Vesterbro is a neighbourhood 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 ...
, Denmark. It is located in the
Aarhus C
Aarhus C is a postal district in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, consisting of the Indre by, Aarhus, Inner city, Vesterbro, Aarhus, Vesterbro, University of Aarhus, Frederiksbjerg, Langenæs and Aarhus Ø, with postal code 8000. The district is commo ...
district, west of the city centre of ''
Indre By
Indre By (English language, English: ), also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen, is an districts of Copenhagen, administrative district (''bydel'') in central Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. It covers an area of , has a p ...
''. 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 educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...
, Indre By, the broad railway yard bordering
Frederiksbjerg,
Aabyhøj
Aabyhøj , or Åbyhøj, is a neighborhood of Aarhus, Denmark. It is part of the postal district of Aarhus V and has a population of approximately 11,000 people and is home to Aabyhøj IF football club and Aabyhøj Basketball.
History
Aabyhøj lit ...
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 f ...
. The oldest part of Vesterbro is located close to Indre By. Places of interest includes the
Aarhus Botanical Gardens, the open-air museum of
Den Gamle By (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
CeresByen (English: ''CeresCity'') is a neighbourhood in Midtbyen, a district of the city of Aarhus, Denmark. It is a mixed residential and commercial area, comprising the site of the former Ceres Brewery operating here from 1856 until November 2 ...
, a new quarter currently being built on the grounds of the former
Ceres Brewery.
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
Neighbourhoods in Aarhus