Aarhus

Marina near Aarhus

Last edited 12.03.2024 at 12:47 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

56° 9’ 58.6” N

Longitude

10° 13’ 20.3” E

Description

Large fishing and marina, 1.5km from the centre of Denmark's second largest city.

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach to the well buoyed and fired harbor is day and night without problems. You can orientate yourself by the "Isbjerget" houses on the waterfront, which you leave on the port side. However, you should pay attention to the exit of the commercial port, because here often turn large ferries.

Berths

The marina on the southeast shore with approx. 500 places offers only limited space for guest boats in free boxes, which are marked with green signs.  The settlement of the harbour dues takes place non-cash online via the website of the port by means of QR code.  Three jetties in the southwestern part belong to the Aarhus Motorboat Club (AMK) and are subject to own harbour dues settlement. The water depth is about 3 - 4m.

The large commercial harbour to the south of the marina is closed to recreational boating.

Surroundings

The big city offers all service and supply possibilities. In addition, there are many other attractions here in addition to the famous museum city "Den Gamle By"

The good train connection may also be useful for crew changes. 

NV Land Guide

Denmark's second largest city disproves two things: firstly, that Danish cosiness can only be found in the provinces and secondly, that only the large European metropolises hold the monopoly on culture. The charm of Aarhus lies especially in the mixture of both - the rural influences and the flair of a big city. A good 240,000 inhabitants are enough to make this popular, cosmopolitan Jutland city the second largest in Denmark. "Den Gamle By" is the name of the attraction in Aarhus that puts every other sight in the shade. "The Old Village" or "The Old Town"' consists of 65 historic and characteristic half-timbered houses that originate from all over Denmark. They have been dismantled beam by beam and stone by stone elsewhere in the kingdom and reassembled in years of painstaking work at the Aarhus Open Air Museum. Everything that was needed for a healthy community from the late Middle Ages to grandmother's time has been thought of: town houses, merchants' yards, shops, workshops, small industry, mills, a customs house, the post office, a theatre...

The slogan of a living museum is taken so literally here that a number of professions are practised in the historic walls according to the old tradition, and in the clothes that were worn in those days. The visitor should feel transported to an old Danish provincial town. If you want to know more about the old village in the town than the tour guide and brochures tell you, you should join a guided tour in German and ask for more information at the museum office (see sketch). A guide by author Henrik Nyrop-Christensen, translated into German by Ebba Jensen, provides thorough information about the sights and their history. Our map gives an overview of the location of the buildings.

The main building of the open-air museum is the Bürgermeisterhof (1), which mainly documents the changing style of furnishings of wealthy merchants in the period from 1600 to 1850. You should save the courtyard as a special treat of the tour, especially since it is the furthest from the museum's entrances. The building is considered a characteristic home of wealthy provincial citizens. The sign of the name of the couple who built it is inscribed in the architrave next to the Latin biblical quotation, "Unless the Lord God builds the house, men labor in vain."

In the courtyard of the three-winged building, trade was conducted - both retail and wholesale. Business was transacted in the clutter shop. An iron grille on the counter protected against pilferers. The furnishings in this small exchange come from Assens and date from around 1800.

The blue chamber, the pyramid room, the alcove room, the pantry and the living room from 1790 are just a few of the rooms that can be visited in the Mayor's Court. Among the valuable pieces in the "Saal" is a so-called giraffe grand piano, a special form of piano that became fashionable in Denmark around 1810. In the porcelain cupboard in the parlour, dating from 1848, are the visiting card and a lock of hair of the famous Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. Fascinating furniture in the kitchen includes the kitchen maid's pull-out bed disguised as a chest of drawers.

The fountain in the market square was once used less for ornament than to supply drinking water. Water was brought to households in buckets.

We recommend starting your tour of the historic town at the entrance by E. Warmingsvej. Søndervoldgade and Vestergade are the first old town alleys to take you back in time with a gardener's house (circa 1800), historic greenhouses (31,32 and 33), and the house of a candle maker and soap boiler (34). Here, ox or sheep tallow was boiled in large cauldrons and then poured into tin candle moulds. For the soap, the basic material was the same. The tallow was boiled with caustic potash and salt.

The Tobacco Spinning Mill (37), dating from about 1700, has an alley shop, while in the workshops behind it one can watch the preparation of snuff and pipe tobacco. The pharmacy (25) opposite dates from 1571, its furnishings from the 18th century. Here you can find everything from "mummy powder" to "English liquorice". As a warning, a skull adorns the locked poison cabinet.

You are confronted with the professional world of a bicycle mechanic from 1830 in house 29. The development of the bicycle from a mere object of pleasure to a means of transport is depicted. Opposite (35), craftsmen cultivate a now extinct profession that was once widespread: the cooper's trade. A masterpiece from 1849 hangs outside the door.

Through the Aagade, you can walk along the town pond to the Little Market (Lille Torv), where you can admire a water mill (45) from around 1850 and a turner's workshop (48).

