Arhus

The cultural centre of Jutland, Århus is a lively university city with one of Denmark's best music and entertainment scenes - everything from symphony performances and theatre to a thriving night-owl café life. The city's finest attraction is Den Gamle By (Old Town), an open-air museum with 75 restored buildings brought here from around Denmark and reconstructed as a provincial town. Most of the buildings are half-timbered 17th and 18th century houses, but there's also a watermill, a windmill and a few buildings from the turn of the century. The Århus Domkirke cathedral is Denmark's largest church, with its original Romanesque chapel dating back to the 12th century. Most of the remainder of the church is 15th-century Gothic. Vor Frue Kirke has Denmark's oldest chapel, dating from around 1060; the Moesgård museum has notable Bronze and Iron Age collections, as well as an enjoyable walking trail which passes through a landscape of reconstructed prehistoric sights. The most startling exhibit at the museum is the 2000-year-old Grauballe man, found preserved in a nearby bog in 1952. Århus is located on the Jutland peninsula's eastern shore.