Bilka
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Hypermarket
In commerce, a hypermarket is a superstore combining a supermarket and a department store. The result is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide range of products under one roof, including full groceries lines and general merchandise...
s. The first store opened in 1970 in Tilst
Tilst
Tilst is a suburban area of Århus, Denmark situated some 10 km to the west of Århus.The Tilst area is notably marked by big city blocks and large traditional suburban areas. In the surrounding area are several superstores, which mainly service the inner city population of Århus...
, a suburb of Aarhus
Aarhus
Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
. The chain was founded by Herman Salling, but is now a part of Dansk Supermarked.
Name
The name Bilka is derived from the German Billiges Kaufhaus (low-price department store), which its founder, Herman Salling had encountered during his business trips to West GermanyWest Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
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The First Bilka Store
The first Bilka store was the first low-cost store in Denmark. With sale area of 10000 square meters and parking space for 1200 cars, this was also the largest store in Denmark.The opening of the first Bilka store brought revision to the regional plan for Great Aarhus from 1954. According to that plan the area of Aarhus was supposed to have 2 new centers, but after the opening of the first Bilka store, this plan was no longer economically viable.
The building of the store was approved by Brabrand-Årslev Parish, since the land was part of the Brabrand Parish.The developer of the store, however decided he wanted to create remote storage for Salling Group.That is the reason why the Bilka store was functioning as an open stock market with most of the goods stocked in pallets and forklifts in the aisles during open hours.
At the beginning of 2010, the first Bilka store celebrated its 40th birthday and it was completely renovated. All of the old 31 cash registers, from 1970, were replaced with 28 new modern ones and there are also 8 self service boxes deployed. Furthermore, all the stands were completely renovated and today, this store have the largest Fruit&Vegetables department in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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Bilka stores
There are Bilka stores located in the following cities:| Year | Store | Area | City | Info |
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| 1970 | Bilka | 29.000 m² | Tilst Tilst Tilst is a suburban area of Århus, Denmark situated some 10 km to the west of Århus.The Tilst area is notably marked by big city blocks and large traditional suburban areas. In the surrounding area are several superstores, which mainly service the inner city population of Århus... |
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| 1972 | Bilka | 28.700 m² | Aalborg Aalborg -Transport:On the north side of the Limfjord is Nørresundby, which is connected to Aalborg by a road bridge Limfjordsbroen, an iron railway bridge Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden, as well as a motorway tunnel running under the Limfjord Limfjordstunnelen.... |
From 1996 a part of Aalborg Storcenter Aalborg Storcenter Aalborg Storcenter is a shopping mall located in Skalborg, a City District of Aalborg, Denmark.It opened in 1996.The mall has about 65 stores. One of those is Denmark's largest Bilka store.-External links:*... |
| 1973 | Bilka | 27.800 m² | Hundige Hundige Hundige is a suburb south-west of Copenhagen. The town has a relatively high rate of crime, most of which are done in the large housing project called Askerød in the northern part, of the suburb .... |
Part of Waves Hundige StorCenter Waves is a shopping mall in Hundige located in the Greve Municipality. The mall houses the largest Bilka in the world and has more than 135 stores and restaurants. The mall has 3200 free parking lots as shopping in the mall is mainly car based.The mall employs more than 1500 people making it the... |
| 1976 | Bilka | 22.500 m² | Odense Odense The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen... |
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| 1982 | Bilka | 20.000 m² | Ishøj Ishøj Ishøj Municipality is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers 26 km², with a total population of 20,687 , many of whom are Pakistani, African, Arab, or Turkish immigrants... |
Part of Ishøj Bycenter |
| 1988 | Bilka | 12.600 m² | Slagelse Slagelse Slagelse, a town in east Denmark, is in Slagelse municipality on the island of Zealand. It is about 100 km southwest of Copenhagen. The population is 31,979 .... |
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| 1989 | Bilka | 19.900 m² | Næstved | Part of Næstved Storcenter |
| 1993 | Bilka | 14.800 m² | Holstebro Holstebro Holstebro Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 790 km², and has a total population of 57,020 . Its mayor is H. C... |
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| Bilka | 19.400 m² | Vejle Vejle Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark... |
Former A-Z A-Z (store) A-Z is a Danish discount store and is part of Danish Supermarket Group. It sells, everything other than food and acts as a none food version of Bilka... |
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| Bilka | 19.300 m² | Kolding Kolding Kolding is a Danish seaport located at the head of Kolding Fjord in Region of Southern Denmark . It is the site of the council Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companies, principally geared towards shipbuilding... |
Part of Kolding Storcenter Kolding Storcenter Kolding Storcenter is a shopping mall in the town of Kolding in Southern Denmark. It is the largest shopping mall in Jutland and one of the largest in Denmark. It covers 62.000m² and has over 120 shops and restaurants... |
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| 1994 | Bilka | 16.500 m² | Esbjerg Esbjerg Esbjerg Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny Søtrup, from the Venstre political party... |
Former A-Z |
| 2001 | Bilka | 14.200 m² | Horsens Horsens Horsens is a Danish city in east Jutland. It is the site of the council of Horsens municipality. The city's population is 53,807 and the Horsens municipality's population is 82,835 .... |
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| 2003 | Bilka | 13.000 m² | Ørestad Ørestad Ørestad is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the island of Amager. It is expected that 20,000 people will live in Ørestad, 20,000 will study, and 80,000 people will be employed in the area... |
Part of Field's Field's Field's is the biggest shopping centre in Denmark and one of the largest in Scandinavia.It is located in Ørestad, Copenhagen, close to the E20 motorway and Ørestad station on the Copenhagen Metro. It takes 10 minutes from Ørestad station to the city centre... |
| 2005 | Bilka | 13.400 m² | Viborg Viborg Viborg may refer to:*Viborg, Denmark, a city in Jutland, Denmark**Viborg Municipality, a Danish municipality named for the city**Viborg County, a former county of Denmark**Diocese of Viborg**Viborg FF, a professional football team based in Viborg... |
Former A-Z |
| 2009 | Bilka | 11.800 m² | Sønderborg Sønderborg Sønderborg Municipality , is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark partially on the Jutland peninsula and partially on the island of Als in south Denmark, at the border with Germany. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 76,236... |
Former A-Z |
| 2011 | Bilka | 10.400 m² | Herning Herning Herning Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,336 km² and a total population of 84,208... |
Former A-Z |
See also
- Dansk Supermarked GruppenDansk Supermarked GruppenDansk Supermarked A/S is a corporation owning several chains of stores. The store chains under Dansk Supermarked only operate in Denmark, except Netto which has expanded to several European countries...
- A.P. Møller-Mærsk
- A-ZA-Z (store)A-Z is a Danish discount store and is part of Danish Supermarket Group. It sells, everything other than food and acts as a none food version of Bilka...
- NettoNetto (store)Netto is a Danish discount supermarket operating in several European countries. Netto is owned by Dansk Supermarked Group, which in turn is partly owned by A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group.Netto also operates an express version of the store, known as Døgn Netto...
- føtexFøtexføtex is a Danish chain of retail stores. It was the beginning of the Dansk Supermarked Gruppen .The name "føtex" is a mix of the words Fødevarer and Textil .- History :...