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Aarhus (/ ˈ ɔːr h uː s /, US also / ˈ ɑːr-/, Danish: [ˈɒːˌhuˀs] ⓘ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality.
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Aarhus is the second biggest city in Denmark after Copenhagen, and the biggest on Jutland, the Danish mainland. It has about 290,000 inhabitants, and the metropolitan area, that Aarhus is a part of has close to 1,400,000.
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Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately 187 kilometres (116 mi) northwest of Copenhagen.
Aarhus was originally a Viking settlement that was called Aros. There are several archaeological finds that date the town all the way back to 700 AD. Because of its location, Aarhus has always been an important trades centre both in the Denmark of the Vikings and the Middle Ages.
Den Gamle By (lit. "The Old Town") is an open-air town museum located in the Aarhus Botanical Gardens, in central Aarhus, Denmark.