Denmark
Central Jutland
Aarhus Municipality

Aarhus

Aarhus is the main city on the peninsula in . "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.
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  • Type: City with 273,000 residents
  • Description: city in Central Denmark Region
  • Also known as: “Aarhuus”, “Arhus”, “Århus”, and “Aros”

Places of Interest

Highlights include ARoS Art Museum and Town Hall.

Museum
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ARoS is an art museum in Aarhus, . The museum was established in 1859 and is the oldest public art museum in Denmark outside Copenhagen. On 7 April 2004, ARoS opened with exhibitions in a brand new modern building, 10 stories tall with a total floor area of 20,700 m² and designed by Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen.

Town hall
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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.

Railway station
Photo: Kenny Arne Lang Antonsen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the main railway station serving the city of Aarhus, . 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 .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Viby J and Aarhus Docklands.

Suburb
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is a former town and now a district, in the southwestern part of Aarhus in Denmark. The district has almost 30,000 inhabitants. The "J" stands for , as there is another town called Viby on the island of Zealand, officially referred to as and also a village on .

Quarter
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is a redeveloped neighbourhood in Aarhus, . Construction of began in 2008 and most buildings and construction was finished by 2018.

Neighborhood
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The 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.

Aarhus

Latitude
56.1496° or 56° 8′ 59″ north
Longitude
10.2134° or 10° 12′ 48″ east
Population
273,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
9F8G46X7+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26559213
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2624652
Wiki­data ID
Q25319
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Aarhus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Aarhus”
  • Albanian: “Aarhus”
  • Arabic: “آرهوس”
  • Aragonese: “Aarhus”
  • Armenian: “Օրհուս”
  • Asturian: “Aarhus”
  • Asturian: “Århus”
  • Azerbaijani: “Orhus”
  • Balinese: “Aarhus”
  • Bashkir: “Орхус”
  • Basque: “Aarhus”
  • Basque: “Århus”
  • Belarusian: “Ааргус”
  • Belarusian: “Оргус”
  • Belarusian: “Орхус”
  • Bengali: “আরাস্‌”
  • Bengali: “আরাস্”
  • Bosnian: “Aarhus”
  • Bosnian: “Århus”
  • Breton: “Aarhus”
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  • Bulgarian: “Аархус”
  • Bulgarian: “Архус”
  • Bulgarian: “Орхус”
  • Catalan: “Aarhus”
  • Catalan: “Århus”
  • Cebuano: “Århus”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئارھوس”
  • Chinese: “奥尔胡斯”
  • Chinese: “奥胡斯”
  • Chinese: “奧胡斯”
  • Chinese: “阿胡斯”
  • Croatian: “Aarhus”
  • Croatian: “Århus”
  • Czech: “Aarhus”
  • Czech: “Århus”
  • Danish: “Aarhus”
  • Danish: “Århus” (historical)
  • Dimli (individual language): “Aarhus”
  • Dutch: “Aarhus”
  • Dutch: “Århus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “آرهوس”
  • Esperanto: “Århus”
  • Esperanto: “Arhuzo”
  • Estonian: “Aarhus”
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  • Faroese: “Aarhus”
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  • Finnish: “Aarhus”
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  • French: “Aarhus”
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  • French: “Århus”
  • French: “Tirstrup”
  • Galician: “Aarhus”
  • Galician: “Århus”
  • Georgian: “ორჰუსი”
  • German: “Aarhus”
  • German: “Arenhusen”
  • German: “Arhus”
  • German: “Århus”
  • Greek: “Άρχους”
  • Greek: “Ώρχους”
  • Gujarati: “આર્હસ”
  • Hausa: “Aarhus”
  • Hebrew: “אורהוס”
  • Hebrew: “ארהאוס”
  • Hebrew: “ארהוס”
  • Hindi: “आरहूस”
  • Hungarian: “Aarhus”
  • Hungarian: “Århus”
  • Icelandic: “Aarhus”
