This is a list of municipalities of Denmark which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
This is a list of municipalities of Denmark which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Kaltenkirchen, Germany
Almere, Netherlands
Antibes, France Büdelsdorf, Germany
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fredrikstad, Norway
Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands
Galway, Ireland
Gdynia, Poland
Haifa, Israel
Hefei, China
Innsbruck, Austria
Karlskoga, Sweden
Lancaster, England, United Kingdom Lerum, Sweden
Liperi, Finland
Mykolaiv, Ukraine [3] 
Norðurþing, Iceland Orsa, Sweden Orust, Sweden Ośno Lubuskie, Poland
Racine, United States
Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland Rendalen, Norway Rendsburg, Germany
Riga, Latvia Riihimäki, Finland
Sermersooq, Greenland Solvang, United States
Tulcea, Romania
Tumakuru district, India
Varna, Bulgaria
Vilnius, Lithuania Wismar, Germany Borken, Germany Dainville, France East Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Grabow, Germany Mölndal, Sweden
Říčany, Czech Republic Whitstable, England, United Kingdom Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany East Kilbride, Scotland, United Kingdom Hohenwestedt, Germany Botkyrka, Sweden
Dorogomilovo (Moscow), Russia Stange, Norway Steglitz-Zehlendorf (Berlin), Germany Ely, England, United Kingdom Eskilstuna, Sweden Fjarðabyggð, Iceland Güstrow, Germany Jyväskylä, Finland Krems an der Donau, Austria Qeqqata, Greenland Ratzeburg, Germany Stavanger, Norway Suzhou, China Szczecin, Poland Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Härnösand, Sweden Herford, Germany Ilulissat (Avannaata), Greenland Kokkola, Finland Kristiansund, Norway Šiauliai, Lithuania Bærum, Norway Hafnarfjörður, Iceland Hämeenlinna, Finland Qeqertarsuatsiaat, Greenland
Tartu, Estonia Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Uppsala, Sweden Halmstad, Sweden Hanko, Finland Sermersooq, Greenland Stord, Norway Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (Berlin), Germany Gagny, France Haabersti (Tallinn), Estonia Klagenfurt, Austria Koszalin, Poland Minden, Germany Narsaq, Greenland Neubrandenburg, Germany Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom Pirkkala, Finland Ski, Norway Solna, Sweden
Split, Croatia Sutton, England, United Kingdom
Taitō (Tokyo), Japan
Veszprém, Hungary Kotka, Finland Landskrona, Sweden Braine, France Sandefjord, Norway Uusikaupunki, Finland Varberg, Sweden Wittenberg, Germany Eberswalde, Germany Gniewkowo, Poland Höganäs, Sweden Lieto, Finland Nesodden, Norway Seltjarnarnes, Iceland Arsuk, Greenland
Countryside, Åland Islands, Finland Eiði, Faroe Islands Holmestrand, Norway Husby, Germany Kangasala, Finland Siglufjörður, Iceland Vänersborg, Sweden
Kladovo, SerbiaHolstebro is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union. [34] Holstebro also has one other twin town. [35]
Douzelage
Agros, Cyprus
Altea, Spain Asikkala, Finland Bad Kötzting, Germany
Bellagio, Italy Bundoran, Ireland Chojna, Poland Granville, France
Houffalize, Belgium Judenburg, Austria Kőszeg, Hungary
Marsaskala, Malta Meerssen, Netherlands
Niederanven, Luxembourg Oxelösund, Sweden
Preveza, Greece Rokiškis, Lithuania Rovinj, Croatia
Sesimbra, Portugal Sherborne, England, United Kingdom Sigulda, Latvia Siret, Romania
Škofja Loka, Slovenia Sušice, Czech Republic Tryavna, Bulgaria Türi, Estonia
Zvolen, SlovakiaOther
Brașov, Romania Leksand, Sweden Lillehammer, Norway Oulainen, Finland Oppegård, Norway Rydułtowy, Poland Sollentuna, Sweden Tuusula, Finland Bad Salzungen, Germany
Cihanbeyli, Turkey Haninge, Sweden Svedala, Sweden Trzebinia, Poland Waalre, Netherlands Lindesberg, Sweden Oppdal, Norway Strzelce Krajeńskie, Poland Tongzhou (Beijing), China Tornesch, Germany Anjō, Japan Delmenhorst, Germany Drammen, Norway Huéscar, Spain Kujalleq, Greenland Lappeenranta, Finland Örebro, Sweden Pisa, Italy Stykkishólmur, Iceland Szombathely, Hungary Wuqing (Tianjin), China Bábolna, Hungary Bolesławiec, Poland Kokemäki, Finland Lier, Norway Falköping, Sweden Barmstedt, Germany Korsholm, Finland Mandal, Norway Oskarshamn, SwedenNæstved is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union. [46] Næstved also has four other twin towns. [47]
Charter of European Rural Communities
Bienvenida, Spain Bièvre, Belgium Bucine, Italy Cashel, Ireland Cissé, France Desborough, England, United Kingdom Esch (Haaren), Netherlands Hepstedt, Germany Ibănești, Romania Kandava (Tukums), Latvia Kannus, Finland Kolindros, Greece Lassee, Austria Medzev, Slovakia Moravče, Slovenia Nagycenk, Hungary Nadur, Malta Ockelbo, Sweden Pano Lefkara, Cyprus Põlva, Estonia Samuel (Soure), Portugal Slivo Pole, Bulgaria Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic Strzyżów, Poland Tisno, Croatia Troisvierges, Luxembourg Žagarė (Joniškis), LithuaniaOther
Katrineholm, Sweden Salo, Finland Vennesla, Norway Columbus, United States Funabashi, Japan Groningen, Netherlands
Iksan, South Korea İzmir, Turkey Kaunas, Lithuania Kyiv, Ukraine Klaksvík, Faroe Islands Kópavogur, Iceland Norrköping, Sweden Östersund, Sweden Schwerin, Germany Shaoxing, China St Albans, England, United Kingdom Tampere, Finland Trondheim, Norway Upernavik (Avannaata), Greenland Akureyri, Iceland Ålesund, Norway Jelenia Góra, Poland Lahti, Finland Västerås, SwedenSilkeborg terminated all its twinnings. [56]
Eisenach, Germany Arvika, Sweden Kongsvinger, Norway Qasigiannguit (Qeqertalik), Greenland [60] Ylöjärvi, Finland Eidsvoll, Norway Fljótsdalshérað, Iceland Pruszcz, Poland Skara, Sweden Höör, Sweden Laukaa, Finland Modum, Norway Östra Göinge, Sweden Forssa, Finland Sarpsborg, Norway Södertälje, Sweden Aasiaat (Qeqertalik), Greenland Bodø, Norway Dolný Kubín, Slovakia Jönköping, Sweden Kuopio, Finland Stralsund, Germany Alingsås, Sweden Lillestrøm, Norway Lapinlahti, Finland Rana, Norway Sigulda, Latvia Skellefteå, Sweden Dalvíkurbyggð, Iceland Hamar, Norway Lund, Sweden Lüneburg, Germany Marijampolė, Lithuania Porvoo, Finland
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Holstebro Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 801.55 km2 (309.48 sq mi), and has a population of 58,978. Its mayor is H. C. Østerby, a member of the Social Democratic party.
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