Hadsund is a fjord town in Himmerland with 4,971 inhabitants
(2020) (5,428 inhabitants (2020) including Hadsund South). The town,
which is the capital of the eastern Himmerland, has grown up around
the old ferry terminal. The distance over Mariager Fjord is shortest
at Hadsund, which meant that the Hadsund bridge was built. Via the
bridge, the city forms a traffic junction between Kronjylland and
Himmerland.
The town was granted trading center privileges on
December 1, 1854, but never obtained township rights.
The
city is located in the eastern part of Mariagerfjord Municipality
and belongs to the North Jutland Region. Until 2007, Hadsund was the
capital of the now defunct Hadsund Municipality and is today the
second largest city in Mariagerfjord Municipality after Hobro. On
the southern side of Mariager Fjord is Hadsund Syd, which is
considered an independent urban area with almost 500 inhabitants.
Hadsund, together with Mariager, Arden and Hobro, has been
designated as Mariagerfjord Municipality's capital cities. This is
done on the basis of an expectation that most of the settlement and
population development will take place in these cities. The main
cities contain several different types of housing and forms of
ownership. Hobro and Hadsund both have a broad business development.
The city has a larger selection of supermarkets and specialty
stores. In the city there is also a covered shopping center, Hadsund
Butikscenter.
Storegade has been the city's pedestrian street
since 1990.
By bicycle
The North Sea Coast Cycle Route runs through Hadsund on
National Cycle Route 5.
In addition, regional cycle route 32, the
Mariager Fjord routes, runs from Hobro at the inland end of the
Mariagerfjord to Hadsund and then around on the other side of the fjord,
a total of 64 km.
Hadsund has an extensive cultural life with a museum, cinema, sports
clubs and annually recurring cultural events.
In connection with
Mariagerfjord Festuge, there are several cultural events in the city,
including concerts on the Square.
In the period 2007-2017, the
city had its own city festival called Waterfestival. The party took
place on the harbor grounds. In 2017, they chose to take a break for a
few years, due to a lack of revenue in recent years due to a lack of
audience and sponsor interest.
Attractions
In the city, there
are two museums Hadsund Egnsamling and Nordjylland's Møllehistorisk
Samling.[96][97] The former is a regional museum of cultural history,
which was founded in 1962 and which today is housed in Rosendalsgården
in the middle of the city. Mill Historical Collection dealing with wind
and water turbines. Both museums are part of the North Jutland
Historical Museum.
Hadsund Zoo is a small zoo that was founded in
1983. Today it houses various deer and goats.
Hadsund
KulturCenter has the cinema Hadsund Bio 1+2, concert hall and café. It
also contains the Hadsund Library, which since the municipal merger in
2007 has been part of the Mariagerfjord Libraries; the first library
opened in 1911.
Hadsund Swimming Hall from 2005 is located at
Hadsund Skole, consists of a large pool (16 x 25 m) and a children's
pool.
Hadsund Church from 1898, and was designed by the architect
Claudius August Wiinholt.
A few kilometers east of Hadsund lies
Havnø Mølle, which is North Jutland's oldest windmill, built in 1842.
The mill is listed and was thoroughly restored in the 1990s. Next to
Havnø Mølle near Mariager Fjord is the Manor Havnø, built in 1846.
In Visborg, outside Hadsund, there is the Visborggård manor. The
current main building was built by Jakob Enevoldsen Seefeld in 1575-76
and rebuilt in 1748-1796, but the farm is already mentioned from the
middle of the 14th century. In connection with the castle, there is
Denmark's only protected Renaissance park from the 18th century.
1 SuperBrugsen, Himmerlandsgade 2. Tel.: +45 98 57 33 00. Open:
Mon-Fri 8am-8pm, Sat+Sun 8am-6pm.
2 Kiwi Minipris, Himmerlandsgade
6-8. Tel.: +45 98574322. Open: Mon-Fri 8am-10pm, Sat+Sun 8am-10pm.
