Vesterbro is a neighbourhood of
Aarhus, Denmark. It is located in the
Aarhus C
Aarhus C is a postal district in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, consisting of the Inner city, Vesterbro, University of Aarhus, Frederiksbjerg, Langenæs and Aarhus Ø, with postal code 8000. The district is commonly defined as the area enclosed ...
district, west of the city centre of ''
Indre By
Indre By (lit. English, "Inner City"), also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen, is an administrative district (''by'') in central Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. It covers an area of , has a population of 26,223, and a po ...
''. Vesterbro used to be farmland outside the city walls, and the neighbourhood's development progressed, when the city walls of Aarhus were demolished in 1851.
Description
The neighbourhood of Vesterbro is part of
Midtbyen and comprise the area between the
university
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...
, Indre By, the broad railway yard bordering
Frederiksbjerg
Frederiksbjerg is a borough in Aarhus, Denmark.
Frederiksbjerg is part of the postal district Aarhus C and is located just south of the historical city centre, separated from it by a broad railway yard and connected by three bridges. Despite bein ...
,
Aabyhøj and
Aarhus V
Aarhus Vest (lit.: Aarhus West) or Aarhus V, is a postal district in the city of Aarhus, consisting of Hasle, Herredsvang, Møllevangen and Frydenlund.
Quarters and neighborhoods
Møllevangen
Built primarily in the 1940s, Møllevangen has many ...
. The oldest part of Vesterbro is located close to Indre By. Places of interest includes the
Aarhus Botanical Gardens
Aarhus Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Aarhus, Denmark. It is located north of the Old Town open-air village museum and was founded in 1875. Nowadays it covers an area of , with for the Old Town.
The park was originally created primar ...
, the open-air museum of
Den Gamle By
Den Gamle By, or The Old Town in English, is an open-air town museum located in the Aarhus Botanical Gardens, in central Aarhus, Denmark. In 1914, the museum opened as the world's first open-air museum of its kind, concentrating on town culture ...
(one of Denmark's most popular attractions), the hospital of
Amtssygehuset and the culture centre of
Godsbanen. The main square of Vesterbro Torv used to be a market square for the trading of livestock such as pigs in the 1880s. Now it is probably the busiest junction on Vesterbro.
The inner part of Vesterbro comprise the residential quarters of ''Ø-gade kvarteret'' (lit.: the island-street quarter), where most streets are named after Danish islands and
CeresByen, a new quarter currently being built on the grounds of the former
Ceres Brewery
The Ceres Brewery was a beer and soft drink producing facility in Århus, Denmark, that operated from 1856 until 2008. Although the brewery was closed by its owner Royal Unibrew the Ceres brand continues, with the product brewed at other faciliti ...
.
Gallery
Image:Hjelmensgade, Aarhus 2003.jpg, A typical street in Øgadekvarteret, Vesterbro
File:Betlehemskirken.jpg, A church in Øgadekvarteret
File:Brandstationen, Ny Munkegade, Århus.jpg, A firestation
File:Syd facade af Vestervang i Århus, 2009-10-11.jpg, Modern apartment buildings from 1970 in Vesterbro
File:Prismet 4.jpg, Prismet (lit.: ''the prism''), a visible and central landmark of the Vesterbro skyline
File:Entrance to Amtssygehuset in Aarhus.jpg, Main entrance to the hospital of Amtssygehuset
References
Sources
Vesterbro: Danish
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Aarhus C
Neighborhoods of Aarhus