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Aarhus (Danish: Århus [1]) (pronounced: or-hus) is the main city of the Jutland peninsula and the second largest city in Denmark.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Talk 3 Get in 3.1 By Train 3.2 By boat 3.3 By plane 4 Get around 5 See 6 Do 7 Learn 8 Work 9 Buy 10 Eat 11 Drink 12 Sleep 13 Get out

Understand

• Aarhus offers an elegant mix of cosmopolitan city and quaint small town charm, with wonderful pubs, restaurants and romantic places.

• The tourist office is located in the very modern looking city hall, which is close to the main train station.

• The average age of it's inhabitants is among the lowest in Europe. This is mainly because of the large student population.

Talk

• The Danes are reserved towards strangers, but friendly towards tourists, and will normally be happy to give you directions and advice in fluent English.

Get in

The city is easily reachable by train or plane.

By Train

By boat

Mols Linen operates ferries to Odden and Kalundborg

By plane

Tirstrup Airport is approx. 45 minutes bus-ride away. Buses arrive and leave frequently, an one-way ticket costs approx. 80 DKK and can be purchased when entering the bus.

airline	code sharing with	destinations	fleet
British Airways	Finnair	Gothenburg (Landvetter Airport), Oslo Airport, Stockholm (Bromma Airport)	British Aerospace Jetstream 31, Fairchild Dornier 328-100
Ryanair		London (Stansted Airport)	Boeing 737-800
SAS	Lufthansa, Spanair	Copenhagen Airport	Boeing (Douglas) MD-81, MD-82, MD-87; De Havilland DHC-8-400 Dash 8/8Q

Get around

• The entire city is exceptionally clean and well organized, making walking an excellent and enjoyable way to get around. You can buy a cheap Aarhus Pass which covers all transport and all the museums.

See

• Den gamle by - Of notable interest to history buffs is "Den Gamle By" (The Old Town), a collection of old houses moved into a village setting from all over Denmark; there are shops and restaurants, some true to the period.
• Anyone who appreciates seeing European architecture will find many points of interest in the city, not least the opera house ("Musikhuset"), which is located next door to the new art museum Aros.
• The University Park is another noteworthy piece of architecture. Here you find the State Library, a Natural History Museum and the Steno museum with collections on science and medicine.
• To study Danish prehistory take bus 6 South to Moesgaard Museum.

Do

• You can make your own artworks in the free ateliers in the activity center 'the House' (Huset)
• There are all the usual sports facilities.

Learn

• There are many colleges and schools of higher education in the city, and the city is crowded with students.

Work

Buy

• There is a pedestrian shopping street (Strøget), highlighted by upscale Scandinavian clothing shops and Magasin department store.

Eat

• Mefisto Volden 28. tel:86131813 [2] A simple cafe with great food. The menu includes seafood, tapas, meat. Mains from DKK 170.

Drink

• Prices for food and drink are higher than in other parts of Europe, especially near the river (å in Danish). The favorite local beers are Tuborg, Carlsberg and Ceres.

• There is a robust nightlife for those who are looking for a night on the town.

Sleep

• Prices for hotels are higher than in other parts of Europe. There is a youth hostel, but it is not very fancy

Get out

• Århus is surrounded by beautiful beech forests; take a walk in Marselisborgskoven
• As a coastal city, there are many beaches to walk - just remember warm clothes October through early April. There are history trails from Moesgaard Museum right down to the water.

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