3
Fakta, Jernbanegade 2. Open: Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat+Sun 8am-9pm.
4
Aldi, Østre Allé 2. Open: Mon-Sun 8am-8pm, closed on public holidays.
5 Netto, Butikstorvet 27. Open: Mon-Fri 8am-10pm, Sat+Sun 8am-10pm.
1 B&B Eva Grünert, Mariagervej 40, 9560 Hadsund. Phone: +45 9857
2499.
2 Hadsund Camping and Vandrerhjem, Stadionvej 33, 9560 Hadsund.
Tel.: +45 264 1619, e-mail: Hadsund@Danhostel.dk. The campsite with a
simple hostel attached is not a tourist hotspot, but has the charm of
older Scandinavian places, with a lounge with a fully equipped kitchen,
etc. Breakfast can be ordered the evening before, bread rolls are also
available. Hostel guests should bear in mind that they share the
sanitary facilities of the CP, i. H. also have to go to another building
at night if they want to go to the toilet. The operator of the place
speaks German, being Swiss, and has a special soft spot for touring
cyclists. Open: Campground and Hostel: May 1st to Oct 1st; Overnight
stay in the hostel also possible outside of the times by arrangement.
Price: adults 60 kr., parking space 90 € kr.; Cyclists, hikers and
canoeists do not pay a parking fee. Bed in a dorm in the hostel 120 kr.
3 Hotel Syd, Færgevej 1-2, 9560 Hadsund. Tel.: +45 98572099, email:
kroen@faergekroen-hadsund.dk.
The origin of the name Hadsund is not known with certainty. A likely
explanation is that the village of Haderup on the south side of the
fjord, 500 m from Hadsund South, has given its name to the narrow sound
by the town, i.e. Haderup Sund, which could easily be shortened to
Hadsund. The first farms were called Sundhusene around the year 1700;
only in the 1850s did this designation go out of use and these houses
and farms began to be referred to as the Hadsund Houses; likewise with
the settlement south of the fjord.
The place name "Hadsund" was
the designation for the narrow strait and was later used for the
settlement that arose both north and south of the strait. The first time
the name Hadsund is mentioned in written sources is in a court witness
read at Hindsted Herred's court on 3 September 1467. The name was then
spelled Haddeswnth. In 1478 Hadswnd, in 1487 Hadsvnd, in 1581 Hatzsund,
and in 1700 Hatsund.
Until 1700
Hadsund's origins are lost in the Middle Ages. The
place name appears for the first time in the 15th century (3 September
1467 Haddeswnth, 11 January 1468 Hadesundt, Haddersund, 21 January 1468
Hadissundt). The name probably originally denoted the waters and later
the settlement that grew both north and south of the strait. The rise of
the settlement may partly be due to the need for a crossing between
Himmerland and the area south of Mariager Fjord, partly due to the
possibility of fishing in the fjord. The crossing consisted of a ferry
powered by sails and oars when the wind failed. The ferry was an open
vessel with room for travelers, vehicles, general cargo, horses and
cattle.
Hadsund ferry station had three farms and three houses
with land in 1682. The cultivated area amounted to 56.3 tdr of land,
attributed to 6.99 tdr of hartkorn. The form of cultivation was
grassland farming.
1700-1854
In the 18th century, Hadsund was
called Sundhusene, which is an abbreviation of Sundskovhusene. The ferry
yard in Vive Parish was located at the crossing and was therefore hardly
counted among the Sundskov houses; it was a more remote property that
later bore the name Ladestedet Hadsund (in connection with the ferry's
move from Hadsund South to Hadsund).
Hadsund's emergence as a
charging station is due to the main farm Dalsgaard. Erik Pontoppidan
states in Den Danske Atlas from 1769: "Til Gaarden has free shipping
rights in Mariager-Fiord at 4 berths, which is why the owner of the
respective berth enjoys payment, at one of the berths Hadsund is a
shipping bridge to which the ships can berth and load and unload."