If you climb the stairs at the Little Market, you can take a seat at a school - one from 1741, when teachers were still absolute authorities.

After a visit to the merchants' court (50) in the building on the left, those who return to the small market and take the path through Toldbodgade can get an idea of how unpleasant it must once have been to visit royal customs offices (51). All kinds of scales and control devices are exhibited. The fishing boat "Fylla" from the year 1888 (right next to it) keeps to the theme, because the customs officers were particularly interested in the boatmen. Just opposite, the latest products of a steam weaving mill and wool spinning mill - partly made with a seven horsepower steam-powered loom - entice visitors.

"Über'n Teich" (Across the Pond), you can already make out the stonemason's workshop by the wooden crane, which was housed in the immediate vicinity of the tannery (10). The tanning of the hides was a lengthy process. After soaking in the stream, they were treated with lime in the stone-filled pits of the lime house. Then the last remnants of hair and fat were removed with a scraper and the skin, which was often unevenly thick, was split with a band knife. The lime was neutralized with chicken droppings. This was followed by treatment with tanning agent obtained from oak bark. After drying, the leather was "shaped" and pressed, for example for shoe soles.

Old stamps can be seen in the Royal Post Office (11) opposite. In the days of King Christian IV (1863-1906), not only letters were franked and sent here, but also bookings for trips by stagecoach were accepted and messages were sent on their journey by cable in the telegraph office.

After you have acquired a saddle for your horse in the first building in Havbogade, you can lose your saddle strength again in the very next building: in the brewery with tap (8). About the production of beer, the above-mentioned guidebook reveals: "From a small inn with a fireplace that heats the brewery's malt kiln, you enter the brewhouse through the office. The barley was soaked in a brick container placed in the yard, after which it was taken to the malting floor and spread out on the stone floor to germinate, and then dried in the malt kiln.

After the malt was ground, it was mashed (that is, mixed with water) in the straining vessel on the ground floor, and the malt solution (mash) was then separated from the husks and pumped into the brewing kettles, where it was boiled with hops. After further straining, the mash was passed into cooling vats and then went into the fermentation vat in the cellar where ferment was added. After fermentation, the beer was put into barrels for secondary fermentation." Drinking was then mainly a man's business, while the "better half" might visit the glove maker (7) in Søndergade or buy a new costume across the street.

The textile collection (3) is worth more than a quick look, not to mention the wooden Bockmühle (58) around the corner on the outskirts of town.

A wide variety of "middle-class" trades have settled near the aforementioned mayor's farm in Algade. Bookbinders, basket makers, bakers and hatters are among them (16,17,19). A dyer's shop, a glazier's workshop dating from around 1730, a photographic studio and a book printer's shop dating from 1833 are also among them (14 and 15), as is a brandy distillery (18). The apprentice's bed under the work table in the glazier's shop makes clear the extremely close ties to the place of work.

A prop that belonged to the clothing as a matter of course was the hat, each made as a handmade individual piece in house number 19. The basic material for the hat felt was the hair of raw hides.

Watchmaking (20), smithy (21), and a mansard house (22) lead back to the starting point of the tour at a garden pavilion dating from around 1760 - after a short detour to the fire engine house and fulling mill (24).

You must not leave the grounds, however, without having a look at the theatre (53). The building of "Den Gamle By", still in use, once stood in Helsingør and was inaugurated on 28 January 1817 on the birthday of Her Majesty King Frederick VI. The theatre is a middle-class counterpart to old court theatres. It provides the ideal setting for classical plays and concerts.

Those with a romantic streak can even stroll the cobblestone streets of the "Old City" at night. Only most of the houses are closed off in the evening. During daylight hours, however, you should visit the botanical garden and amphitheatre immediately to the north of the "Old Town". During the summer, the city of Aarhus organises a free entertainment programme for children and adults every week. Subtropical plants from all over the world can be found in the greenhouses. Admission is free, but only from 1pm to 3pm on weekdays.

Aarhus is more than "Den Gamle By" and "Botanisk Have". It is a university city, cathedral city, shopping city and cultural metropolis. The city centre with pedestrian zone is located near the commercial port. The shopping hustle and bustle takes place mainly in Frederiksgade, Clemensstræde and Søndergade, where you can break your walk at will in the numerous restaurants and cafés. To the north of Aarhus are educational institutions, and to the south is an amusement park. The centre of the city, which is surrounded by a ring road, is the Great Market Square, with the cathedral on its eastern side. With its 93-metre-long nave, the church dedicated to St. Clement is the longest in the Kingdom of Denmark. It was built around 1300 as a Romanesque basilica and was rebuilt into a Gothic cathedral around 1400. The showpiece inside is the winged altar by the Lübeck master Bernd Notke, consisting of an incredible number of carved figures. The monument in front of the cathedral depicts Christian X.

When a small church room was found by chance under the choir of the Frauenkirche at Klostertorvet in 1955, it was a scientific sensation. It was a small tufa church. Built in 1060, it is the oldest church in the city. After careful restoration, this oldest vaulted stone church in the north now stands as a church within a church - a sight worth seeing.

