Skive, Denmark

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Skive [upper left] is west of Randers and north of Viborg, on Denmark's Jutland peninsula.]

Skive is a town in Skive municipality (Danish, "Skive Kommune") in Region Midtjylland at the base of Salling Peninsula, a part of the larger Jutland peninsula in northwest Denmark. It is the municipality's main town and the site of its municipal council.

The town of Skive is a coastal tourist resort, at the mouth of the Karup River ("Karup Å") and the Skive Fjord, part of the Limfjord. As of 1992, the population was 19,711.

Attractions

* 14th century Spøttrup Castle underwent extensive repairs in the 1940s, and opened as a museum and medicinal herb garden.
* Skive Art Museum ("Skive Kunstmuseum") is housed in a building designed by Danish architect Leopold Teschl, who also designed the Skive Historical Museum. The Art Museum houses a broad collection of modern Danish art, and has a special interest in expressive landscapes and New Realism painting. The collection also has works by local artists, including Christen Dalsgaard, a national romantic painter associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting.
* The Museum also has a stuffed polar bear, which was donated to Skive by the friendship city of Scoresbysund in Greenland.
* The Fur Museum is on the island of Fur, part of the Skive municipality. It features exhibits relating to the island, particularly fossils.
* The Mønsted Limestone Caves south-west of Skive are run by Denmark's nature-preservation group, "Skov- og Naturstyrelse". As well as being a tourist attraction, the caves are used as a place to age cheese, which is then exported to Germany as "cavecheese". In winter, the caves are home to 10,000 bats.
* In Skive, all the roundabouts have been decorated with pieces of art known as the 11 Stars, designed by the Danish designer Jacob Jensen.
* Common ammenities like supermarkets, shops, bowling alley, hotels are all within the town centre.

Celebrities from Skive

* Dúné
* Ulf Pilgaard

External links

* [http://www.skivekommune.dk Municipality's official website]
* [http://www.skivekommune.dk/sw31845.asp The new Skive municipality's official website (Danish only)]
* [http://skivekommune.dk/sw86425.asp The 11 Stars of Skive. Art in traffic]
* [http://www.skivefolkeblad.dk/ Skive Skive Folkeblad - City Local Newspaper]
* [http://www.visitskive.dk/sw52291.asp Skive tourism bureau]
* [http://www.ses.dk/14f000c Spøttrup Castle]
* [http://www.skivekunstmuseum.dk/ Skive Art Museum]
* [http://www.monsted-kalkgruber.dk/uk/menu.htm Mønsted Limestone Caves]