There are two public seabaths, the northern Den Permanente below Riis Skov and close to the harbour area, and the southern Ballehage Beach in the Marselisborg Forests. This messaging has a negative impact on refugees living in Aarhus. Aarhus has a robust and diverse nightlife. After being in Aarhus for more than three years, refugees see the biggest gain from not living in ghetto areas is that their children learn Danish faster. Opret en forening - for borgere over 60 år, Bystrategi, Arealudvikling og Almene Boliger, Information til leverandører af værnemidler, Nyt om fælleskommunalt indkøb af værnemidler, Corona information til dig og din virksomhed, Borgermøde om fremtidens idrætsfaciliteter, NOVEL CORONAVIRUS - New measures against covid-19, Internet week Denmark – a festival celebrating the internet, Se tilgængelighedserklæring for Aarhus.dk. By the 1960s, the music scene diversified into rock and other genres. [205][206][207], Since the 1970s, the city has seen major developments on the pop and rock scene, with the arrival of many acclaimed bands such as Kliché, Under Byen, Gnags, TV-2, Michael Learns to Rock, Nephew, Carpark North, Spleen United, VETO, Hatesphere and Illdisposed in addition to popular individual performers like Thomas Helmig, Anne Linnet and Medina. Archaeological findings show that a town existed in the early Viking Ages at least 1300 years ago. Many companies from this time would come to leave permanent iconic marks on Aarhus. In 2015 Denmark received an extraordinary 21,316 asylum applications—primarily Syrian, Eritrean, and Afghan—and the Danish Government has since introduced several restrictive legislative and administrative measures. [32], The official and religious status spurred growth so in 1477 the defensive earthen ramparts, ringing the town since the Viking age, were abandoned to accommodate expansion. [133] Today, te majority of the largest companies in the municipality are in the sectors of trade, transport and media. Since the early 2000s, the city has experienced an influx of larger companies moving from other parts of the Jutland peninsula. @media (min-width:825px) { .danish-rwd-top { width: 728px; height: 90px; } } [224] The city actively promotes its gay and lesbian community and celebrates the annual Aarhus Pride gay pride festival while Aarhus Festuge usually includes exhibits, concerts and events designed for the LGBT communities.[225]. One of them says “hi” to his children, and Dilbrin tries to show that he is meeting people from many different countries, that he is learning a new language, and then shows his book from which he studies. [221][222] Spot festival is aiming to showcase up-and-coming Danish and Scandinavian talents at selected venues of the inner city. The station broadcasts regional news and current affairs television and radio programmes. [337][338] After an agreement on 1 July 2014, TVAarhus can be watched by 130,000 households in Aarhus, making it the largest cable-transmitted local TV channel in Denmark. sausage wagons), traditionally serving a Danish variety of hot dogs, sausages and other fast food. If the asylum seeker is granted asylum, the Danish Immigration Service assigns the refugee to a local municipality where he/she is to reside. (2017). Other major music venues include VoxHall, rebuilt in 1999, and the associated venue of Atlas, Train nightclub at the harbourfront, and Godsbanen, a former rail freight station. It is the first electric light rail system in Denmark and more routes are planned to open in coming years. Ferries administered by Danish ferry company Mols-Linien transports passengers and motorvehicles between Aarhus and Sjællands Odde on Zealand. Another example, is a video made by Dilbrin, also from Syria. The beech forests of Riis Skov and Marselisborg occupy the hills along the coast to the north and south, and apart from the city centre, sandy beaches form the coastline of the entire municipality. [135][136][137] Aarhus is a centre for retail in the Nordic and Baltic countries, with expansive shopping centres, the busiest commercial street in the country and a dense urban core with many speciality shops. [103] The diocese of Aarhus has four deaneries composed of 60 parishes within Aarhus municipality. Tickets for the light rail are also valable in local yellow bus lines. [83][84] Several lakes extend west from the inner city as the landscape merges with the larger region of Søhøjlandet with heights exceeding 152 metres (499 ft) at Himmelbjerget between Skanderborg and Silkeborg. Notable events of a local scope include the university boat-race, held in the University Park since 1991, which has become a local spectator event attracting some 20,000 people. [204], The city enjoys strong musical traditions, both classical and alternative, underground and popular, with educational and performance institutions such as the concert halls of Musikhuset, the opera of Den Jyske Opera, Aarhus Symfoniorkester (Aarhus Symphony Orchestra) and Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium (Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg). The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016. Family separation is hard for all of us. [13] It is still grammatically correct to write geographical names with the letter Å and local councils are allowed to use the Aa spelling as an alternative. The historical centre, known as Indre By (lit. Available at: http://www.unhcr.org/information-on-unhcr-resettlement.html. Interact. There is a small section of the mound, and a variety of findings from the Viking Age on display in the basement under the Nordea bank on the street ‘Sankt Clemens Torv’. Når en flygtning kommer til Danmark [online]. Market town privileges were granted in 1441, but growth stagnated in the 17th century as the city suffered blockades and bombardments during the Swedish Wars. Some refugees described experiencing racist attitudes. Aarhus Airport is located on Djursland, 40 km (25 mi) north-east of Aarhus near Tirstrup, and provides links to both Copenhagen and international destinations. @media (max-width: 400px) { .danish-rwd-top { display: none; } } [186][187] Aarhus is featured in popular songs such as Hjem til Aarhus by På Slaget 12, Lav sol over Aarhus by Gnags, 8000 Aarhus C by Flemming Jørgensen, Pigen ud af Aarhus by Tina Dickow and Slingrer ned ad Vestergade by Gnags. Aarhus Municipality has 45 electoral wards and polling stations in four electoral districts for the Folketing (national Parliament). Since 2010 the music production centre of PROMUS (Produktionscentret for Rytmisk Musik) has supported the rock scene in the city along with the publicly funded ROSA (Dansk Rock Samråd), which promotes Danish rock music in general.