Århus - Open-Air Museum

(Local Name: Den gamle By) In the southern part of the Botanic Garden of Århus lies the open-air museum "The Old Town" (Den Gamle By), a collection of some 75 houses from all parts of Denmark and one of the most popular places in Århus. The houses date from the 16th up to the early 20th century and have been faithfully reconstructed in line with the originals.

The buildings include old town houses, shops, workshops with their equipment and windmills. The central feature is a burgomaster's house of 1597 which contains a collection of furniture. Visitors can also see a merchant's house from Ålborg, a house built on stilts, a two-storied stone house, and a storehouse. A toy museum, a textile museum and a historical musical collection are housed in a building from Nðstved. In a house from Viborg there is a bicycle museum. In addition, visitors can admire an apothecary's shop complete with healing herbs, candlemakers', coopers' and shoemakers' workshops, a tobacco factory, a sailmaker's and a windmill housing the museum's office. The museum also holds special exhibitions of historical costumes and old silver objects. In addition, there is an open-air inn and a restaurant.