Things To Do in Arhus

1. Arhus Kunstmuseum (Arhus Museum of Art)

Crouching down and looking at you from 5m (16 ft.) above is Ron Mueck's controversial sculpture of a boy, called simply Boy, which is eerily lifelike....

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• Museums

2. Arhus Domkirke (Cathedral of St. Clemens)

As European city cathedrals go, the Domkirke at Århus is low on the totem pole. When it was built in 1201 in the Romanesque style, it probably...

3. Clausholm

Seventeenth-century Clausholm is a splendid baroque palace, one of the earliest in Denmark. It was commissioned by Frederik IV's chancellor, whose...

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• Landmarks

4. The Museums at Gammel Estrup

One of the most elegant Renaissance manors in Central Jutland lies 39km (24 miles) northeast of Århus. Today this compound of buildings is the...

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• Museums

5. Den Gamle By (The Old Town)

Outside of Copenhagen, this is Denmark's only government-rated three-star museum, a journey back to yesterday as you wander through a Danish market...

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• Museums

6. Moesgård Museum

It's not quite the rival of the Tollund Man in Silkeborg, but this manor house museum shelters the 2,000-year-old Grauballe Man, whose well-preserved...

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• Museums

7. Ørneredevej v. Ørnereden

8. Von Frue Kirke

"The Church of Our Lady," lying to the northwest of Århus Domkirke, was built between the 13th and 15th centuries but was originally part of a...

9. Vikingemuseet

In the Viking era, a rampart protected Århus, and in 1963 some archaeologists went digging to find whatever they could to learn of life in centuries...

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• Landmarks

10. Occupation Museum (Besættelsesmuseet)

Dating from 1857 in what was the old town hall and police station, this building had a grim role to play in World War II. It was here that the...

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• Museums