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The Decorative Arts Gallery
The Decorative Arts Gallery shows the exhibitions of silverware, clocks and watches, porcelain, and delftware. The high-security Decorative Arts Gallery in the 'Den Gamle ...

Experience Living History
Living History in Den Gamle By - The Old Town Museum from Easter to 30th December. Talk to the kitchen maid or help the yard’s hand bring firewood into the kitchen. Visit our...

The Marselis run....

Aarhus Coast Zone Challenge
Adventure Race for everyone!...

Agnete and the Merman
Agnete and the Merman is a sculpture/fountain by the City Hall in the Park Allé avenue created by Johannes Bjerg (1886-1955) - sculptor and director of the Royal Danish Academy o...

Apoxyomenos (The Scraper)
Next to the "Aarhus Stadion" spectator-sports complex is a replica of the marble sculpture by the Peloponnesian Lysippos....

Den Svangre (Pregnant Woman) stands in the City Hall park and was sculpted by Johannes Bjerg in 1914-18. After being damaged the sculpture was recreated and reraised in 1987. The pres...

Fugl med guldæble i næbbet (Bird with golden apple in its beak) stands at the corner of Søndergade/Østergade and it was created in 1973 by the Danish artist Erik Heide, born in...

Hans Hedtoft 1903-55. Member of the Danish Parliament 1935-55.
He succeeded Thorvald Stauning as party leader of the Social Democratic Party in 1939 and had two terms as Prime Minister in 1947-50 and ...

Harry Søiberg 1880-1954, writer.It is the popular tale versus mythogenesis in his Jutland family trilogy "De levendes land" (The land of the living). He was awarded the "Heiberg ...

Jacob Knudsen 1858-1917, writer, folk high school teacher and clergyman.
 
In his novels he described the conflict between the laws of society, ethics and conscience....

Johan Skjoldborg 1861-1936, writer.The great poet of the Danish smallholder movement, who wrote socialist-realist novels and songs....

Johannes V Jensen 1873-1950, writer.

His outlook on life, based on Darwin's theory of evolution and a belief in technological advance, is very much apparent in his great historical novel "The Fall of...

At Pustervig Torv (Square) in Latinerkvarteret you may see "Madame", a sculpture made by the artist Christian Lemmertz. The sculpture was raised in 2...

Commemorative relief for Ole Rømer 1644-1710, astronomer.In Paris in 1676 he presented his calculations of the precise speed of light demonstrated by observations of the moons of...

Peter Holm 1873-1950, teacher, translator and curator of the Den Gamle By (The Old Town) urban museum in 1914-45. In addition to this, he was the main driving force b...

Peter Sabroe 1867-1913, politician and co-editor of the newspaper Demokraten in Århus during 1895-1908.Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party 1901-...

For the poet and the scientist Piet Hein noted for his collections of "Gruk" (grooks) under the alias of Kumbel a permanent memorial has been set up in Aarhus: a sculpture, as tall as...

Steen Steensen Blicher 1782-1848, writer and clergyman in the villages of Thorning and Spentrup.He translated the poems of Ossian and he was later celebrated for his short storie...

Torvenes Brøndsløjfe ("The looping well in the square") on the Main Square (Store Torv) was created by Elisabeth Toubro, born in Nuuk, Greenland, in 1956.She came to Denmark at 1...

Ballehage Beach
Sandy beach at the edge of Marselisborg Forest, 2 miles south of the city centre. Ballehage beach is a family friendly beach with a sandy bottom and a large bathing jetty. Changing roo...

Moesgård BeachSandy beach at the edge of Marselisborg Forest. 5 miles south of the centre.Bus route: 19....

Åkrogen
The beach area Åkrogen is open the whole year. "Åkrogen" offers many excellent outdoor activities, bathing, beachgames, ballgames, hanggliding, and walks (a.o. by the path crossing the bridge ...

"Åkrogen" offers many excellent outdoor activities, bathing, beachgames, ballgames, hanggliding, and walks (a.o. by the path crossing the bridge at Egå to Egå Marina, and along the be...

Constantinborg Forest
The forest is situated 10 kilometres outside Aarhus and can be seen on the way in direction of the preserved areas at Pinds Mølle (Pind's Mill) and Jeksen Bæk (Jeksen Brook).
 