When in 1850 the development of the settlement near the banks of the
ferry yard began, the designation "Hadsund" passed to all buildings in
both Vive and Visborg Parish, and the designation Sundhusene quickly
fell out of use and was replaced by the designation "Hadsund Husene";
likewise with the settlement south of the fjord. It is possible that the
form "Hadsund Husene" was later carried forward in the name of Hadsund's
northern district, Hadsund Huse, which may also be a corruption of
Sundhusene.
Hadsund has been used as a crossing point over
Mariager Fjord since the 12th century. Here, the road from Hobro along
the north coast of the fjord turned all the way down to the water's edge
at Sundhusene and the ferry yard and continued from there further north
towards Aalborg. But it was only with the changes in the structure of
agriculture in the decades around 1800 that there was a need for more
than one ferry port at Hadsund.
In continuation of the
restructuring of agriculture that followed the agrarian reforms, the
need for turnover grew, which in those days was normally reserved for
the market towns. However, the privileges of the market towns only
applied two miles from their city limits, and from the crossing point in
southeastern Himmerland it was further to the nearest market town. As a
result of the traffic at the time, a journey to the market towns could
take up to a few days, and a need therefore developed among the local
population for a business opportunity closer to their homes. It began
when permission was granted in 1838 to hold two annual cattle markets at
Hadsund Ferry Terminal. A little earlier, grain began to be shipped from
Hadsund, and therefore already in 1829 a grain store was built at the
ferry inn. But it was not until 1 December 1854 that the old ferry and
crossing point was granted limited rights as a trading post for Hobro
and Mariager.
1854-1910
The start of Hadsund's growth thus
took place in 1854, when the place received trading post privileges.
Once the opportunities were created, development went quickly: even
before the granting of trading rights, a subdivision plan was drawn up,
but the crisis of 1857 caused a temporary setback. In 1861, a traffic
port was built, and in 1883 a railway connection was opened to Randers,
and from 1900 also to Aalborg. The town of Hadsund was also called
Hadsund Nord during the railway era because the northern station was
located here.
Hobro was a market town a long time ago; it gave
rise to a lot of traffic going through the city. But there was also a
need for a transport road through eastern Himmerland and further south
towards Randers. The route used to go over Hobro, but in that connection
it was natural to pass Mariager Fjord at the narrowest point, and that
was precisely where Hadsund is located. Therefore, a railway bridge with
a single track was built in 1904.
1910-1970
The town's new
primary school in Kirkegade was inaugurated in 1911; with the school,
the town had achieved almost everything desirable in the first place:
school, church, railway, bridge, telephone exchange, pharmacy, post
office, doctor, midwife, waterworks and electricity works. To this were
added the former industries: dairy, butchery, Hornbechs Fabrikker,
brewery and others. However, Hadsund still suffered from two serious
deficiencies; the town's church was an annex church in Visborg Parish,
and the town was thus not an independent parish, but still divided
between Vive and Visborg Parish. The same applied to the municipal
border: the city was still divided between Vive and Skelund/Visborg
parishes, to the great inconvenience of the day-to-day administration of
the city.
In 1914 Hadsund Technical School was established, in
1919 the police station was inaugurated, and between 1922 and 23
Storegade was paved with cobblestones. Hadsund then acquired the
character of a real city. In 1926 Hadsund Boldklub was established, and
in 1937 the town's fishing harbor was inaugurated. The railway in
Hadsund was closed on 31 March 1969.
1970-1985 Industrial city
In 1970, Hadsund became a regional center after the Municipal Reform in
1970. This meant major upheavals for many of the old parish
municipalities. For Hadsund, this meant that Als Municipality was merged
with Hadsund Municipality and a small part of Falslev-Vindblæs
Municipality. The newly formed municipality had 9,500 inhabitants.
At the end of the 1960s, the population of Hadsund Municipality had
started to fall. The explanation was that the rural areas were
depopulated as agriculture became mechanized. Although the population in
Hadsund grew, it did not go fast enough to compensate for the emigration
from the rural areas.
