Skanseparken
Skanseparken is one of the oldest parks in the city of Aarhus. It is situated in the neighborhood of Frederiksbjerg in Midtbyen. Skanseparken was constructed in the years 1901 to 1902 between the streets Strandvejen, Marselisborg Allé and Heibergsgade.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: public park in Aarhus, Denmark
- Also known as: “Skansen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aarhus Central Station and St. Paul’s Church, Aarhus.
Aarhus Central Station
Railway station
Photo: Kenny Arne Lang Antonsen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aarhus Central Station is the main railway station serving the city of Aarhus, Denmark. Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between Aarhus and the rest of Denmark, the station is used by an average of 6.3 million people per year, making it the busiest station in Denmark outside the Copenhagen area.
St. Paul’s Church, Aarhus
Church
Photo: Sten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Paul's Church is a parish church in Aarhus, Denmark. It was completed in 1887 to a design by Vilhelm Theodor Walther in the Neo-Romanesque style.
Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Nico-dk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aarhus City Hall is the city hall of Aarhus, Denmark. The decision to build a new city hall was taken during a city hall meeting in 1937. The new building was inaugurated 2 June 1941, designed by architects Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aarhus and Midtbyen.
Aarhus
Photo: Dmitri Popov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aarhus is the main city on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. "City of Cafés" is a moniker the city wears with pride: its roster of coffeeshops exemplifies Aarhus' elegant mix of cosmopolitan city life and quaint small-town charm.
Midtbyen
Neighborhood
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Midtbyen, also known as Aarhus Center or City, is the inner part of Aarhus. Midtbyen is part of district Aarhus C, mainly with postal code 8000, together with Vesterbro, Nørre Stenbro Trøjborg and Frederiksbjerg and has a population of around 90000.
Latin Quarter
Neighborhood
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The Latin Quarter in Aarhus is the oldest part of the city and is itself part of the inner city. The quarter comprise the streets of Badstuegade, Klostergade, Volden, Studsgade, Borggade, Rosensgade, Mejlgade and Graven, with Pustervig Torv as the main square.
Skanseparken
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Aarhus Municipality, Central Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
56.14544° or 56° 8′ 44″ northLongitude
10.20716° or 10° 12′ 26″ eastElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
9F8G46W4+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 144812522OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Skanseparken” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Skansen (parke)”
- Cebuano: “Skansen”
- Danish: “Skansen”
- Danish: “Skanseparken”
- Polish: “skansen”
- Swedish: “Skansen”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Legepladsen Skansen and Skansepalæet.
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