Very close to the cathedral, at St Clement's Torv (Market), it is worth visiting the Viking Museum. During excavations in the 1960s under the current Handelsbank building, the remains of a semi-circular rampart were found, which the Vikings used 1000 years ago to protect their community of craftsmen, sailors and merchants from attack. A miniature model of the rampart is on display in the small museum in the bank's basement.

Among the city's other museums, the History of Science Museum (Observatorievej 3), the Women's Museum near the cathedral and the Museum of the History of Medicine (University Park, Nørrebrogade 41) are worthy of mention. The former shows the development of mathematics, physics, astronomy and chemistry from antiquity to the present day. The Women's Museum is especially dedicated to the life of women in the 20th century and shows, among other things, works of art by women. Art is the sole focus of the museum at Sabroes Plads. The classical art collection is considered the oldest and most valuable in Denmark - with the exception of Korpenhagen. Contemporary art is also presented in special exhibitions.

In the Natural History Museum in University Park, exhibitions vividly inform visitors about the origin of life and the development of nature from the Ice Age to the present day. The Museum of Occupation at Domkirkepladsen 5 is dedicated to the 1940-45 period, and is only open at weekends.

Worth a visit is ARoS Aarhus Art Museum (Aros Allé 2), located in the city centre between the town hall, courthouse and music house. It opened in 2004 and is one of the largest art museums of its kind in Northern Europe. It houses an extensive collection of modern and contemporary art, but also works from the 'golden age' and the Skagen painters. But there are also current exhibitions. The museum's architecture alone is worth seeing, and a tour of the roof's coloured glass walkway offers views of the city's districts as well as an interesting play of colours depending on the time of day.

The city's marble-clad town hall is hidden behind the tall lime trees of a park. What makes it special is not so much the building as the opportunity to climb the 60-metre-high town hall tower and enjoy a unique view over the city (at 12pm and 2pm on weekdays during the summer). In the square in front of the town hall is the famous Pig Fountain by Mogens Bøggild.

Aarhus has the reputation of being the quintessential Danish music city. Visitors can choose from folk, jazz, blues, chamber concerts, musicals, church concerts and not to forget, performances by the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. Aarhus is home to the Danish National Opera, Den jyske Opera. The tourist office provides information about music events as well as art exhibitions. For music, the "Musikhuset Aarhus" is a good address, for art, the "Kunstnernes Hus" in Saltholmsgade.

The old city quarter around the cathedral, with its narrow streets and cosy restaurants, is a popular destination for night owls. Numerous pubs and bars are located here close together.

The "4 Årstider" in Vestergade 39 and the restaurant "Gammel Åbyhøj" in Bakealle 1 are considered gourmet palaces. The restaurant "Rene" at Frue Kirkeplads 1, "Ricks Cafe & Restaurant" in Rosengade 23, the "Shanghai" (Chinese) in Guldmedsgade 1 and the restaurant "Kashmir" in Vesterbrogade 36 are also recommended. The "Guldhornet" at Banegaards-plads 10 advertises "well-kept draught beer" and the "Café Mozart" with "live music every evening". 20 years is the required minimum age in the night club "Alexis".

Whoever has exact ideas about the restaurant and the pub of his choice, the tourist office gives tips. There you will also find information about bicycle rentals. The wooded areas to the north and south of Aarhus are ideal for cycling and walking. For example, a 17-kilometre hiking and cycling trail surrounds the nature reserve around Lake Brabrander to the west of Aarhus. Those who sail to Aarhus in early September have the opportunity to take part in the Aarhus Festival - a spectacle whose highlights include ballet performances, classical and pop concerts. An old-fashioned fair in the Old Town, children's parties, street theatre and puppeteers enliven the festive days. A fun run, the Marselislauf, attracts more than 10,000 participants each year.

A kilometre west of the pleasure boat and fishing harbour begins Aarhus's vast university campus, aptly named University Park. 13,000 students are enrolled here.

In the north of the "University City"" stands the Museum of Antiquities (entrance from Nordre Ringgade through the main university building). It contains antiquities from Greece, Rome, the Middle East and Egypt. In addition, a large coin collection and a comprehensive cast collection of Greek and Roman sculptures are displayed.

Also worth seeing is the spit of land characterized by modern architecture with the so-called iceberg houses, which received an architecture prize in 2016.  Here there are always new, worthwhile motifs for photographers, depending on the angle of view . Also new is the generously designed sea bath not far from the marina.

This is not the end of the long list of sights in Aarhus. The "continuation" follows at Marselisborg, because the distances from there to the other destinations are the shorter.

Marina Information

Max Depth 4 m

Contact

Phone +45 2920 9011
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Website https://lystbaadehavn.aarhus.dk

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Toilet

Shower

Restaurant

Imbiss

Crane

Atm

Internet

Diesel

Grocery

Boatyard

Ramp

Public Transport

Bikerental

Garbage

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