#TRAVEL My Weekly Powerup | #club100 | The industrial Aalborg – Portland Cement Factory seen on a foggy day

In mid October I was back in Aalborg. This city is located on the south side of the fjord called Limfjorden. On the oposite side you will find Nørresundby. On a rather foggy day, my sister and I decided to take a walk along this fjord, but on the Nørresunby side. I haven't been walking this far on this side of the fjord before. I was surprised to look at Aalborg from this angle. First after five or six kilomters, following the fjord, we got this view of well-known Portland Cement Factory. Our brother works in the factury, so we send him a photo to let him know we were there. On a clear day you will be able to see the smoke from Portland, almost from any point in Aalborg. On this foggy day, the smoke was not visible. Unfortunatly I hadn't brought my camara. The photos were taken with my phone.

Our side of the fjord

Aalborg is one of the larger cities in Denmark. It has been deeply affected by the concret industry. Several factories were established in or around the city. It is the industry that is the reason for the growth of this city. The industrial break through happened in the 1890s. Within a few years Aalborg had five factories producing concrete. It's not only the chimneys we see today that bear witnes of the industry. In and around the city there are five chalk pits that used to provide the factory with components for the production. They are all closed now, but some are open to the public as recreational areas. Portland is still producing. They are known world wide for white and grey cements. They have developed a range of products like ready mix concrete. From a map I see that they are present in many countries on almost all continents.

Even though I have seen the smoke from the chimneys so many times, it has been from Aalborg. The factory looks different from this side. It was a nice, pleasant walk that turned out to be a little more than fifteen kilometres that day. A good day.

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