Explore Aarhus

Small underground museum at Sankt Clemens Torv in Aarhus, built on the excavation it stands over, showing the Viking town behind its ramparts.

Regional theatre in Aarhus presenting performances, guided tours, and educational programmes.

Museum of the cultural history of gender and sexuality in Denmark, founded in 1982 as a women's museum and housed since 1984 in the old Aarhus city hall of 1857.

Museum in the former Gestapo headquarters in Aarhus, on the city under German occupation and the resistance that grew there.

Contemporary art hall hosting exhibitions, events, a seasonal café, and a specialized bookshop in Aarhus.

Theatre on Rosenkrantzgade in Aarhus, between the big regional stage and the small experimental companies, and the fourth largest theatre outside Copenhagen.

Contemporary art museum in Aarhus featuring rotating exhibitions, permanent installations by James Turrell and Olafur Eliasson, and family-friendly programs.

Aarhus's main music venue, built between 1979 and 1982 by Kjær & Richter, with ten stages and more than 3,600 seats in all.

Professional performing arts venue for children and young people, producing and presenting theatrical productions across multiple age groups.

Theatre on Rosensgade in Aarhus, founded in 1995 and known for new Danish drama, with an academy for developing playwrights and some work played in English.

Centre for cultural production in the former Aarhus goods station, with open workshops for making things.

Museum of the history of poster art, inside the open-air museum Den Gamle By in central Aarhus.

Some 5,000 toys inside the open-air museum Den Gamle By in Aarhus, from German Märklin cars and Bing trains to Danish Tekno models and home-made playthings.

Science museum featuring exhibitions on astronomy, human body, medical history, and interactive displays; includes planetarium.

Open-air museum featuring reconstructed buildings from various historical periods, offering guided tours and interactive experiences.

Natural history museum featuring exhibitions on wildlife, dinosaurs via VR, and Danish nature with regular and special programming.

Contemporary theatre on Aarhus Ø offering original productions combining performance art, gastronomy, and experimental works.

University museum in Aarhus on the art and cultural history of ancient Greece, Etruria and Rome.

Greenlandic cultural centre in Aarhus with exhibitions, events, a shop and advisory services for Greenlanders in Denmark.

Summer residence of the Danish royal family in Aarhus since 1967, whose park is open to the public when the family is not staying.