Welcome to Silkeborg!
Silkeborg is a town in Jutland founded in 1844 around a paper mill (Silkeborg Paprfabrik) at the Gudenå River. The history of the place goes back to the 15th century, when a castle was located at an islet in the lake of Silkeborg. This castle gave Silkeborg its name, meaning ‘silk castle’.
The city has been proclaimed as the "Outdoor capital" of Denmark, due to its many outdoor possibilities, and events.
Being surrounded by forrests and lakes, nowhere in Silkeborg is far from nature. The city is on the banks on the longest river in Denmark, (The Gudenå river), which makes water sports and activities very popular.
Silkeborg is a Danish town with a population of 48,369 (1 January 2021).
Silkeborg is the seat of Silkeborg City Council (with 92,024 inhabitants as of 2018).
Silkeborg is located in the middle of the Jutlandic peninsula, slightly west of the geographical centre of Denmark. The city is situated on the Gudenå River in the hilly and lush landscape of Søhøjlandet, surrounded by Denmark's largest forest district and a great number of lakes. Silkeborg is also known as Denmark's outdoor capital. The lakes between Silkeborg and Ry that are linked by the Gudenå, are known collectively as Silkeborgsøerne (the Silkeborg lakes).
The city is divided along an east-west axis by the lake of Silkeborg Langsø, which at the eastern side of the city, flows into the Gudenå River.