Denmark
Central Jutland
Aarhus Municipality

Hvalikopteren

Hvalikopteren is a work of art in , . Hvalikopteren is situated nearby to the theater building , as well as near .
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Also known as: “Humpback Gunship”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Filuren and ARoS Art Museum.

Theater building
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is a theater building.

Museum
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ARoS is an art museum in , . 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. is situated 260 metres north of Hvalikopteren.

Town hall
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Aarhus City Hall is the city hall of , 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. is situated 260 metres east of Hvalikopteren.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midtbyen and Aarhus.

Neighborhood
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, also known as Aarhus Center or City, is the inner part of . is part of district Aarhus C, mainly with postal code 8000, together with Vesterbro, Trøjborg and and has a population of around 90000.

Photo: Dmitri Popov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Neighborhood
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The in 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.

Hvalikopteren

Latitude
56.15155° or 56° 9′ 6″ north
Longitude
10.19899° or 10° 11′ 56″ east
Open location code
9F8G552X+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5163456819
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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