Midtbyen also known as Aarhus Center or City, is the inner part of Aarhus City and has postal code 8000. It is a part of Århus C

Århus C

Aarhus C is a district in the city of Aarhus, consisting of Midtbyen, Vesterbro, University of Aarhus, Frederiksbjerg and the newest part, the Docklands which the municipality recently bought from the Port of Aarhus and which will be transformed into a new modern part of town...

, together with Vesterbro

Vesterbro, Aarhus

Vesterbro is a neighborhood or area in the city district of Århus C located to the west of city centre. The neighborhood is not as old as Midtbyen, the historical centre, since there wasn't much than farms and small houses here before the city walls were torn down back in 1851.-The neighborhood...

 and Frederiksbjerg

Frederiksbjerg

Frederiksbjerg is a borough in Aarhus, Denmark. It is located just south of the historical city centre, and has its own character despite being part of the inner city. Frederiksbjerg has around 20,000 inhabitants, and three large shopping streets, Bruunsgade, Jægergårdsgade, and Frederiks Allé....

 and has a population of 55.000

History

See also: Aarhus History

Midtbyen is the oldest part of Aarhus

Aarhus

Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...

 and was where the town originated. Midtbyen dates back to at least late 700AD to the Viking

Viking

The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...

 times. Midtbyen is just the old part of Aarhus inside the old walls, which is not there anymore. The town grow up around the old Canal, Århus Å.

Infrastructure

This part of town has heavy traffic during rush hours which, because of the old small roads, can be a problem. Midtbyen is surrounded by Nørre Allé (Northern Avenue), Vester Allé (Western Avenue) and Sønder Allé (Southern Avenue), servig as ring roads, following the old walls. This helps to lead much of the inner traffic around the most narrow and difficult streets. Many roads are closed to traffic, and instead serves as walking shopping streets. Most city buses go through Midtbyen while county and Inter-city buses terminate at Aarhus Bus Terminal. Most bus lines go through Park Allé (Park Avenue), which serves as a major bus hub.

Attractions

• Århus Domkirke
  Århus Domkirke
  Aarhus Cathedral is the main religious edifice of Aarhus, Denmark, in the Jutland peninsula in the western part of the country. The cathedral is dedicated to the patron saint of sailors, St. Clemens, and located at the address Domkirkepladsen 2, 8000 Århus C, Denmark, on the port-side of the...
  
  , the tallest and longest cathedral in Denmark.
• Church of Our Lady
  Church of Our Lady (Aarhus)
  The Church of Our Lady is one of the largest churches of Århus, Denmark. It is situated in the centre of the city not far from Aarhus Cathedral . The church's crypt contains a stone church dating to 1060 AD.-History:...
  
  , a large church .
• Århus City Hall
  Århus City Hall
  Aarhus City Hall is the city hall of Aarhus, Denmark. It was inaugurated 2 June 1941, and it was drawn by architects Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller. The decision to build a city hall was taken during a city hall meeting in 1937. As one of just a few Danish city halls it was marked for preservation...
  
   (City Hall of Århus).
• ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
  ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
  ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum is an art museum in Aarhus. ARoS is one of the largest art museums in northern Europe, 10 storeys tall with a total of 17,000 m². The museum opened on 8 April 2004 after a construction process that started with Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen winning the design...
  
  , the main Århus arts museum.
• Aarhus Kunstbygning
  Aarhus Kunstbygning
  Aarhus kunstbygning or the Aarhus Art Building is an art museum in Aarhus, in Denmark.It has 1000 square metres of exhibition halls making it one of Denmark’s largest and significant venues for contemporary art...
  
  , an arts museum.
• Aarhus Theatre
  Aarhus Theatre
  The Aarhus Theatre in Aarhus is the largest provincial theatre in Denmark.The present theatre house constructed in the late 19th century as a replacement for the old theatre, nicknamed "Svedekassen". Since Aarhus had grown to be Jutland's biggest city during the 19th century, the old theatre had...
  
  , the official theater of the city.
• Kvindemuseet i Danmark
  Kvindemuseet i Danmark
  Kvindemuseet i Danmark, or Women's Museum in Denmark is a feminist history museum in Aarhus, Denmark. It is currently located in the old Aarhus City Hall building.-External links:*...
  
  . Women's Museum in Denmark
• Strøget (Main shopping street)
• Aarhus Central Station
  Århus Central Station
  Aarhus Central Station is the main railroad station in the Danish city of Århus.Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between Aarhus and rest of Denmark on inter-city rail and commuter rail, the station is used by an average of 6.3 million people per year, making it the busiest train...
  
  
• Åboulevarden (Canal street)
• Latin Quarter