Kalundborg

Kalundborg is a city in Kalundborg municipality in Denmark and the site of it's municipal council .

Kalundborg is very well known as the location of a large broadcasting facility, the Transmitter Kalundborg. There is also a large coal-fired power station at Kalundborg.

Kalundborg is mainly a trading and industrial town, but it is also well known for the beautiful five-spired church which is closely associated with King Valdemar I and the famous Archbishop Absalon.

It is also the traditional seat of the aristocratic Lerche family. The stately home of Lerchenborg, the best example of rococo architecture in Denmark, can be seen on the town's outskirts.

Ferry lines connect Kalundborg to Aarhus on the Jutland peninsula, and to the island of Samsø.