  • Icelandic: “Árósar”
  • Ido: “Aarhus”
  • Inari Sami: “Aarhus”
  • Inari Sami: “Århus”
  • Indonesian: “Aarhus”
  • Indonesian: “Arhus”
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  • Interlingua: “Aarhus”
  • Interlingue: “Aarhus”
  • Irish: “Aarhus”
  • Italian: “Aarhus”
  • Italian: “Arhus”
  • Italian: “Århus”
  • Italian: “Arus”
  • Japanese: “オーフス”
  • Japanese: “オールフス”
  • Kalaallisut: “Aarhus”
  • Kalaallisut: “Århus”
  • Kannada: “ಅರ್ಹಸ್”
  • Kashubian: “Aarhus”
  • Kashubian: “Århus”
  • Kazakh: “Орхус”
  • Korean: “아르후스”
  • Korean: “오르후스”
  • Korean: “오후스”
  • Kurdish: “Aarhus”
  • Latin: “Aarhusia”
  • Latin: “Aarhusium”
  • Latin: “Aarhuus”
  • Latin: “Arhusia”
  • Latin: “Arusium”
  • Latvian: “Aarhus”
  • Latvian: “Århus”
  • Latvian: “Orhusa”
  • Latvian: “Orhūsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Aarhus”
  • Lithuanian: “Arhus”
  • Lithuanian: “Orhusas”
  • Lombard: “Aarhus”
  • Lombard: “Arhus”
  • Lombard: “Århus”
  • Low German: “Oarhoes”
  • Luxembourgish: “Aarhus”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Aarhus”
  • Macedonian: “Архус”
  • Macedonian: “Орхус”
  • Malagasy: “Aarhus”
  • Malay: “Aarhus”
  • Maltese: “Aarhus”
  • Maori: “Aarhus”
  • Maori: “Århus”
  • Maori: “Ōhu”
  • Marathi: “आर्हुस”
  • Moksha: “Оргус”
  • Mongolian: “Орхус”
  • Northern Frisian: “Aarhus”
  • Northern Frisian: “Århus Komuun”
  • Northern Frisian: “Århus”
  • Northern Sami: “Aarhus”
  • Northern Sami: “Århus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aarhus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Århus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aarhus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Århus”
  • Norwegian: “Aarhus”
  • Norwegian: “Århus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aarhus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Århus”
  • Ossetian: “Аархус”
  • Ossetian: “Архус”
  • Ossetian: “Орхус”
  • Persian: “آرهوس”
  • Persian: “ارهوس”
  • Piemontese: “Århus”
  • Polish: “Aarhus”
  • Polish: “Arhus”
  • Polish: “Århus”
  • Portuguese: “Aarhus”
  • Portuguese: “Arhus”
  • Portuguese: “Århus”
  • Romanian: “Aarhus”
  • Romanian: “Arhus”
  • Romanian: “Århus”
  • Russian: “Ааргус”
  • Russian: “Аархус”
  • Russian: “Архус”
  • Russian: “Орхус”
  • Rusyn: “Оргус”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Aarhus”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Århus”
  • Scots: “Aarhus Municipality”
  • Scots: “Aarhus”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Aarhus”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Århus”
  • Serbian: “Архус”
  • Serbian: “Орхус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aarhus”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Århus”
  • Silesian: “Aarhus”
  • Sinhala: “ඇර්හුස්”
  • Skolt Sami: “Aarhus”
  • Skolt Sami: “Århus”
  • Slovak: “Aarhus”
  • Slovak: “Århus”
  • Slovenian: “Aarhus”
  • Slovenian: “Århus”
  • Spanish: “Aarhus”
  • Spanish: “Arhus”
  • Spanish: “Århus”
  • Swahili: “Aarhus”
  • Swahili: “Århus”
  • Swedish: “Aarhus”
  • Swedish: “Århus”
  • Tamil: “ஆர்ஹஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Орһус”
  • Telugu: “ఆర్హూస్”
  • Thai: “Aarhus”
  • Thai: “Århus”
  • Thai: “ออร์ฮูส”
  • Turkish: “Aarhus”
  • Turkish: “Arhus”
  • Turkish: “Århus”
  • Turkish: “Orhus”
  • Ukrainian: “Оргус”
  • Ukrainian: “Орхус”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Aarhus”
  • Urdu: “آرہس”
  • Uzbek: “Orxus”
  • Venetian: “Aarhus”
  • Veps: “Orhus”
  • Vietnamese: “Aarhus”
  • Vietnamese: “Århus”
  • Volapük: “Aarhus”
  • Volapük: “Århus”
  • Walloon: “Årousse”
  • Walloon: “Årusse”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Aarhus”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Århus”
  • Welsh: “Aarhus”
  • Welsh: “Arhus”
  • Welsh: “Århus”
  • Western Armenian: “Օրհուս”
  • Western Frisian: “Aarhus”
  • Western Panjabi: “آرہس”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥胡斯”
  • Yakut: “Орхус”
  • Yoruba: “Aarhus”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿曉斯”

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