Aarhus Northern Cemetery
- Price for the tour 1.025 to 1.050 DKK(depending on guide/number)
- Maximum 25 participants
- Duration 0 - 1 hours
- Distance 1 Km.
- Type City walk
- Meeting point Lokal center Trøjborg. Kirkegårdsvej 53, 8000 Aarhus
- Tour ends Kirkegårdsvej 26, 8000 Aarhus C
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- Takes place in this country Denmark
Aarhus Northern Cemetery
The history of Aarhus based on the great men and women buried at Nordre Kirkegaard, the Northern Cemetery.
Nordre Kirkegaard was founded in 1876 in order to relieve the pressure of too many burials at the then existing Søndre Kirkegaard, the Southern Cemetery which was situated where Raadhusparken, the City Hall Park now is.
Nordre Kirkegaard soon became a much prefered place of burial for the citizens of Aarhus because of the environment and rural landscape just north of the city. Today the entire area is part of the city. Today the cemetery takes up an area of 14,8 hectars.
Buried at Nordre Kirkegaard are a number of former mayors of Aarhus, including perhaps the most popular mayor ever in the city's history Bernhardt Jensen alongside various Aarhus celebrities.
On this guided tour I reveal the history of Aarhus by means of the various celebrities buried at Aarhus Nordre Kirkegaard which also give a good hint of how Aarhus grew and developed from the middle of the 19th century to the present day.