Santa Claus leads the Christmas parade through the streets being driven in a Cadillac with Santa's elves, fire engines, vintage cars and so on.
Why so? Because in Aarhus, Denmark, Santa comes in a Cadillac after he sailed on a boat... pretty sweet for a guy employed only for 1 day a year!
Showing posts with label Aarhus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aarhus. Show all posts
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
AROS
In April 7th 2004 was the official opening of ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum in the presence, among other dignitaries, of the museum’s Patron Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II. In April 8th the new 17,700 square metre building, situated in central Århus and costing 306 million Danish Crowns opened its doors to the public. The event marked a new era in the museum’s almost 150-year history: the provincial art museum with high ambitions now emerged as a national museum with international ambitions. To highlight its new profile, Aarhus Kunstmuseum added ARoS to its name.
With thousands of square metres spanning ten levels the museum now has ample space to showcase its extensive collection of 1100 paintings, 400 sculptures and installations, 200 art videos and over 7,000 drawings, photos and graphics: a collection that ahead of the inauguration was enhanced by the addition of works by international artists such as Bill Viola, Tony Oursler, Carsten Höller, Miwa Yanagi and James Turrell. In large measure, a donation of 40 million Danish Crowns by New Carlsberg Foundation over a ten-year period enabled the purchase of these works.
The new art museum contains three large galleries of just under 1,100 square metres each for permanent exhibitions allowing visitors the opportunity to view a broad spectrum of works from the museum’s own collection. In addition, recent acquisitions of international light and video works are displayed in the basement level of the museum in a special exhibition gallery called 'The 9 Spaces.' Lastly, the museum has two further galleries at its disposal: the dedicated special exhibitions gallery commanding 1,100 square metres and the West Gallery with 350 square metres.
ARoS’ striking architecture is the creation of Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen. The Århus-based practice won the 1997 competition for the design of the new Aarhus Kunstmuseum from a field of some 109 architectural firms from around the world. The building is cube-shaped, 43 metres tall and 54 by 54 metres wide. It is divided by a curved "museum street", to which the public has access without an admission fee. A spiral staircase accentuates the mid-point of the "street" and, upon payment of an entrance fee, visitors gain full access to all of the museum's galleries and facilities.
Besides its regular galleries, ARoS contains a Junior Museum for children: an exciting experiential zone for children to learn about art in a hands-on way.
At the main floor entering the museum you find Art Café and ARoS Shop. Both can be visited free of charge. In ARoS Shop you find a broad variaty of design and books. At Art Café you can enjoy a quality coffee while looking at the pulse of the city outside, read a book or just relax after visiting the galleries.
With thousands of square metres spanning ten levels the museum now has ample space to showcase its extensive collection of 1100 paintings, 400 sculptures and installations, 200 art videos and over 7,000 drawings, photos and graphics: a collection that ahead of the inauguration was enhanced by the addition of works by international artists such as Bill Viola, Tony Oursler, Carsten Höller, Miwa Yanagi and James Turrell. In large measure, a donation of 40 million Danish Crowns by New Carlsberg Foundation over a ten-year period enabled the purchase of these works.
The new art museum contains three large galleries of just under 1,100 square metres each for permanent exhibitions allowing visitors the opportunity to view a broad spectrum of works from the museum’s own collection. In addition, recent acquisitions of international light and video works are displayed in the basement level of the museum in a special exhibition gallery called 'The 9 Spaces.' Lastly, the museum has two further galleries at its disposal: the dedicated special exhibitions gallery commanding 1,100 square metres and the West Gallery with 350 square metres.
ARoS’ striking architecture is the creation of Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen. The Århus-based practice won the 1997 competition for the design of the new Aarhus Kunstmuseum from a field of some 109 architectural firms from around the world. The building is cube-shaped, 43 metres tall and 54 by 54 metres wide. It is divided by a curved "museum street", to which the public has access without an admission fee. A spiral staircase accentuates the mid-point of the "street" and, upon payment of an entrance fee, visitors gain full access to all of the museum's galleries and facilities.
Besides its regular galleries, ARoS contains a Junior Museum for children: an exciting experiential zone for children to learn about art in a hands-on way.
At the main floor entering the museum you find Art Café and ARoS Shop. Both can be visited free of charge. In ARoS Shop you find a broad variaty of design and books. At Art Café you can enjoy a quality coffee while looking at the pulse of the city outside, read a book or just relax after visiting the galleries.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Aarhus - Den Gamle By
"Den Gamle By" is Danish for "old town". It is a five star heritage museum ranking among the best in the world. It has more than 75 historical buildings, gardens, exhibitions, houses, shops and workshops.
This museum is a living experience of what it was like to live and workin a Danish market town in the old days of Hans Christian Andersen. You can meet people of yesteryear here and experience life as it was in their living rooms, kitchens and gardens.
