Holbæk Hospital

Holbæk Hospital is located in the city of Holbæk, which is situated in the northwestern part of Zealand. The hospital is designated as one of the Regions four acute-care hospitals.

• Acute medicine
• Anesthesiology
• Work medicine
• Gynecology and obstetrics
• Internal medicine – (endocrinology, geriatrics, cardiology, nephrology, rheumatology)
• Surgery
• Clinical oncology
• Orthopedic surgery
• Pediatrics
• Radiology
• Community medicine

The Hospital also focus on research, which was expanded in 2015, with the opening of their new “House of Research”, established with the purpose of strengthening initiatives at the hospital. This includes the ability is to support the development of young doctors and scientists at different stages and interests, as well as to contribute and foster improving interdisciplinary activities and cooperation between departments.

The hospital is an intercultural and educational environment, where many different types of healthcare personnel are trained during their education as doctors, nurses, paramedics etc.

The geography

Holbæk is in a municipality of close to 75.000 citizens, with the town itself having approximately 30.500 inhabitants. It has beautiful nature and is based on the banks of Holbæk Fjord which is an inlet of the even larger Isefjord, allowing for fantastic nature and water activity, especially with the cities own marina.

Culture

If you want to learn more about Holbæk visit the following sites:

• Visit Denmark – Holbæk (English site)
• Visit Holbæk (Danish site - try using browser translate functionalities)

Family life

Holbæk municipality has 11 different public schools and 10 private schools. They have about 40 different daycare institutions for children in the ages 0-6 years, both public and private.
If you are interested in sports and other indoor or outdoor activities, Holbæk municipality offer a variety of different sports unions and association activities. In this map on their website you can find most things from playgrounds to kayaking clubs, but also cultural locations and nature reserves and good hiking paths.