On the west coast you will find some of denmark s best beaches romø is a big tourist attraction on the west coast as well. The central part of the jutland peninsula midt jylland is home to viborg holstebro silkeborg and herning. Jütland is a peninsula in northern europe it forms the mainland part of denmark and a northern part of germany it separates the north sea from the baltic sea its terrain is relatively flat with low hills and peat bogs it has an area of 29 775 km 11 496 square miles and a population of 2 491 852 2004.
Naval battle between the british and german fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. Jutland definition a peninsula comprising the continental portion of denmark. It s about 350km long counting from the german border although the northernmost part is actually technically an island and it s home to 2.
Jylland is a large peninsula stretching northwards towards scandinavia and is the only part of denmark connected to the european continent and hence sometimes know as mainland denmark although the capital is on the island of zealand. Jutland a low lying peninsula in western denmark separates the north and baltic seas and borders germany to the south home to about 2 5 million danes across its 11 500 square miles of land jutland s biggest cities of aarhus aalborg esbjerg randers kolding and ribe the peninsula is also called the cimbrian or cimbric peninsula. The name jutland comes from the danish word jylland the land of the jutland peninsula is relatively flat with heaths peat hogs plains and open land towards the west.
Jutland is a large peninsula in northern europe that forms all of continental denmark and the schleswig holstein state in northern germany. The chersonesus cimbrica or cimbric chersonese of ancient geography it was. The peninsula is bounded to the west and north by the north sea and the skagerrak and to the east by the kattegat and the little belt.
Jutland projection of northern europe forming the continental portion of denmark. Geographically and historically jutland comprises the regions of south jutland historically also slesvig west jutland east jutland including djursland and north jutland including himmerland vendsyssel hanherred and thy. Jutland is a peninsula bounded by the north sea to the west the skagerrak to the north the kattegat and baltic sea to the east and germany to the south.
