Silkeborg

Silkeborg lies on the Gudenå in the wooded, lake-filled uplands of central Jutland. Before the growth of a town here, the site was occupied by a castle, a monastery and a farming estate established in the fifteenth century, some six kilometres from Alling Abbey. The river links the surrounding lakes, including the long lake of Silkeborg Langsø, with the wider Gudenå valley.