Editing Silkeborg (section)

==Sports==
The two most popular sports in Silkeborg are football and handball. The city's professional football team, [[Silkeborg IF]], play in Danish football's highest league, the [[Danish Superliga]]. The team has won the League Trophy once, in [[1993-94 Danish Superliga|1994]]; the [[Danish Cup]] in [[2000-01 Danish Cup|2001]]; and the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] in [[1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup|1997]]. Silkeborg IF plays its home matches at [[Silkeborg Stadion]], renamed Mascot Park after the company [[MASCOT Workwear|Mascot]], a textiles manufacturer, which bought the rights to the stadium name. It is located close to the city centre and has a capacity of 10,000 people.

Silkeborg's professional handball team is [[Bjerringbro-Silkeborg|BSV]] (named after the three towns of [[Bjerringbro]], Silkeborg, and Voel). The team is a part of the [[Danish Handball League]], and plays its home matches at [[Silkeborg-Hallerne|Jysk Arena]], previously known Silkeborg Hallerne, a sports centre northeast of the city centre. The ladies handball team Silkeborg-Voel usually plays its home matches at Voel Hallerne about 10&nbsp;km from Silkeborg.

The motor racing circuit [[Jyllands-Ringen]] is located about 5&nbsp;km east of the city centre, in Resenbro. The circuit is 2.3&nbsp;km long and was a part of the DTC, ([[Danish Touringcar Championship]]) and currently a part of the [[STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship|TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship]] and the [[TCR Denmark Touring Car Championship|TCR Denmark Touring Car Series]].

Silkeborg IF Cykling is a cycling club based in Silkeborg. In 2004, the club created an élite amateur team, called Team Designa Køkken. Its biggest accomplishment came in 2008 when rider [[Jakob Fuglsang]] won [[Danmark Rundt]] (i.e. The Tour of Denmark).

Silkeborg has a ski resort, with natural snow in winter, and also a nylon track that allows for year-round skiing. The ski resort is located in Gjern about 15&nbsp;km from the city centre.<ref>[http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/165/skiing-denmark.html Skiing in Denmark], Skiurlaub-Infos, Retrieved 11 October 2008.</ref> In March 2019, Silkeborg hosted the World Women's [[Curling]] Championships.<ref>[http://www.worldcurling.org/wwcc-2019-venue Silkeborg, Denmark to host World Women’s Curling Championship 2019], World Curling Federation, Retrieved 18 March 2019.</ref>