Getting there & away
Land
Bus
The bus station (Fredensgade) has a DSB café and a small supermarket. Express buses 98 90 09 00) run a few times daily between Århus and Copenhagen’s Valby Station (adult/child Dkr240/120, students Dkr120 Monday to Thursday only, three hours). Buses run regularly to Silkeborg (adult/child Dkr55/38, 48 minutes, twice hourly) and Aalborg (adult/child Dkr135/78, two hours, five daily).
Car & motorcycle
The main highways to Århus are the E45 from the north and south and Rte 15 from the west. The E45 curves around the western edge of the city as a ring road. There are a number of turn-offs from the ring road into the city, including Åohavevej from the south and Randersvej from the north.
Cars can be rented from Europcar (89 33 11 11; Sønder Allé 35).
Train
Trains to Århus, via Odense, leave Copenhagen on the hour from early morning to 10pm (Dkr287, 3¼ hours) and there’s a night train at 2am. There are regular trains to Århus (Dkr60, 49 minutes), Aalborg (Dkr150, 1½ hours), and Esbjerg (Dkr206, 2¾ hours). There’s a ticket-queuing system at the station: red for internal; green for international. For local journeys, unless you have mastered use of the quicker ticket machines, be prepared for quite long waits at busy times. Friday trains are always very busy and it’s advised to reserve a seat for long journeys.
Boat
The ferry operator is Mols-Linien (70 10 14 18). It runs car ferries from Århus to Odden (Dkr140 to Dkr235, car and five passengers Dkr525, 65 minutes).
Air
The airport, in Tirstrup 43km northeast of Århus, has direct flights from Copenhagen and London. Budget carrier Ryanair flies twice daily between London Stansted and Århus on weekdays and once on Saturday and Sunday.
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