Hanstholm, Denmark, Europe
Year 1966 latitude: 57° 6' longitude: 8° 37' Period 1966-1970 Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Scherning Dybbro Knud Haastrup Design organization Inhabitants 5,850 (2004) Target population Town website Town related links Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
After the second world war, the Danish state adressed a long-held dream: a harbour at Hanstholm on the west coast of North Jutland. Construction was finally completed with great difficulty in 1970. A whole new town was built simultaneously. Central facilities were grouped in an area outside the harbour, protected north- and westwards by a huge plantation established just after the occupation to cover the great bunkers. A path running east from the town centre serves cyclists and pedestrians; ringroads south and north serve motor traffic. To the east, taking advantage of the area's west winds, are industrial parks. Houses are low-rise in a variety of designs. Fishing industry got supplied by a holiday centre in 1970. source: Olaf Lind, Jutland Architecture Guide
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