In the 1960s, the first steps in the
industrial development of Hadsund began. In the 1970s, they were in the
process of getting the town established as an industry. It was then
about maintaining and establishing industries. From 1970-74, a total of
seven companies were established in Hadsund.
The growing industry
also required proper transport options to and from Hadsund. After the
railway had been closed down, road traffic had taken on a significantly
greater importance than before; this applied to both passenger transport
by buses and goods transport by trucks. The central streets in Hadsund
were not built for the heavy traffic. It took more than 13 years after
the closure of the railways before the new bypass on the former railway
terrain south-east of the city from the bridge to Alsvej just north-east
of Sindholt could be inaugurated on 3 December 1982.
But the
biggest problem for many years had, after all, been the old Hadsund
Bridge from 1904. With its single-track road, it offered the industry
unacceptable transport conditions to the south. On 1 May 1973, the
Folketing adopted a final bridge project which was presented in 1972. In
1974, the Road Directorate signed a contract with Mayor Tage Jespersen
for the construction of a new bridge. The price was DKK 32.4 million.
Just two months later in July 1974, construction began on the new
bridge, which was completed in 1976.
Hadsund's city coat of arms was designed by Lind Madsen and awarded
to the city in 1937. The city coat of arms represents the old railway
bridge from 1904. The two arches symbolize the two former
municipalities; Vive and Skelund-Visborg Municipalities. The four waves
are the symbol of the four villages that were in Hadsund Municipality,
namely Skelund, Visborg, Vive and Hadsund. The crescent moon at the top
of the city coat of arms symbolizes the new municipality, and the stars
symbolize the desire for a bright future.
In the seal's border is
engraved in 1937 to attach the Municipality's Creation. The old bridge
with the classic steel arches was never changed in the city coat of
arms.
It was first registered in the municipal weapons register
on 25 March 1939 and used by Hadsund Municipality until the structural
reform in 2007.
Historical population figures
5,051 (2019)
inhabitants live on the Himmerlands side of Hadsund and 469 (2019) live
in Hadsund South on the Kronjylland side.
The city grew in the
period 2017-2018 with 146 new inhabitants, which is thus the largest
number since the 1980s. This is partly due to Bostedet Hadsund in the
eastern city, but also the many new apartments on the city's harbour.
Hadsund's population has been falling since the financial crisis in
2008, in fact the population fell by 201 inhabitants in the period
between 2007-2017 is that several larger companies have closed or moved
from the town. Examples include Uponor in 2009, Scandic Food in 2010 and
Danish Crown in 2012.
Hadsund is located in northern Jutland, in the south-eastern part of
Himmerland. The distance to Kattegat is 12 km. The city is 45 km south
of Aalborg and 30 km north of Randers, 25 km east of Hobro, 60 km
northeast of Viborg, 70 km east of Skive and 90 km northwest of Grenaa.
It is 360 km (via the Great Belt Bridge) to Copenhagen.
The town
of Hadsund and the area around Hadsund have several local place names,
see the section below.
Hadsund Centrum is the area around the Storegade pedestrian street -
which is the center of the entire town. Hadsund Centrum is the oldest
part of Hadsund. There are three main roads: Alsvej, Himmerlandsgade and
Storegade.
The shopping streets in the city center, in addition
to the pedestrian street, are Vestergade, Østergade, Nørregade,
Mejerigade, Jernbanegade and Brogade, all of which are regular traffic
roads with sidewalks. The city has four squares/squares of very
different character. The "Torvet", from ancient times the city's trading
place, today forms part of the pedestrian street itself. The
"Butikscenteret" is located in Johan & Axel Hornbech's old marmalade
factory buildings that were built in 1898. The center is almost a
covered arcade on two floors. The third square, "Midtpunkt", is from the
1970s; it is an open square with a central parking area and shops. The
fourth square, "Bankpladsen", is one of the city's old cobbled squares;
the name comes from Hadsund Bank.
