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Part of "Special views from Forstbotanisk Have in Aarhus"
Part of "Special views from Forstbotanisk Have in Aarhus
Part of "Special views from Forstbotanisk Have in Aarhus"The snow i malting slowly in the lower p...
Part of "Special views from Forstbotanisk Have in Aarhus"
Forstbotanisk Have (Aarhus Aboretum) is a small peacefull park behind Marselisborg Palace and Mindepa...
Marselisborg Palace was given by the people of Denmark as a wedding gift to the Crown Prince Christia...
On a little hill in Mindeparken (Memorial Park) six tall trees are forming a circle. Here they are in...
In a corner of Mindeparken - The Memorial Park - you find several japanese cherry trees. They blossom...
An old dead tree surrounded by fresh spring green beech trees. For not so many years ago all the dea...
The Wood Blewit it one of the common mushrooms in the late autumn. It grows in leaf litter in woodla...
In the memorial Park you find the monument to the fallen Danes from World War I 1914-1918 , of whom m...
Aarhus is the second largest city in Denmark - situated on the eastcoast of Jutland - surrounded by old forests to the north and south and newer one in the west and the bay, Arhus Bugten, with a busy harbour and lovely beaches to the east.
A big university and more than 20 other educational and research institutions resulting in almost every fifth of the inhabitants being students makes Aarhus a young and lively city.
You find a lot of cafes, bars, restaurants, etc. in the center. And a rich variety cultural institions like theaters, music halls, galleries and museum. Year around there are many events, concerts and festivals - Aarhus (Festuge) Festival in the first week of september is among the largest cultural events in Scandinavia and showcases both local, national and international artists.
Aarhus is also and old city. People have been living here by the coast and the "river" Aarhus Aa for many centuries.
To sense the history you can go to Den Gamle By (The Old Town) and experience what it was like to live and work in a Danish market town in the old days - or you can go to the archaeological and ethnographic Moesgaard Museum.
