Aarhus Facts for Kids

**Aarhus, Denmark**

Location in Denmark
Population (2006-01-03) - City - Metropolitan - Density (city/met)	307,119 Århus municipality: 468 km² Metropolitan area 1,228,398 East Jutland metropolitan area 9,997 km2
Time zone	Central European: UTC+1
Latitude Longitude	56°09' N 10°13' E

Aarhus

Aarhus is the second biggest city in Denmark after Copenhagen, and the biggest on Jutland, the Danish mainland. It has about 307,000 inhabitants, and the metropolitan area has more than 1,200,000.

The settlement of Aarhus was started in around the year 770 as a trading place of the Vikings, but the oldest recorded history of Aarhus is from 951. The city grew in the 16th century and again during the Industrial Revolution.

Aarhus' climate is on the boundary between humid continental (Dfb in the Koeppen climate classification) and oceanic (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).

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Model of the fortified Viking town Aros (late 900s), north is up
Aarhus Cathedral. The cathedral was founded in 1190 and the original version stood finished in the year 1300.
View of Aarhus, 1850
Prussian soldiers herding cattle by Aarhus cathedral, 1864
Toldkammeret (Custom House, 1898)
Devastation in the wake of the explosion on 4 July 1944 in the harbour
Resistance fighters on Bispetorv fighting with German soldiers, 5 May 1945
Urban development in Aarhus city centre, 2013
Aerial view of the bay and city
Headquarters of Bestseller
Aarhus Container port
Costa Pacifica in the harbour
Navitas Park, a department of INCUBA Science Park
Åboulevarden, 2016 and 1945, opening of the river
Bispetorv in the historic centre
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
The Old Town Museum
Dokk1 at the harbour front
Aarhus Theatre
Aarhus Festuge
The annual boat race at the university campus
Aarhus Pride march. There are several recurring niche festivals in Aarhus.
Sandy beaches, such as Bellevue Beach, form most of the coastline.
The University Park; rolling lawns, ponds, and large oak trees
Blooming cherry trees and Marselisborg Palace in Mindeparken
Aarhus presents a large variety of restaurants
Aarhus Street Food, one of two indoor food halls
Cheese stand at the local food markets on Frederiksbjerg
Sailsports in the Aarhus Bay, 2014
Ceres Park in Atletion
Aarhus University
Aarhus Central Station
As in Denmark overall, bicycles are a popular means of transportation. Bike parking at the central station.
Aarhus has two ring roads, circumventing the central parts
Aarhus University Hospital
The headquarters of local newspaper Århus Stiftstidende at the central station
The Aarhus Søsterhøj TV tower, height 261 m (856 ft)

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