Storegade is one of Hadsund's
oldest streets and dates from before 1800. The street was also the
city's main street (from Hobro to Aalborg) until the 1970s, when it was
replaced by Himmerlandsgade. However, Storegade was first paved with
cobblestones in the 1950s and later asphalted. In 1990, Storegade was
inaugurated as a pedestrian street, the asphalt and pavement were taken
up, and the street was tiled. On both sides of the street there are
gutters in which the water runs down to the end of the pedestrian
street. At the northernmost end of the pedestrian street is the shopping
center Hadsund Butikscenter. It is arranged over 2 floors connected by
an escalator and includes 17 shops and 2 supermarkets. On the square
outside the center there is a fountain with a sculpture that was donated
by Sparekassen Hadsund at the opening of the shopping center on 16
August 1975. The shopping center is housed in the buildings from Brdr.
Johan & Axel Hornbech's old jam factory, which was built in 1898 and
extended in 1916. On 9 December 1974, the company, which had become
Scandic Food, moved to the Hadsund Nord industrial district.
Søndergården
Søndergårde is located in the northern part of Hadsund.
The district was until approx. 1970 an independent urban area, but it
grew together with Hadsund after the establishment of an industrial
quarter and a residential area adjacent to the city. It has arisen along
the road that in the old days ran from the Aalborg-Hobro highway through
Søndergårde to Visborg, Skelund and Als. The ending -gårdre reflects
that it was about agriculture. In a census in 1787, it appears that
there were seven houses and four farms in Søndergårde. From 1814-1877,
Søndergårde had its own school. The district today consists of 446 plots
divided into 96 terraced houses, 11 wooden houses and 304 detached
houses.
Hadsund Houses
Hadsund Huse, also called Hedeparken,
is located in the north-western part of the city on Secondary Route 507.
Hadsund Huse was built around 1855, as a new settlement with four houses
on the west side of the then country road towards Aalborg. The suffix
-huse reflects that these were small farms. The district consists of 275
plots divided into 74 terraced houses, 8 apartment blocks on 3 floors
and 93 detached houses.
Hadsund South
Hadsund Syd, originally
Sønder Hadsund, lies immediately south of the Hadsund Bridge (approx.
250 m) and has just under 500 inhabitants. The city was founded approx.
1880. The urban area has grown up at the old ferry and crossing point at
Mariager Fjord. The urban area functions in practice as a district for
Hadsund. The 252 m long Hadsund Bridge connects the cities, making the
distance to Hadsund more than 200 m; Statistics Denmark therefore
regards Hadsund Syd as an independent urban area.
In Hadsund Syd
there is the former station building Hadsund Syd Station and the Ferry
Inn, which was built in 1823 by innkeeper and ferryman Peder Nielsen.
As in the rest of Denmark, spring in Hadsund is relatively dry and sunny and typically with temperatures between 5 °C – 10 °C, but with the possibility of night frost and not infrequently temperatures up to 15 °C. Summers have on average maximum temperatures around 20 °C and minimum temperatures of 12 °C, but sometimes with temperatures above 25 °C, though rarely above 30 °C. Autumn typically has temperatures between 6 °C – 12 °C and is characterized by a lot of rain. September can offer late summer weather, while November sometimes offers snowfall. The winters have average temperatures between −3 and +2 °C, and rarely lower than −10 °C. Precipitation typically alternates between rain, sleet and snow.
Hadsund is surrounded by several forests: On the outskirts of the
city lies Marienhøj Plantage; in the middle of this plantation lies the
broom and juniper-covered Marienhøj Heath, where an area of 20 hectares
was protected in 1956.
In the western part of the city lies the
protected forest Linddalene, which stretches far into Hadsund; the
forest was originally part of the Dalsgaard manor's privileged land, but
is now owned by Mariagerfjord Municipality. The forest was protected in
1992 to preserve the varied landscape and ensure public access to the
area. Since 2007, Mariagerfjord Municipality has taken care of nature
care. The valleys are dominated by beech, oak and spruce, interrupted by
smaller open areas, consisting of heath. In the north-west corner of the
forest is the burial mound Lindhøj, which was protected in 1937.
