--- title: "Aarhus Municipality – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Aarhus Municipality, Denmark: Aarhus Municipality, known as Århus Municipality until 2011, is a kommune in the Central Denmark Region, on the east coast…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aarhus-municipality" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aarhus-municipality.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/A_tram_in_Havnegade%2C_Aarhus.jpg/1920px-A_tram_in_Havnegade%2C_Aarhus.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Municipality in Central Denmark, Denmark # Aarhus Municipality Aarhus Municipality, known as Århus Municipality until 2011, is a kommune in the Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. ![Aarhus Municipality](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/A_tram_in_Havnegade%2C_Aarhus.jpg/1920px-A_tram_in_Havnegade%2C_Aarhus.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Aarhus Municipality · Liberaler Humanist The place Aarhus Municipality, known as Århus Municipality until 2011, is a kommune in the Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus_Municipality), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Aarhus Municipality 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Aarhus University Aarhus University is a public research university. Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark. 3.1 km · public university in Aarhus, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus_University) 2. Aarhus City Hall Aarhus City Hall is the city hall of Aarhus, Denmark. The decision to build a new city hall was taken during a city hall meeting in 1937. 3.3 km · city hall · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus_City_Hall) 3. Aarhus Cathedral Aarhus Cathedral is a cathedral in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the longest and tallest church in the country, at 93 m in length and 96 m in height. 2.7 km · cathedral · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus_Cathedral) 4. The Old Town Den Gamle By is an open-air town museum located in the Aarhus Botanical Gardens, in central Aarhus, Denmark. 3.7 km · open-air town museum in Aarhus, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_Gamle_By) 5. ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum ARoS is an art museum in Aarhus, Denmark. The museum was established in 1859 and is the oldest public art museum in Denmark outside Copenhagen. 3.4 km · art museum in Aarhus, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARoS_Aarhus_Kunstmuseum) 6. Aarhus Theatre The Aarhus Theatre in Aarhus, is the largest provincial theatre in Denmark. 2.7 km · theatre in Aarhus, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus_Theatre) 7. Diocese of Århus The Diocese of Aarhus is one of 10 dioceses in the Church of Denmark, with headquarters in the city of Aarhus. The diocese covers a large district of northeast Jutland and comprises 14 deaneries, of which four cover the extent of Aarhus city itself. 3.6 km · diocese of the Church of Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Aarhus) 8. Church of Our Lady The Church of Our Lady is one of the larger church structures of Århus, Denmark. It is situated in the centre of the city not far from Aarhus Cathedral. 2.9 km · church in Århus, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_(Aarhus%29) 9. KØN - Gender Museum Denmark KØN - Gender Museum Denmark, formerly Kvindemuseet, is a history museum in Aarhus, Denmark focused on the cultural history of gender and sexuality in Denmark. KØN was originally founded on 31 October 1982 as a women's history museum, and since 1984 has been housed in the former Aarhus City Hall, built in 1857. 2.6 km · Museum in Aarhus, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_Museum_Denmark) 10. Århus State and University Library The State and University Library in Aarhus, Denmark, is a national library and the university library of Aarhus University. It is a research library and the central repository for all Danish public libraries holding millions of items both in print and digital formats including sound and music recordings, videos, journals, books, patents, maps, prints and drawings. 3.2 km · national library of Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_and_University_Library,_Denmark) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Aarhus Municipality **Airports:** Aarhus (AAR), 27 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 77 km · Billund (BLL), 83 km\ **Stations:** Aarhus Central Station, 3.4 km · Port of Aarhus, 2 km · Skolebakken Station, 2.5 km · Vestre Strandallé railway halt, 3.2 km · Østbanetorvet Station, 2.1 km\ - Odense → Aarhus Municipality 87 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · kr95–130 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/odense-to-aarhus-municipality) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Odense&to=Aarhus+Municipality) - Billund → Aarhus Municipality 78 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · kr65–85 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/billund-to-aarhus-municipality) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Billund&to=Aarhus+Municipality) - Aalborg → Aarhus Municipality 99 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · kr80–110 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aalborg-to-aarhus-municipality) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aalborg&to=Aarhus+Municipality) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Aarhus%20Municipality) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Aarhus Municipality Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aarhus Municipality. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Go next Explore the East Jutland region with Aarhus as a base, be it day trips or longer stopovers. - Go next is clearly visible from Aarhus across the bay, and is accessible by ferry directly from the city center. - Go next The small catamaran ferry (no vehicles except bicycles), M/F Lilleør, docks behind the Dokk1 library. - Go next The route to Tunø is a bit more complicated, as you will have to go to the rural town of Hou south of Aarhus, to take the one-hour Tunøfærgen ferry. From [Wikivoyage: Aarhus](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Aarhus), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Helsingborg and the Öresund crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/helsingborg) SE 6 ways of moving, 13 sources 152 km 2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 467 km 3. [Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aland) FI 12 ways of moving, 21 sources 716 km 4. [Kumlinge and the Åland archipelago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kumlinge) FI 11 ways of moving, 40 sources 766 km 5. [Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring road](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inio) FI 9 ways of moving, 30 sources 802 km If you know how people move in Aarhus Municipality – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Caarhus-municipality&title=Aarhus+Municipality&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Faarhus-municipality), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Aarhus Municipality - [Aarhus](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aarhus) city in Central Denmark Region 2.7 km - [Risskov](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/risskov) town in Denmark 4 km - [Vesterbro](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vesterbro) suburb of Aarhus, Denmark 3.2 km - [Frederiksbjerg](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/frederiksbjerg) neighborhood in Aarhus Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Denmark 3.7 km - [Aarhus C](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aarhus-c) postal district in Aarhus 2.9 km - [Aarhus Docklands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aarhus-docklands) neighbourhood in Aarhus, Denmark 1.4 km [The place page for Aarhus Municipality](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/aarhus-municipality) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Denmark](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-DK) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aarhus-municipality, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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