Egå is a both a suburban district and a stream in the Municipality of Aarhus in

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Name

Egå means 'Oak-stream' in English.

The Egå stream

The Egå stream runs north of the city of

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

, in the bottom of the flat valley of Egådalen. The whole valley of Egådalen - 1,5 km wide and 6 km long - was created as a tunnel valley at the end of the last ice age and holds numerous evidence of prehistoric human activities, from the

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to present times. The Egå stream has its source at Geding Lake and from here it flows through the Geding-Kasted bog, the lake of Egå Engsø, the suburban area of Egå and the beach park of

Åkrogen Åkrogen (lit.: River-nook) is an urban, public beach and park in the northern parts of Aarhus, Denmark. Åkrogen is situated in both the neighborhood of Risskov and the suburb of Egå on the Bay of Aarhus at Egå Marina. The beach park is div ...

, before it terminates at the Bay of Aarhus.

The Egå suburb

The suburban area of Egå is located approximately 7 km north of the

city centre and is named after the Egå stream, that flows through the area. Egå originated as a rural village, probably in the

Viking Age The Viking Age (about ) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Viking Age applies not only to their ...

. A

runestone A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic alphabet, runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition of erecting runestones as a memorial to dead men began in the 4th centur ...

, from c. 970–1020 in the late Viking Age, was discovered in 1814 and is on permanent exhibit in the

National Museum of Denmark The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark, Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance from S ...

. Egå has merged with the city of Aarhus. The neighbourhood of Skæring north of central Egå has been merged administratively with Egå and it is in process of changing status to an urban area. Egå is one of the more affluent neighbourhoods, with some of the highest cost of land in the municipality. Egå is primarily a residential area with detached houses and no high-rises. The suburb houses a lively

marina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...

(Egå Marina), built in 1978, surrounded by the large beach park of

. Egå Gymnasium was built in 2006.

Gallery

File:Ved broen 2.jpg, The Egå stream, just before it empties into the meadow-lake of Egå Engsø. File:Egåen3.JPG, The Egå stream, on its way through the suburb of Egå. It grows considerably after the meadow-lake. File:Egåen (maj) 02.jpg, The Egå stream in Egå File:Åkrogen (Egåen).jpg, The Egå stream at Åkrogen File:Kbh Mus Run Egaa 1.jpg, Egå runestone File:Egå Gymnasium.jpg, Egå Gymnasium File:Egå Marina (bassinet).jpg, Egå Marina File:Åkrogen (nord).jpg, Åkrogen

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