Kalundborg

Kalundborg is a Danish port city on the northwestern coast of Zealand, the largest island of Denmark, 110 kilometres across the island from Copenhagen, which lies on the opposite eastern side. It is the main town of Kalundborg Municipality and the seat of its council, with a population of 16,466 at the start of 2026. The area was first settled in 1170 at a natural harbour at the head of Kalundborg Fjord, became more urbanised during the nineteenth century and grew into a major industrial centre by the middle of the twentieth. The town is known for its five-spired Church of Our Lady, associated with King Valdemar I and Archbishop Absalon, for the Kalundborg Transmitter broadcasting facility, and for Lerchenborg, a rococo manor that is the traditional seat of the Lerche family. The Asnæs Power Station, once the largest coal-fired plant in Denmark, began its transition to biomass in 2017, and ferries link the town westward to the island of Samsø.