Nørlev is a peaceful, cosy and scenic holiday area in the bay Jammerbugten.
 The magnificent nature, the fresh air, the lovely sandy beach of the North Sea and the good holiday homes make Nørlev an attractive holiday area. Beautiful dune and forest areas surround Nørlev, which is located app. 5 km to the north of the holiday resort Lønstrup.
The area is famous for its many artists, who can often be paid a visit in their workshops and galleries.
It is possible to buy groceries in the locality, and if you wish to choose from a larger selection, you will find good shopping opportunities and more restaurants in Lønstrup. Nørlev is an ideal holiday resort for the ones, who wish to spend their vacation in quiet and lovely nature, but at the same time be close to the many sights and amusements of northwestern Jutland.
Beach
The wide and sandy beach of Nørlev is very popular and well-attended during the summer. The beach is sheltered by dunes with lyme grass and has been awarded with the Blue Flag. Motoring is allowed on the beach.
The beach invites swimming, walks as well as various beach and watersport activities. Outside the summer season, the beach is also suitable for walks. After a storm it is sometimes possible to find amber on the beach. The sunset over the North Sea is an experience, not to be missed.
Nature
 Behind the lovely beach and high dunes of Nørlev the nature is characterized by inland dunes, slightly hilly moor landscapes with heather and rose hip bushes, forest and agricultural land.
The sea and the wind have created the inland dunes behind Nørlev and Skallerup, and this rare and preservation-worthy landscape has been preserved. There is public access to the area - however, you have to follow the marked paths (2 km).
Activities
The beautiful nature of Nørlev with forest and beach is very suitable for walks, bicycle rides and horseback rides. Horses are rentable in the area. From the beach of Nørlev you can follow a scenic bicycle route, which leads through Skallerup, Harrerenden, Lønstrup and ends in the area around the hill island Rubjerg Knude.
Angers can try their luck from the shore or from one of the Put & Take fishponds of the area.
Golfers can test a number of challenging courses of scenic beauty in the area. The nearest one belongs to Vennebjerg Golfklub, which is located between Hjørring and Lønstrup - the largest Pay & Play course with 12 holes in northern Jutland (8 km).
Worth a visit
Experience the charming holiday resort Lønstrup with its small streets, shops, cafés, ice cream stalls and restaurants. Lønstrup is famous for its many artists, painters, sculptors, potters and glassblowers, and you can visit them in their workshops and experience the creation of handicraft. In the outskirts of Lønstrup the fishing boats are still dragged up on the beach every day after use (8 km).
From the beautifully restored mill Vennebjerg Mølle you can enjoy the magnificent view of the sea and the area (8 km).
The cosy market town Hjørring offers a pedestrian street with specialist shops, interesting museums, a manor house and more mediaeval buildings (12 km).
Near Nr. Rubjerg you can experience Rubjerg Knude - a 90-m high hill island, created during the last ice age. The lighthouse of the hill island 'Rubjerg Knude Fyr' is partly buried in sand (13 km).
Excursion spots
In Family Farm Fun Park in Vittrup you can stroke and feed the animals of the petting zoo, ride on ponies, drive on small tractors, try out water cycles on a lake and picnic in scenic surroundings (20 km).
The aquarium Nordsøen Oceanarium in Hirtshals contains Europe's largest saltwater aquarium: Ocenariet, which holds 4.5 million litres of water. Here you can experience about 60 different fish species from the North Sea and even touch some of them (20 km). In Hirtshals you can also visit Bunkermuseet Hirtshals 10. Batteri - a complete bunker installation with a museum from World War II.
In the amusement park Fårup Sommerland & Aquapark you can try out more than 50 entertainments for the whole family, including Denmark's largest aquapark and Denmark's longest switchback Falken (35 km).
In Tuen near Tversted you can visit the eagle sanctuary Ørnereservatet. Come close to some of the world's greatest eagle species and watch them being fed in the air (38 km).
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