Walking around city Aarhus in Denemark إستكشاف مدينة آرهوس في الدنمارك

Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality. It is located on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula, in the geographical centre of Denmark, 187 kilometres (116 mi) northwest of Copenhagen and 289 kilometres (180 mi) north of Hamburg, Germany. The inner urban area contains 280,534 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2020) and the municipal population is 349,983 (as of 2020). Aarhus is the central city in Business Region Aarhus and in the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.

The history of Aarhus began as a fortified Viking settlement founded in the 8th century and with the first written records stemming from the bishopric seated here from at least 948. The city was founded on the northern shores of a fjord at a natural harbour and the primary driver of growth was for centuries seaborne trade in agricultural products. 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. In the 19th century it was occupied twice by German troops during the Schleswig Wars but avoided destruction. As the industrial revolution took hold, the city grew to become the second-largest in the country by the 20th century.

Today, Aarhus is at the cultural and economic core of the region and the largest centre for trade, services, industry, and tourism in Jutland. The city ranks as the 92nd largest city in the European Union, and as number 234 among world cities. It is also a top 100 conference city in the world. Aarhus is the principal industrial port of the country in terms of container handling and an important trade hub in Kattegat. Major Danish companies have based their headquarters here and people commute for work and leisure from a wide area in Region Midtjylland. It is a centre for research and education in the Nordic countries and home to Aarhus University, Scandinavia's largest university, including Aarhus University Hospital and INCUBA Science Park. Being the Danish city with the youngest demographics, with 48,482 inhabitants aged under 18, Aarhus is also the second fastest growing Danish city, with an average growth of 4,500 people per annum since 2008.
Aarhus is known for its musical history. In the 1950s, many jazz clubs sprang up around the city, fuelled by the young population. By the 1960s, the music scene diversified into rock and other genres. In the 1970s and 1980s, Aarhus became the centre for Denmark's rock music, fostering many iconic bands such as Kliché, TV-2 and Gnags. Aarhus is home to the annual eight-day Aarhus Jazz Festival, the SPoT Festival, and the NorthSide Festival.
In 2017, Aarhus was European Capital of Culture along with Paphos in Cyprus.

En Francais:

Aarhus est officiellement orthographié Århus avant le 1er janvier 2011, est la deuxième ville du Danemark par le nombre d'habitants. Aarhus est une ville portuaire importante, située dans la région de Jutland, c'est-à-dire sur la côte est de la péninsule danoise, et donnant sur le Kattegat. La ville seule comptait 277086 habitants en 2019, la commune 345332 habitants.

En 1960, Aarhus partage le prix de l'Europe avec Bruges.

La ville se dit être la capitale du Jutland ; elle a été le chef-lieu d’un amt puis depuis la réforme communale de 2007 d’une commune tous deux homonymes. La commune fait partie de la région du Jutland-Central.

La commune comptait 330 639 habitants en 20161. Aarhus région métropolitaine compte près de 1,4 million d'habitants.

Aarhus est la plus vieille des grandes villes de tout l'ensemble Norvège-Suède-Danemark, probablement construite au viiie siècle. Initialement appelée Aros, la ville fut construite par les Vikings pour en faire un important pied-à-terre du roi, et surtout une place de commerce permanente. Sa place privilégiée au centre du Danemark l'a amenée à faire du commerce avec l'ensemble du pays, l'Allemagne et les pays baltes, puis par la suite avec toute l'Europe occidentale et même quelques pays du Maghreb.

La ville resta de petite taille jusqu'à la fin du xixe siècle. C'est alors qu'elle a commencé à croitre rapidement, la raison principale de cette croissance étant l'exode rural durant la révolution industrielle. L'industrialisation privilégiant les routes commerciales, le port donna une grande importance à la ville, ce qui explique pourquoi Aarhus fut choisie par de nombreux ouvriers. Dans les années 1920, la population d'Aarhus dépassa celle de Aalborg, faisant de la ville la plus peuplée de la péninsule.