Århus C
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Aarhus
Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
, consisting of Midtbyen
Midtbyen, Aarhus
Midtbyen , also known as Aarhus Center or City, is the inner part of Aarhus City and has postal code 8000. It is a part of Århus C, together with Vesterbro and Frederiksbjerg and has a population of 55.000-History:...
, Vesterbro
Vesterbro, Aarhus
Vesterbro is a neighborhood or area in the city district of Århus C located to the west of city centre. The neighborhood is not as old as Midtbyen, the historical centre, since there wasn't much than farms and small houses here before the city walls were torn down back in 1851.-The neighborhood...
, University of Aarhus
University of Aarhus
Aarhus University , located in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, is Denmark's second oldest and second largest university...
, Frederiksbjerg
Frederiksbjerg
Frederiksbjerg is a borough in Aarhus, Denmark. It is located just south of the historical city centre, and has its own character despite being part of the inner city. Frederiksbjerg has around 20,000 inhabitants, and three large shopping streets, Bruunsgade, Jægergårdsgade, and Frederiks Allé....
and the newest part, the Docklands which the municipality recently bought from the Port of Aarhus and which will be transformed into a new modern part of town. The district is commonly defined as the area to the south, east and north of the Ringgade street, and to the west of the shoreline of the bay.
Aarhus C is an abbreviation of Århus centrum, which means the centre of Århus. It is sometimes referred to by its ZIP code, which is 8000.
Aarhus C has around 55,000 inhabitants.
Midtbyen
Århus Central Station
Aarhus Central Station is the main railroad station in the Danish city of Århus.Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between Aarhus and rest of Denmark on inter-city rail and commuter rail, the station is used by an average of 6.3 million people per year, making it the busiest train...
. The main route by car is on the 3 avenues, Nørre Allé, Vestre Allé and Søndre Allé.
Vesterbro
The main square, Vesterbro Torv, used to be a market square for pigs and other animals in the 1880s. Now it is the busiest junction in Vesterbro. Half a mile west to Vesterbro Torv is one of the cities most famous landmarks, Den Gamle By located within Aarhus Botanical Gardens
Aarhus Botanical Gardens
Aarhus Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Aarhus, Denmark. It is located north of the Old Town open-air village museum and was founded in 1875....
. Right next to Den Gamly By is the buildings of the now defunct Ceres Brewery
Ceres Brewery
Ceres Brewery is a brewery located in Aarhus, Denmark. Today, it is part of Royal Unibrew.-History:Ceres Brewery was founded by a grocer named Malthe Conrad Lottrup, with help from the chemists A. S. Aagard and Knud Redelien, as the city's seventh brewery...
from 1856. The site of the old brewery will in the coming years be transformed into a new part of Vesterbro.
Frederiksbjerg
Frederiksbjerg is located south of Midtbyen and the central station. Its name literally means Frederik's hill or mountain. Separated by a wide gap filled with railroad tracks, it is connected to the northern part of town by bridges and underpasses. It is inhabited by approximately 20.000 people.Frederiksbjerg has around 400 shops mainly located in the 3 large shopping streets Bruunsgade, Jægergårdsgade, Frederiks Allé. Frederiks Allé is a main route leading into the City from the suburbs, and going out of Frederiksbjerg it changes name to Skanderborgvej, as it historically was the main road to the town of Skanderborg
Skanderborg
Skanderborg, with a population of 18,253 , is a town in Denmark just southwest of Aarhus. It is more or less a suburb today, located in Skanderborg municipality, Jutland.Skanderborg municipality has a population of 57,303 ....
. Frederiksbjerg is a quieter part of Aarhus C with most buildings dating from the beginning of the 20th century, and with many large apartments, suitable for families with children.
Århus Docklands
This is the newest part of Aarhus C, which the municipality bought from the Port of Aarhus in 2007. It is not yet developed from its former role as a part of Denmark's largest container habour. There have been many ambitious projects, including the building of the 144 m tall Light House building, which would become Denmarks tallest building. Parts of this project has however been postponed due to the ongoing financial crisis. The city plans to develop this area as a new modern part with canals, parks and modern architecture.University of Aarhus
Attractions
- Aarhus Cathedral , the tallest and longest cathedral in Denmark.
- Church of Our LadyChurch of Our Lady (Aarhus)The Church of Our Lady is one of the largest churches of Århus, Denmark. It is situated in the centre of the city not far from Aarhus Cathedral . The church's crypt contains a stone church dating to 1060 AD.-History:...
, a large church. - Aarhus City Hall
- Aarhus University .
- Statsbiblioteket (state library).
- Den Gamle ByThe Old Town, AarhusThe Old Town in Aarhus, Denmark , is an open-air village museum consisting of 75 historical buildings collected from 20 townships in all parts of the country. In 1914 the museum opened for the first time as the world's first open-air museum of its kind and to this day it remains one of just a few...
, an open air museum. - Royal Academy of Music in AarhusRoyal Academy of Music in AarhusThe Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark, is a conservatoire under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Culture...
, the JuttishJutlandJutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
music conservatory. - Aarhus Botanical GardensAarhus Botanical GardensAarhus Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Aarhus, Denmark. It is located north of the Old Town open-air village museum and was founded in 1875....
. - ARoS Aarhus KunstmuseumARoS Aarhus KunstmuseumARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum is an art museum in Aarhus. ARoS is one of the largest art museums in northern Europe, 10 storeys tall with a total of 17,000 m². The museum opened on 8 April 2004 after a construction process that started with Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen winning the design...
, the main Aarhus arts museum. - Aarhus KunstbygningAarhus KunstbygningAarhus kunstbygning or the Aarhus Art Building is an art museum in Aarhus, in Denmark.It has 1000 square metres of exhibition halls making it one of Denmark’s largest and significant venues for contemporary art...
, an arts museum. - Aarhus TheatreAarhus TheatreThe Aarhus Theatre in Aarhus is the largest provincial theatre in Denmark.The present theatre house constructed in the late 19th century as a replacement for the old theatre, nicknamed "Svedekassen". Since Aarhus had grown to be Jutland's biggest city during the 19th century, the old theatre had...
, the official theater of the city. - Kvindemuseet i DanmarkKvindemuseet i DanmarkKvindemuseet i Danmark, or Women's Museum in Denmark is a feminist history museum in Aarhus, Denmark. It is currently located in the old Aarhus City Hall building.-External links:*...
. Women's Museum in Denmark
Rail
Aarhus is connected to the rest of the country with inter-city and commuter rail, and Århus Central Station serves as a major hub for rail traffic in Denmark. Many trains terminates here while others pass through and continue to the rest of the country. The station is mainly served by DSB, but also ArrivaArriva
Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...
has several lines terminate at the station.
Bus
Because of the city's lack of rail infrastructure to serve the city itself, like metroRapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
, S-train
S-Train
The S-train network is a combined urban rapid transit and suburban rail network of Metropolitan Copenhagen, Denmark. It connects the city center with the inner suburbs of Copenhagen, and has close to half of the stations within the urban city. The first line was opened in 1934...
, or light rail
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
, it has a tight net of bus lines. Most city bus lines go through the inner city and pass through either Park Allé or Banegårdspladsen (lit. English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, "Central Station Square") or both. Many lines continue through Midtbyen, by a special road only for buses where there are several big stops.
County and Inter-city buses terminate at Aarhus Bus Terminal which is located north east of the Central station. Its location has been a problem through many years and a relocation is planned.