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Marselisborg Skovene (Marselisborg Forests)
South of Aarhus a forest belt streches 7 kilometres along the coast. The part of the forest near the city is known as Marselisborg Skovene (the Marselisborg...

Sunbeams over Aarhus - The Forest Route has two different starting points, one by the parking ground in Mollerup Skov by Skejbyvej (A) and one by the dog training facilities of DCH on Viengevej (B). F...

Skåde Forest is the largest of the Marselisborg Forests. It starts at Hørhaven and continues towards the sea, where it is cut through by the Djævlekløften (Devil's Gab).
 
A bridge across the gab lea...

The Deer Park
The deer park lies only 2 miles south of the city centre. Sika deer, fallow deer and wild boar live in natural surroundings under the green beech trees....

Marselisborg Memorial Park
The Memorial Park is just below the castle grounds (Marselisborg Palace), facing out over the Bay. Marselisborg Palace and Park is durring the summer residence of the Royal ...

The Botanical Garden
The Botanical Garden is a green oasis just to the west of Den Gamle By "The Old Town" the Urban Museum in the centre of Aarhus. It is open to the public all the year round and is ...

This modest church consists of a chancel and nave from the 12th century and a late-medieval porch.
 
A church key may be borrowed. Look at the church notice board at the cemetery....

Ellevang Kirke in the suburb Vejlby, was designed by the Friis and Moltke architects' practice and was built between 1973-74. The church interior and the parish council chambers are placed between two...

Fårup Kirke is located nearby the village Mundelstrup. The church consists of a Romanesque chancel and naves with a western extension (about 1500), with a tower form 1880, and has three buttresses dat...

Gellerup Kirke is located in the western part of Aarhus. The church, consecrated in 1976, is situated close up to the "City Vest" shopping centre and the "Gellerup" housing area. The architect Blach P...

Hasle Church is built on a site with a very high elevation, and the 16th-century tower has thus often served as a navigation point. The original part of the church was built in the mid 12th century, w...

Kasted Church was built of dressed granite about 1180. The porch was added in the 16th century and the present tower in 1935....

Kirkeskoven
The forest south of Mindeparken (the Memorial Park) and Marselisborg Slot (palace) is known as 'Kirkeskoven'. Here you will find the beautiful residence of the forest supervisor built in 1...

The Christian Science ChurchHours: Tuesday and Thursday 3 pm - 5.30 pm.Reading Room may be closed during the summer holidays in July and August. Church may be closed in...

The previous gilded altar of Lisbjerg Church was donated to the National Museum of Denmark in the 1860s. The present altar decoration consistes of a golden cross, made by Mogens Jørge...

The Mårslet Church containes some unique frescoes from about 1175, which had remained covered up until their restoration in 1986.The chancel and nave of this church are from the 12th ...

Sabro Kirke was originally much larger, but prior to the year 1500 the nave was shortened drastically and a small tower with an entrance porch in the base was built.The key ...

Sankt Johannes Kirke (Sct. John's Church) was consecrated in 1905, thus becoming the fourth church to be built in Aarhus. It was designed by the Royal Surveyor, Hack Kampmann

Sct. Pauls ChurchNormal practice in Danish churches is for the chancel to face east and the tower to face west. This is not the case of Sct. Pauls Kirke, however...

Sdr. Aarslev Kirke is sited by the road leading from Aarhus to Silkeborg and consists of a Romanesque chancel and nave.During the late Gothic period, the church was extended to t...

Skæring Church is a modern red brick building from 1994 built in the same style as the surrounding buildings.On the highest spot of the of the building - not at the bell tower bu...

Tilst ChurchThe church features a Romanesque chancel and nave from 1170, while the tower and porch are from ca. 1500. During the restoration work carried out between 1991 and 199...

Todbjerg Church....

Trige ChurchThe two original portals, both bricked-up, are retained in the present church. One of the portals has a tympanum decorated with a cross, while the other is smooth. Th...

Vejlby ChurchThe oldest sections of this church are the chancel and nave, which are from the Romanesque period. The tower and porch are late medieval. The porch contains a Romane...