Danhostel Randers Vandrerhjem
Randers hostel is located 3.8 km from the motorway in peaceful park surroundings, a 10-minute walk from the town centre. The primary tourist attraction in the area is the Randers Rain Forest, centrally located in Randers by the Gudenå river. The town’s location makes Randers very suitable as a base for touring many sights
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Randers is a city in Randers municipality (Aarhus County) on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's 6th largest city with a population of 55,739 (2004). It is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council, Randers is Denmark's only natural river harbour, and it is situated on the banks of the River Guden (Gudenå), about 6 miles above its mouth in Randers Fjord, and 111 miles west-northwest of Copenhagen. This location has had great significance for the town as a sea merchant area. Barges on the Guden River and the Northern River (Nørreå) transported goods in to Randers from Silkeborg and Viborg for export, and in return came imported items.
The municipality has been managed for almost 100 years by Social Democrats, that is until the current mayor, Liberal Party (Venstre) Michael Aastrup Jensen, took over political leadership in 2002. Jensen, who was 25 years old at the time, distinguished himself as Denmark's youngest mayor ever. The town has had its share of problems in recent years before the political power switch, including problems with motorcycle gangs and municipal administration scandals.