In the western town on the slope down to Mariager Fjord lies Thygeslund
Forest, here a coastal belt of 12 hectares was protected in 1951, to
avoid settlement; some are located directly above the marina. The forest
mainly consists of beech, but there are also other deciduous trees such
as ash and red alder, as well as conifers such as red spruce and white
spruce.
In the middle of the city is the animal park Hadsund
Dyrehave, which includes a population of 21 fallow deer, 8 sika and 10
goats.
Transportation
The city's public transport is handled by
Nordjyllands Trafikselskab's bus lines (54, 55, 58, 115, 234, 235, 237,
457, and 54N). The current bus terminal was built in 2006 and put into
use the same year. The bus terminal is located where the old Hadsund
Nord Station was before the demolition in 1986. The bus terminal has a
waiting room with toilets. The nearest railway stations are in Arden (19
km), served by Intercity and regional trains, and in Hobro (25 km) and
Randers (32 km), served by express trains, Intercity and regional
trains.
Public transport
54 Aalborg - Gistrup - Blenstrup -
Terndrup - Hadsund
58 Hobro - Valsgård - Oue - Hadsund
458 Hadsund
- Skelund - Veddum - Als - Øster Hurup
454 Arden – Rostrup – Astrup –
Hadsund
158 Hadsund - Skelund - Veddum - Als - Øster Hurup
234
Hobro – Mariager - Assens - Norup – Hadsund
237 Randers – Gjerlev –
Havndal – Hadsund
235 Randers – Spentrup – Mariager – Assens –
Hadsund
54N Night bus Aalborg – Terndrup – (Kongerslev)/(Hadsund)
954X Aalborg - Terndrup - Hadsund - Mariager.
Bigger roads
1
Himmerlandsgade.
2 Alsvej.
3 Mariagervej.
4 Vestergade /
Hobrovej.
5 Østergade.
6 The ring road.
7 Ålborgvej.
8
Doktorbakken / Tinggade.
9 Jernbanegade.
10 Nørregade
Hadsund District Heating
Hadsund District Heating is located in
the industrial quarter in northern Hadsund. The wood chip plant is the
largest central plant and can cover all of Hadsund's heating needs
without the use of oil. The tile plant supplies heat to households in
Hadsund, Hadsund Syd, Skelund, Veddum and Visborg. The heating plant is
operated by the users, who are joined together in the company Hadsund
Bys Fjernvarme A.m.b.a.. The plant supplies 2,035 consumers per 2018.
Through the tile plant, the water is routed via the transmission network
to the 3 reserve centrals, which are only used in very cold winters.
Reserve centers consist of: Hornbech Centralen on Hornbechsvej in the
city centre, Hedepark Centralen on Gyvelvej and Transbjerholt Centralen
on Gl. Visborgvej.
In 2014, 120 households in Hadsund Syd
received district heating from Hadsund Fjernvarme for the first time.
The project cost DKK 3.5 million, which was used for district heating
pipes under Mariager Fjord.
In 2016, Hadsund Fjernvarme's new
solar plant, located immediately north of the city, was inaugurated. The
facility cost DKK 45 million and consists of 1,628 solar panels with a
total area of 20,513 square meters. The plant will produce around 15
percent of the heat in Hadsund, the remaining 85 percent comes from wood
chips.
Hadsund Harbour, owned by the municipality, is located west of the
Hadsund Bridge and until 31 December 2006 consisted of a cargo port and
a traffic port. The port could be used for shipping, for example, wood
and grain. The harbor was built in 1860 with a special ship's bridge for
the Copenhagen steamer Ydun. At the harbor, the office community "Ved
Havnen" is located in the buildings that formerly housed Trip Trap's
head office. In the eastern part of the harbor is the Italian restaurant
Davinci, located in the city's former library building. In 1928, the
Hadsund Harbor Railway was built, a 513 m long harbor railway that ran
from Hadsund Nord Station to Hadsund Harbour. It was closed down on 31
March 1969 in connection with the closing down of the Aalborg-Hadsund
Railway and the Randers-Hadsund Railway.
