Byvandringer i Aarhus

Experience Aarhus Ø which is a new district that has grown from zero to 12,000 residents since 2012.

Builders and architects have chosen to build new and exciting architecture.

There is a harbour pool, a water ski course and a sailing centre. We will be able to see the forest, the sea and the bay with the peninsula Mols in the distance. With luck we can see porpoises frolicking.

There may be an opportunity to get to the top of the 142 m tall "Lighthouse".

Fifty years ago there was water where Aarhus Ø now lies. Since then there has been a container port, and when it moved south, there was room for the new district Aarhus Ø which means Aarhus island.

On the guided tour you will be able to see how the harbour has been developed. If you wish, you can also get a story about the port's role in Aarhus' development and about the conditions for the old dock workers.

In connection with the tour, it will be possible to visit one of the area's cafes or restaurants.

The tour can be adapted to the group's needs and wishes. 

Join me on a guided walk along Aarhus city's top attractions and let the anecdotes flow into your ears. 

• Would you like to hear the stories about formidable Vikings – the founders of Aarhus?
• Would you like to find out what is the secret ingredient to the famous Danish concept of happiness?
• How about the newest gossip from the Danish Royal Court?
• And finally: should I be worried that the complete strangers keep on smiling at me in the streets? Well, relax, you are in Aarhus, also known as the City of Smiles!

The tour covers the city's top attractions: Aarhus Cathedral – the biggest church in Denmark, the Latin Quarter – Aarhus city's oldest yet most vibrant district, the harbor – once purely industrial, today reborn as a home to the modern Danish architecture, the Church of Our Lady with a hidden treasure under its fundaments – the oldest still standing stone church in Scandinavia, ARoS – the modern art museum crowned with the greatest landmark of the city "Your rainbow panorama", the Viking Museum and many more. 

Please note: The Viking Museum is closed on weekends. The Church of Our Lady can be closed on some occasions due to the religious events.

Join me for a guided tour and city walk in Aarhus. I'll make sure you have the opportunity to get the very best experience in and of Aarhus, in just a few hours.

Meet the people of the worlds smallest big city, visit places that is a part of every day life in Aarhus and see some of the buildings that is a "must".

You will experience the city's pulse, Danish "hygge" and love. Come and enjoy street art, strange things and beautiful shops in the Latiner quarters, pulse at the walking street, Storetorv and the (in)famous river!

Get great tips for the rest of your time in town. For example where can you get a calming cup of coffee, a nice glas of wine or where to go if you want to try the traditional hot dog stands.

Remember your camera, on this tour you will be able to bring home pictures of Aarhus, that is not shown in the tourist catalouges.

Why are danish universities so good, and what makes Aarhus a good place to study?

Aarhus is the danish city with the liveliest population and the highest IQ! This dynamic pearl of a city is located on the east coast of Jutland facing Kattegat and it is home to a university with about 30.000 students. Their joie de vivre and eagerness and youthful energy evidently leaves its mark on the atmosphere and face of the city.

We will see how and why while walking across the most beautiful campus in the country, the Universitetsparken in Aarhus. Until the nineteenthirties, the area was taken up by allotments. At that time the landscape designes worked a small miracle and the beautiful buildings were designed by the world renowned architects from C. F. Møllers tegnestue. The result was spectacular – but by and by the university grew, however, buildings were expanded and new ones were built. Finally a decision had to be reached, to either bulid more or keep the trees and hills, the small lakes and the brook – and consequently to move some of the institutes elsewhere. Some academic activities had to move to a new home.

We will also visit some parts of these new academic areas. The tour starts in front of the Institute for Geoscience, we wil start by traversing the original Universitetsparken and also visit some of the newer parts of the complete Campus.

Guided food toor in Aarhus offers a huge variety of many specialty food shops within the Aarhus city centre. I guide you to my own favourites.

We walk in Aarhus centre and visit some of the most interesting specialty food shops. Where possible we accept to taste some of their many delicious products made in Denmark or being imported.

The tour finishes at Aarhus Street Food, which has a vaste number of food stalls selling sandwiches and local specialities from many different countries.