Aarhus
The city is located in a county Arhus (Aarhus). Arhus has beenfounded more than 1000 years ago as settlement of Vikings in. But to develop a city has begun approximately in 1900 when industrial growth has involved countrymen in a city. The population of Arhus has almost doubled since 1935 and still grows, though more slowly, than last decades. Arhus – “a young” city thanking rather to a youth considerable quantity. It leads to occurrence in a city of set of schools and educational institutions. Arhus – a bright city with set of cultural temptations as for local residents, and visitors. Almost all kinds of arts and culture are presented here. The most known cultural event is an annual Festival of Arhus, one of the greatest cultural actions in Northern Europe. The festival is spent to the first week of September and offers more than 300 various actions, from an opera, theater and classical music to video, a rock music and street representations. The attractive Concert hall of Arhus (Musikhuset) is a venue of the majority of large cultural actions of Arhus. It is a native home of the Symphonic Orchestra of Arhus and Opera Theatre of Jutland. In a concert hall three scenes, and the biggest hall are contained by 1,500 persons. Theater of Arhus with several scenes and constant troupe of actors – the biggest theater in a city. The set of theatrical groups is given regularly by representations at smaller theaters of a city.This seaport (216 000 res., 281 000 res. – with suburbs), located at east coast of Jutland, represents contrast to Copenhagen; sometimes it a little ironically name “smallest of world big cities”. Especially attractive this city does its affinity to the nature: in the north and in the south – woods, in the west – picturesque landscapes round lake Brabran-Se, and in the east – a bay and passage Kattegat with its beautiful and pure beaches.In it, in the estate, queen Margrete II spends summer months; the second-large university of Denmark (19000 students) works. Arhus (Arhus) – the second-large city of Denmark with the population more than 250 000 inhabitants, including suburbs, from which 213 thousand 826 persons live directly in a city. The city is located in a county Arhus (Aarhus). Arhus has beenfounded more than 1000 years ago as settlement of Vikings in. But to develop a city has begun approximately in 1900 when industrial growth has involved countrymen in a city. The population of Arhus has almost doubled since 1935 and still grows, though more slowly, than last decades. Arhus – “a young” city thanking rather to a youth considerable quantity. It leads to occurrence in a city of set of schools and educational institutions. Arhus – a bright city with set of cultural temptations as for local residents, and visitors. Almost all kinds of arts and culture are presented here. The most known cultural event is an annual Festival of Arhus, one of the greatest cultural actions in Northern Europe. The festival is spent to the first week of September and offers more than 300 various actions, from an opera, theater and classical music to video, a rock music and street representations. The attractive Concert hall of Arhus (Musikhuset) is a venue of the majority of large cultural actions of Arhus. It is a native home of the Symphonic Orchestra of Arhus and Opera Theatre of Jutland. In a concert hall three scenes, and the biggest hall are contained by 1,500 persons. Theater of Arhus with several scenes and constant troupe of actors – the biggest theater in a city. The set of theatrical groups is given regularly by representations at smaller theaters of a city.A brisk university city, with the musical in country musical and entertaining platforms – everything, from symphony concerts and theatrical performances to tremendous night discos it is possible to find the commercial and cultural center of Jutland, Arhus here. The Most important sight of a city is the Old city, a museum open-air, consisting of 75 historical buildings brought here from all Denmark and making a provincial Danish city. The majority of buildings – half wooden houses of 17-18 centuries, here is also a water-mill, a windmill and some buildings of the end of 19 centuries. Kirke Arhus – the greatest church in Denmark, one of its parts – a chapel in the Romance style, a dated 12 century. The most part of a church building concerns 15 century and is constructed in Gothic style. For-Fru to a pick has the oldest in Denmark a chapel concerning by 1060; And in a museum of Moesgord there are the exhibits concerning bronze and iron centuries, and also a remarkable walking platform on which breadboard models of prehistoric landscapes are placed. The most interesting exhibit in a museum – found in 1952 in a bog, makes well remained remains of the prehistoric person, which age of 2000. Arhus is at east coast of peninsula Jutland, it is possible to reach it by the plane, the bus and a train.
