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Lystrup

Lystrup is a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark.

Lystrup
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The place

Lystrup is a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark. It is located 9 km north of Aarhus city centre, west of Egå and the Bay of Aarhus. It had a population of 10,116, and is the second most populous urban area of Aarhus Municipality.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Lystrup

8 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. 01
    Egå Church

    Egå Church is a church located in Egå Parish in Aarhus, Denmark. The church is located 9 km north of Aarhus city centre and west of Risskov and the Bay of Aarhus.

    3.4 km · church building in Aarhus Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Ellevang Church

    Ellevang Church is a church in Aarhus, Denmark. The church is situated in the northern Risskov neighbourhood on the street Jellebakken.

    4.7 km · church building in Aarhus Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Vejlby Church

    Vejlby Church is a church located in Vejlby Parish in Aarhus, Denmark. The church is situated 2 kilometres north of Aarhus city centre, west of Risskov and the Bay of Aarhus, on the morainal hills of the Egå valley, with a view of Kalø Vig and Helgenæs.

    5.5 km · church building in Aarhus Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Egå Engsø

    Egå Engsø is an artificial lake and wetland site located in the north of the town of Aarhus between Vejlby, Risskov and Lystrup. Engsø means 'meadow lake' and Egå means 'oak stream', referring to the stream that drains the lake into the Aarhus bay.

    2.9 km · lake in Aarhus Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Åkrogen

    Åkrogen is an urban, public beach and park in the northern parts of Aarhus, Denmark. Åkrogen is situated in both the neighborhood of Risskov and the suburb of Egå on the Bay of Aarhus at Egå Marina.

    5.3 km · park in Aarhus Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bellevue Beach

    Bellevue Beach is a public Blue Flag beach park in Aarhus, Denmark. It is located in the northern district of Aarhus N, 4 kilometres from the city centre, on the Bay of Aarhus.

    5.9 km · beach in Aarhus · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Vejlby Stadium

    Vejlby Stadium is a football stadium in Risskov, Denmark. Since February 2025 it has been known as Ceres Park Vejlby for sponsorship reasons, while serving as the temporary home of Danish Superliga club AGF during the construction of the club's new stadium in Kongelunden.

    5.8 km · football stadium in Denmark · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Vejlby-Risskov Hallen

    Vejlby-Risskov Hallen is an indoor arena located in Aarhus, Denmark. It was inaugurated in 1969 and has a capacity for 1,900 spectators.

    5.8 km · indoor arena in Aarhus, Denmark · Wikipedia

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Getting to Lystrup

Airports
Aarhus (AAR), 25 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 86 km · Billund (BLL), 87 km
Stations
Hjortshøj station, 2 km · Skødstrup Station, 4.6 km · Hovmarken railway halt, 1.5 km · Lystrup Station, 1.3 km · Torsøvej Station, 4.2 km
  • Odense → Lystrup
    94 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · kr105–145
  • Billund → Lystrup
    90 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · kr75–100
  • Aalborg → Lystrup
    70 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · kr80–105
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Lystrup

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 Lystrup. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextExplore the East Jutland region with Aarhus as a base, be it day trips or longer stopovers.
  • Go nextis clearly visible from Aarhus across the bay, and is accessible by ferry directly from the city center.
  • Go nextThe small catamaran ferry (no vehicles except bicycles), M/F Lilleør, docks behind the Dokk1 library.
  • Go nextThe 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, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    154 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    472 km
  3. 03
    Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)FI

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    711 km
  4. 04
    Kumlinge and the Åland archipelagoFI

    11 ways of moving, 40 sources

    761 km
  5. 05
    Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring roadFI

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    797 km

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Around it

Next door to Lystrup

  • Trigetown in Denmark5.6 km
  • Hjortshøjtown in Region Midtjylland, Denmark1.9 km
  • Elevtown in Central Denmark Region, Kingdom of Denmark2.4 km
  • Risskovtown in Denmark4.6 km
  • Håruptown in Central Denmark Region, Kingdom of Denmark4.7 km
  • Egåneighborhood in Aarhus, Denmark3.5 km