Urban renewal has taken
place in the harbor area in recent years. In 2003-2006, Hadsund
Municipality cleared the area by the harbor called Havnepladsen, which
housed a number of industrial buildings. This happened in order to be
able to build homes in the area. In 2015, a 70 meter long channel called
the Harbor Canal was established through the harbor area.
Hadsund
Fishing Harbor is located east of the Hadsund Bridge. Hadsund also has
two marinas.
Mariagerfjord Municipality runs a primary school in Hadsund with
classes from 0 to 9. The school has over 700 students.
VUC
Himmerland offers education that can lead to OBU, FVU, AVU and HF. The
department has independent administration.
Until 2015, there was
Tech College Mariagerfjord, which was a school that had offered
vocational training (EUD) since 1983. The school taught automotive
technology, aircraft technology and other means of transport. The school
also offered training in the construction industry. Due to too few young
people in Mariagerfjord Municipality, it was decided to close the
department in Hadsund.
Until 2016, there was Hadsund Production
School, which started in 1992. It was an independent institution with
approx. 100 students. The school belonged to the Ministry of Education.
It taught Danish, arithmetic and mathematics.
On the moraine plateau in the northern part of the city, there is the
city's northern and largest industrial district "Industri Nord", which
has several medium-sized technology companies, the largest of which is
Nilfisk-ALTO which, among other things, manufactures cleaning equipment.
South-east of it, Beauté Pacifique has its own medical skin clinic.
North of Industri Nord is the egg and egg product company DAVA Foods.
East of the city is the industrial quarter "Industri Øst" with
several companies, including XL-Byg, JYSK and Jem & fix.
The
garden furniture manufacturer Trip Trap was founded in 1973 by
businessman Ib Møller in Hadsund, but moved to Aalborg in 2012. The
electric car manufacturer Whisper Electronic Car A/S (later Hope Motor
A/S), which made the first Danish attempt to manufacture an electric
car, was in Hadsund. The company moved to Norway in the late 1980s.
In Hadsund there are several sports associations and sports clubs.
The most prominent in the world of sports is the football club Hadsund
Boldklub, which offers football, handball and pétanque. Within the world
of sports, Hadsunds is probably best known for the footballer Ebbe Sand,
who played in Hadsund Boldklub in the period 1977-1992. The town's
rowing club is now also somewhat well-known, they have brought rowers to
the WC every year. In Hadsund there is also the Hadsund Sports Centre,
which consists of two large and two small sports halls, in which various
activities are performed. The city's stadium has a spectator capacity of
2,000 (150 seats) and has a size of 105 × 68 m. To the south of the
stadium, 4 football pitches have been laid out, which are for public
use.
There are a large number of sports clubs and associations in
Hadsund:
Dragon BMX Hadsund
Hadsund Football Club
Hadsund Golf
Club
Hadsund Motor Club
Hadsund Rowing Club
Hadsund Sailing
Club
Women's race
Beaute Pacifique Women's Run is an annual
exercise run of 5.1 km that takes place in southern Hadsund. The race
was held for the first time in 2010. The race ran in 2010-2014 starting
at Hadsund Harbour, and the finish was in the same place. It is the
largest exercise race in the region. in 2013, 1,158 runners
participated.
The race takes place in Hadsund and Hadsund Syd.
The race is organized in collaboration between Beauté Pacifique,
Ristorante Davinci and the Orienteering club Mariager Fjord OK.
The run of hate
Hadsundløbet is an exercise race that is held on the
first Thursday in September every year in Hadsund, starting at Torvet.
The race was first held in 1991 and was thus able to celebrate its 20th
anniversary in 2011. There are three different routes that all start at
Torvet (2.8 km, 5.8 km and 9.8 km respectively). In 2012, the race had
879 participants, which was the race's largest number of participants
ever.