Defence and Garrison Museum — Attraction in Aalborg Municipality

Great place to go for an afternoon, especially if you're into the ww2 and cold war era.

There are exhibitions regarding life in Denmark during that time period, including a mock nuclear shelter.

There are multiple vehicles on display such as the M10 tank destroyer, chaffe light tank and centurion tank.

There are fixed gun emplacements such as a 40mm Bofors AA, 17 pounder anti-tank gun, etc.

Combine this with a short trip to the maritime Museum with an actual sub and you will have an exciting day :)

Ps, buy the combined ticket for both army and maritime museum either online or physically at the army musuem for...

Went here for the horror night. From the stuff I managed to see through the darkness and scary decorations, they have quite a lot of exhibited items, and if you're a fan of.. Well.. War stuff, then it's definitely worth a visit. Very very big in size so I can imagine it accommodates quite a lot more than what I'd seen.

Con: creepy street leading to the museum. I think some extra signs and lights could be helpful, BUT maybe it was like that just for the horror event, in which case, disregard 😁

9/10 will go again for the actual...

The defence museum in Aalborg takes you on a lovely journey from Denmark's early military history fighting Sweden all the way up to its contribution in Afghanistan with the ISAF. The collection has a fantastic array of tanks, jet planes, small and large arms. I especially enjoyed the weapons on display that you could handle yourself and the fact that you could climb ontop and into alot...