The Old Town Museum

Den Gamle By is an open-air town museum located in the , in central , . In 1914, the museum opened as the Denmark's first open-air museum of its kind, concentrating on town culture rather than village culture, and to this day it remains one of just a few top rated Danish museums outside , serving more than 400,000 visitors pr. year.
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  • Museum
  • …lies at an elevation of 13 metres (43 feet)
  • …is partly wheelchair accessible
  • …dates from 1914
  • Description: open-air town museum in Aarhus, Denmark
  • Also known as
    “Den Gamle By”
    “The Old Town”
    “The Old Town, Aarhus”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lille Torv and Legetøjsmuseet.
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is a square.
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is a museum.
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The Danish: Det Danske… is situated 110 metres southeast of The Old Town Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midtbyen and Latin Quarter.
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, also known as Aarhus Center or City, is the inner part of .
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The in is the oldest part of the city and is itself part of the inner city.
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is a small neighborhood in the city of , home to some 3,000 residents.

The Old Town Museum

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Latitude
56.15895° or 56° 9′ 32″ north
Longitude
10.19182° or 10° 11′ 31″ east
Open location code
9F8G555R+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 143766187
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
6940233
Wiki­data ID
Q1186756

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“The Old Town Museum” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Den Gamle By (Århus)”
  • Basque: “Den Gamle By”
  • Catalan: “Den Gamle By”
  • Chinese: “Den Gamle By”
  • Chinese: “奧胡斯舊城”
  • Croatian: “Den Gamle By”
  • Czech: “Den Gamle By”
  • Danish: “Danmarks Købstadmuseum”
  • Danish: “Den Gamle By”
  • Dutch: “Den Gamle By”
  • Esperanto: “Den Gamle By”
  • Finnish: “Den Gamle By”
  • French: “Den Gamle By”
  • German: “Den Gamle By”
  • Hungarian: “Den Gamle By”
  • Icelandic: “Den Gamle By”
  • Indonesian: “Den Gamle By”
  • Italian: “Den Gamle By”
  • Japanese: “オーフス旧市街”
  • Japanese: “デン・ガムレ・ビュー”
  • Japanese: “デン・ガムレ・ビュ国立野外民俗博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den gamle by”
  • Norwegian: “Den Gamle By”
  • Persian: “Den Gamle By”
  • Polish: “Den Gamle By”
  • Portuguese: “Den gamle by”
  • Portuguese: “Den Gamle By”
  • Romanian: “Den Gamle By”
  • Russian: “Старый город в Орхусе (музей)”
  • Russian: “Старый город в Орхусе”
  • Serbian: “Den Gamle By”
  • Slovenian: “Den Gamle By”
  • Spanish: “Den Gamle By”
  • Swedish: “Den Gamle By”

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