Guide Service in Aarhus and nearby

A city walk in the centre of Aarhus, where I reveal links to the old settlement of the Vikings called Aros.

For 1200 years the centre of Aarhus has been situated at the exactly same place as of today but the street level has raised. The old Aros is therefore placed about three meters under the present street level.

There are places in the city centre where you easily can tell the old town rampart from the new and other sights have also left marks of the Vikings and their activities. Archaeological excavations tell the story of more than 1000 years of old living in Aarhus and the varios lifestyles.

Together we'll look for links to the very old settlement of the Vikings called Aros while we walk through the streets of Aarhus.

Guided City Walk along Aarhus River

Hear about the river's central importance to Aarhus.    

This city walk starts from the museum Aros. From there we'll set out on a beautiful walk towards the river's estuary where it flows into the sea.

I'll tell about the river's significance for Aarhus, unique buildings and great personalities that have a relation to it.

Spring, summer and autumn the citizens of Aarhus will go for a picnic, relax or play in the beautiful park next to Marselisborg Palace, the summer residens of the Danish Queen Margrethe II.

Meet the Danes in the Memorial Park, Mindeparken, and enjoy the sight of the sea. In this peaceful park people run, do outdoor fitness and celebrating birthdays underneath the shadow of big trees.

When the royal family is in town people will gather at the entrance of the Marselisborg Palace to catch a glimpse of Queen Margrethe, Crownprince Frederik and his wife Mary and their charming family. Come join us!

The public have acces to the royal park with the beatiful roses and lots of sculptures when the royal family is out of town. Let us go for a walk in the park and imagine ourselves being royal…

Right next to the royal garden is another awesome place of interest – a botanical garden with trees from all over the world. Quiet, astonishing and beautiful.

The Old Town Museum in Aarhus is the world's first open-air museum for the culture and history of market towns, and first opened its doors in 1909.

Today the museum is visited by more than 350,000 guests a year, and has been rewarded the maximum 3 stars by the world-famous Guide Michelin.

The museum houses 75 houses from different areas in Denmark, and walking around the Old Town Museum is like jumping into the time machine and experiencing life as it was in a typical Danish city from the 16th to the 20th century, complete with shops, horse drawn carriages and people dressed as they would have at the time of Hans Christian Andersen the famous Danish fairytale writer.

I invite you inside many of the historic buildings, including the building that used to be opposite Hans Christian Andersen's childhood home in Odense, which was where he was first introduced to the wonderful world of books. I shall also show you the 17th-century pharmacy packed with mysterious medicines and the associated Baroque pharmacy gardens with about 100 different herbs.

Are you more interested in recent history and do you remember Bob Dylan, the hippies and your first television? Then you can also experience the year 1974 which is now part of the Old Town Museum. In this part of the museum I can walk you down the avenue of memories, where we stop at the sausage trolley, flatten our noses at window at Poul's Radio or visit the collective.

Whether you are fascinated by old or recent history it is also a good idea to set aside time to enjoy some traditional Danish cakes from The Old Town Bakery as well as a cup of tea or coffee after the tour.

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.

Experience the harbour of Aarhus and see the largest public library in the Nordics.

We start at Dokk1, a very special building that houses a library and many other functions. From the balcony we have a view of the harbor and some special old and new buildings for example Aarhus Ø. The guide will tell about the Vikings' simple landing place and how the harbour has later developed.

On a tour of the harbour we will see old buildings that have been given new functions, but also listed silos that are still in use.

We will see Jens Galschiøt's new sculpture group that illustrates the conditions of the old dock workers. The guide will explain how the handling of goods has developed from manual work to container transport.