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Montra Hotel Sabro Kro is famous for its delicious food. On the menu, you can find almost ANYTHING, what your stomach can desire. You will be able to satisfy your hunger in the most pleasant way and t...

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More than 300 years old Royal Privileged Inn located 20 km south of Aarhus, close to a beach,bird sanctuary and marina. Nearby attractions include The Moesgaard Prehistoric Museum, The Vilhelmsbo...

Welcome in the 300 years old Royal Privileged Inn.The old inn of Norsminde has a history that dates back to 1693. Today the ’Norsminde Kro’ inn – with charismatic chef and innkeeper Søren Pe...

Radisson BLU Scandinavia Hotel is located just a short walk from the heart of the city centre where you will discover a multitude of shops, restaurants, museums and cafés, leaving you to take full adv...

Under the hotel glass pyramid you will find the combined restaurant, bar and lounge, La Pyramide, which offers and international menu inspired by the Italian and French cuisine. The menu consists main...

The restaurant Scenario offers an impressive Scandinavian breakfast buffet and also caters the lunch and dinner to our conference guests. In addition the restaurant Scenario serves as banquet room upo...

Welcome to an inspiring experience in a beautiful framework. Koldkærgård is the perfect venue for arrangements involving teaching and meeting activities on a smaller or larger scale. Koldkærgård Confe...

5 Bed & Breakfast rooms. These are older rooms in a separate building beside the Inn. Large breakfastbuffet is served at the old Inn and is included in the price. The Bed & Breakfast is situat...

Your rainbow panorama
Your rainbow panorama on the roof of ARoS is a spectacular artwork made  of the Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. Here you have access to the rooftop project's circular, l...

Vikings from far and near meet at the Viking Moot to recreate the festive markets held in the early days of Aarhus. The market stalls offer a wealth of interesting articles, and craftsmen produce fine...

Moesgård - the main building build in neo-classicistic style was finished in 1778. The building owner was Baron Gyldenkrone. Today the mainbuilding is used as administration block for the museum and i...

Food Festival is a gathering point for everyone interested in food, a place where you will be entertained and challenged. The Food Festival will gather the best Danish and Nordic breeders, growers and...

Experience the real Halloween atmosphere at Tivoli Friheden. Meet all the witches and ghosts and decorate pumpkins.
 
The rides are open
Try the rides, play in the huge indoor play land or take a walk...

On September 8th the Aarhus Half Marathon takes places in the central part of Aarhus. Marathons in Denmark are quite popular and both travelers and locals love to challenge each other, but most of all...

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....

Sculpture by the Sea
The 3rd biennial art exhibition Sculpture by the Sea Aarhus would like to welcome you to new wonderful open-air experiences.
 
Along the city’s scenic southern coast line you can ...

Beach Bar in Aarhus
Summer, sun and a Beach Bar in Aarhus. The bar is situated at Nordhavnen on Pier 4, right next to the old marina. Show up and experience happy people, nice furniture, delicious foo...

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....

Ask-stenen (The Ask stone)
The Ask Stone is standing outside the Ask folk high school and dates back to 1920. The Ask folk high school is located near the village of Malling just south of Aarhus....

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...

Elskovskampen og de seks amoriner (The battle of love and the six cupids) from the early 30s was made by Johannes Bjerg.Renovated in 1990-91 when the pool was removed together wi...

Fodboldspillere (Football Players) dates back to 1936 and was made by Jean Gauguin. The sculpture stands by the Atletion spectator-sports complex.
 
Jean Gauguin was the son of Paul Gauguin and he liv...

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...

Grisebrønden (The well of pigs) was made by the sculptor Mogens Bøggild and was donated to Aarhus in 1941 by the local brewery Ceres. In 1992 it was decided to make a replica of the original in bronze...

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 ...

Henrik Pontoppidan 1857-1943, writer.
Portrays the conflict, in a broad realistic style, between the dreams of man and the conditions of life, and is based on a naturalist philosophy of life, often mi...

J. P. Jacobsen 1847-85, writer.
A disciple of Brandes and influenced by French naturalists, he wrote the short story "Mogens" and later the novel "Mrs Marie Grubbe".
 
He died from tuberculosis at th...

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....

Jeppe Aakjær 1866-1930, writer.
 
A writer of popular songs (many set to music by Carl Nielsen) about nature and everyday-life in his native Jutland "Songs of the Rye", and an outstanding socialist-re...

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...

Liggende Pige (Reclining girl) was erected in 1966 outside the library in Viby at Skanderborgvej 170. The artist is Gerhard Henning....

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

Maratonløberen (The marathon runner) is located by the "Atletion" spectator-sports complex. It dates back to 1927 and it was created by the artist Viggo Jarl....

Marie Bregendahl 1867-1940, writer.A regional novelist, married to Jeppe Aakjær, 1893-1900....

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...

Monument for Danes killed during 1914-18- inaugurated in The Marselisborg Memorial Park in 1934,  by artist Axel Poulsen and architect Axel Ekberg. Mor...

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...

Pigen af 1940 (Girl from 1940) stands in the City Hall park. Created in 1941 by the artist Svend Rathsack....

Skovkunst (Forest art) created by the artist Jørn Rønnau, consisting of 14 sculptures made specially for selected spots in an around the Marselisborg Woods

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...

Svømmepigen (Girl swimmer) stands by the Århus Svømmestadion public swimming baths in Ingerslev Boulevard, and was created by the artist Svend Rathsack in 1934. Erected at its present...