Den Gamle By is the home to: The Danish Poster Museum, The Danish Museum of Clocks and Watches, a large museum of toys, a tea garden, a large museum of shops and major Christmas events. Taste, smell and try out history.
Entrance is 150 DKK, cca. 20 Euro and there are discounts for children, or groups. More informations about Aarhus you can find here
This museum is a living experience of what it was like to live and workin a Danish market town in the old days of Hans Christian Andersen. You can meet people of yesteryear here and experience life as it was in their living rooms, kitchens and gardens.
Den Gamle By is the home to: The Danish Poster Museum, The Danish Museum of Clocks and Watches, a large museum of toys, a tea garden, a large museum of shops and major Christmas events. Taste, smell and try out history.
Entrance is 150 DKK, cca. 20 Euro and there are discounts for children, or groups. More informations about Aarhus you can find here
Monday, July 26, 2010
Aarhus Airport
Aarhus Airport (AAR) is a civilian airport located in Tirstrup, Denmark, which is in Northeast of Aarhus. The website of this airport is www.aar.dk Even this airport is not very big, it offers a lot of facilities and is very well maintained. There is also a summer garden for the smokers or for the people who really like nature.
There are taxis traveling to the city available from outside the terminal building. The cost of a taxi from Aarhus to the airport is about 500 DKK (around 67 Euro). There are 45 Km from Aarhus center to the airport. The cost of a bus travel is 150 DKK per person (around 20 Euro).
An airport bus service takes passengers from the airport to Aarhus and back. It is available 24 hours a day. Also, bus route 212 between Ebeltoft and Randers stops at the airport.
The operating airlines on this airport are:
- British Airways operated by Sun Air of Scandinavia for Gothenburg-Landvetter, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Bromma,
- Bulgarian Air Charter for Burgas [seasonal] and Varna [seasonal]
- Cimber Sterling for Copenhagen
- Ryanair for Alicante [seasonal], Girona [seasonal], London-Stansted, Málaga and Oslo-Rygge
- Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)for Copenhagen
People are very kind and warm on this airport. The prices for services inside are affordable in respect with the prices in Denmark which are considered to be really high. More about Aarhus here .
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Aarhus, Denmark
Aarhus also commonly known by its contemporary Danish spelling Århus, is the second largest city and the principal port of Denmark, situated on the peninsula of Jutland. Aarhus is the seat of the council of Aarhus municipality and claims the unofficial title "Capital of Jutland".
The city lies roughly at the geographical centre of Denmark on the peninsula of Jutland. Forests reach from the south into the city to within a kilometre of the city centre, because the city has grown around the forest, and some areas are completely surrounded by the city, such as Risskov. The city is built mostly around the harbour, which is predominantly industrial, although a large recreational marina is situated south of it as an extension.While some of the highest points in Denmark are close to the city, the general landscape is typically hilly, interspersed with forests and meadows; the city itself is very hilly north of the centre. 
The coastline consists mainly of sandy beaches, but stony areas are not uncommon. The immediate coastal regions are not heavily populated due to a national policy of keeping residences inland rather than crowding the coast.
The city lies at the junction of railway lines from all parts of the country. To the south west lies a picturesque region that contains the Gudenå. Several larger lakes extend West from the Skanderborg railway junction and rise to heights exceeding 152 metres in the Himmelbjerget. The railway traverses this pleasant district of moorland and woodland to Silkeborg.
The city lies at the junction of railway lines from all parts of the country. To the south west lies a picturesque region that contains the Gudenå. Several larger lakes extend West from the Skanderborg railway junction and rise to heights exceeding 152 metres in the Himmelbjerget. The railway traverses this pleasant district of moorland and woodland to Silkeborg.
Skæring - A Part Of Aarhus
Skæring is a suburb of Aarhus in Denmark. It has a population of 4977. It is a zone with summer houses therefore is a very quite and very nice to live in.
Randers, Denmark
Randers is a city in Randers municipality (Aarhus County, Region Midtjylland) on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's 6th largest city with a population of 55,739. It is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.Randers is Denmark's only natural river harbour, and it is situated on the banks of the River Guden (Gudenå), about 6 miles (10 km) above its mouth in Randers Fjord, and 111 miles (179 km) west-northwest of Copenhagen. This location has had great significance for the town as a sea merchant area. Barges on the Guden River and the Northern River (Nørreå) transported goods in to Randers from Silkeborg and Viborg for export, and in return came imported items.
Randers is referred to as Crown Jutland (Kronjylland) and the people as Crown Jutlanders (Kronjyde), probably due to the big Crown estates, i.e. the estates owned by the Crown, the King. The term Kronjyde was first used by Danish poets around 1750. Both Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783-1872) and Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), and especially Nobel Prize laureate Henrik Pontoppidan (1857-1943), who was born in Randers, used the term.
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