraft’ – both places add an exciting new vitality at the city’s waterfront.

Also taking advantage of this prime waterfront location, some of Aalborg’s best restaurants are equally perfectly positioned to dine out on the Tall Ships Races. For a more than just a shipshape treat, board the Princess Juliana for a aperitif on the deck; savour a glass of wine and tapas with a distinctly Danish twist at the superbly converted old warehouse Rosdahls or more simply take a seat in the sunshine at the brassiere styled Mundgott and tuck into freshly plucked Limfjorden mussels.

About the Tall Ships Races
First held in 1956, the Tall Ships Races were designed to encourage international friendship and training for young people (aged between 15 and 25) in the art of sailing. The races, which are held annually, will see over 100 cadets in 2010 take to Danish waters to help man these magnificent ships for two racing legs of several hundred nautical miles.

With previous years attracting UK participants such as the TS Royalist - a brig owned and operated as a sail training ship by the UK Sea Cadet Corps; HMS Trincomalee - Britain's oldest warship afloat; Moosk - a 100 year old Cornish Yawl; and Prince William – Tall Ships Youth Trust two-mast brig, Aalborg’s 2010 Tall Ships Races are on course to be worth more than just a fleeting visit!