Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Aarhus C, Denmark

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 3.4 km
Ascend 78 m
Descend 64 m

Explore Aarhus C in Denmark with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Aarhus C

Sight 1: Botanical Garden

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Aarhus Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Aarhus, Denmark. It is located north of the Old Town open-air village museum and was founded in 1875. Nowadays it covers an area of 21.5 hectares, with 5 hectares for the Old Town.

Wikipedia: Aarhus Botanical Gardens (EN)

297 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Tuesbøl Mølle

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Tuesbøl Mølle Doug Kerr / CC BY-SA 2.0

Tuesbøl Mill is a stubble mill from 1792. The mill was primarily located on Frøstrup Hovedgård's field, but after the farm's subdivision it was sold to the citizens of Varde. It was then moved to Tuesbøl near Brørup in 1866. In 1931, it was rebuilt just outside Den Gamle By on the site of Aarhus Mill's stubble mill.

Wikipedia: Tuesbøl Mølle (DA)

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: The Old Town, Aarhus

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The Old Town, Aarhus

Den Gamle By, or The Old Town in English, is an open-air town museum located in the Aarhus Botanical Gardens, in central Aarhus, Denmark. In 1914, the museum opened as the world's first open-air museum of its kind, concentrating on town culture rather than village culture, and to this day it remains one of just a few top rated Danish museums outside Copenhagen, serving more than 400,000 visitors pr. year. Today the museum consists of 75 historical buildings collected from 20 townships in all parts of the country. The town itself is the main attraction but most buildings are open for visitors; rooms are either decorated in the original historical style or organized into larger exhibits of which there are 5 regular with varying themes.

Wikipedia: Den Gamle By (EN), Website

138 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Dansk Plakatmuseum

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The Danish Poster Museum Danish: Det Danske Plakatmuseum in Aarhus, Denmark is a museum dedicated to the history of poster art. The museum is situated in the open air museum The Old Town in the Town Center neighbourhood in central Aarhus.

Wikipedia: Danish Poster Museum (EN)

452 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Åparken

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Åparken is a public park in central Aarhus, Denmark. The park is situated by the Aarhus River in the Vesterbro neighborhood in Midtbyen close to CeresByen, bounded by the streets Carls Blochs Gade and Thorvaldsensgade. The park is divided by a central pedestrian pathway which runs from the urban center and connects to the recreational path Brabrandstien towards the west, circumventing Brabrand Lake area. Åparken is the first of a number of green areas extending from the city centre along the river and the pathway of Brabrandstien. The long distance "Aarhus-Silkeborg hiking route" starts off from Åparken.

Wikipedia: Åparken (EN)

640 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Kunsthal Aarhus

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Kunsthal Aarhus is a contemporary arts centre located at the heart of the city of Aarhus in Denmark.

Wikipedia: Kunsthal Aarhus (EN), Website

507 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Church of Our Lady

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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. The church and associated structures were built in several stages in the course of the Middle Ages, from the late 1200s to 1500 AD. The original church at the site, stood finished as early as 1060 AD, but only the stone crypt remains today as evidence of its existence.

Wikipedia: Church of Our Lady (Aarhus) (EN)

1093 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 8: Steno Museet

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Steno Museum – The Danish Museum of Science History is a Danish cultural history museum located in the University Park in Aarhus.

Wikipedia: Steno Museet (DA), Website

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