Travel Information
Travelling to Aarhus
Travel
Getting to Denmark is easy. Denmark is a peninsular in Northern Europe, which means you can go by car or train from any of the North European countries. Aarhus is close to the E45 motorway.
There are flights from several destinations throughout the world to three different airports in Denmark. If you arrive in Copenhagen Airport - the largest in Scandinavia - you can either choose to fly on to Billund Airport or Aarhus Airport, or you can travel by train or rent a car. From both Billund and Aarhus Airport there are airport busses to Aarhus.
Aarhus Airport
Situated less than a 40-minute drive north east of Aarhus, Aarhus Airport has 8 to 12 daily flights to and from Copenhagen Airport - Northern Europe's key air traffic junction. The air service is primarily operated by SAS and takes 35 minutes. In addition to this, BA / SUN AIR have flights to and from Stockholm, Oslo and Gothenburg, and Ryan Air operates an air service to and from London. Aarhus Airport also offers a taxi-plane service.
Billund Airport
Located approximately 80 minutes by car south west of Aarhus, Billund Airport has several daily flights by Maersk Air to and from a large number of national and international destinations with worldwide flight connections. Current direct destinations are Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Brussels, Dublin, the Faroe Islands, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Palanga, Kaunas, London, Manchester, Munich, Milan, Malaga, Nice, Oslo, Palanga, Paris, Stavanger, Tirgo Mures, Bergen, Kristiansand, Stockholm and Helsinki.
There are 5 - 10 daily flights between Copenhagen Airport and Billund.
15 airlines are operating at Billund Airport: Lufthansa, Air France, British Airways, KLM, Finnair, Maersk Air, SAS, Cimber Air, Continental Airlines, Air Lithuania, Atlantic Airways, Sterling, Plusferdir, Krone Rejser, Danish Air Transport.
Copenhagen Airport
With 65 airlines operating from Copenhagen Airport, and with more than 20 mil passengers every year, Copenhagen Airport is Scandinavia's biggest.
Transport to and from Aarhus Airport & Billund Airport
From Billund Airport and Aarhus Airport there are public airport bus services for the on-going transfer of passengers to Aarhus. There are 10 daily bus departures from Billund Airport, and 11 from Aarhus Airport. Price one-way in 2005: Aarhus Airport to Aarhus: EUR 11, Billund Airport to Aarhus: EUR 20.
Train Services
Denmark has an efficient train network with a direct service to the centre of Aarhus from Copenhagen Airport. Travel time is 3.0 - 3.5 hours between Aarhus and Copenhagen Airport. There are train 1-2 departures every hour.
Roads
As in all parts of Denmark, Aarhus has an efficient road network which allows for easy driving access directly to the city - Hamburg is only a 3-hour drive
For further information, please see the web site of VisitAarhus.
Links
Turism - www.visitaarhus.dk
Conference secretariat - www.kongreskompagniet.dk
Travel information Aarhus airport - www.aarhusairport.dk
Travel information Billund Airport - www.billund-airport.com
Travel information Copenhagen Airport - Copenhagen Airport
Hostel information - www.citysleep-in.dk.dk
Hostel information - www.aarhus-danhostel.dk
Hotel information - www.cab-inn.dk
Hotel information - www.latour.dk
Hotel information - www.dkhotellist.com
Hotel information - www.aarhus.radissonsas.com
Hotel information - www.scandichotels.dk/Aarhus
Hotel information - www.scandic-hotels.dk/plazaaarhus
Hotel information - www.villaprovence.dk
ARoS, art museum - www.aros.dk
Varna Mansion - www.varna.dk (site in Danish)
Open-air museum - Den gamle By - www.dengamleby.dk
Moesgaard Museum (archaeology and ethnography) - www.moesmus.dk