Arhus Cathedral Square Attractions
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This plaza at the heart of old Århus is the first entry point for tourists from the cruise ships which stop in Århus. Besides the Cathedral, a highly-decorated theater built in 1900 restored to its former beauty, the Museum of the Occupation, the Viking Museum and the Woman's Museum. A pedestrian mall leads off the plaza in the direction of the city hall where other attractions are located.
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Århus - Danish Women's Museum
Århus'Danish Women's Museum in Domkirkeplads (No. 5) offers a rare opportunity of obtaining information on women's living conditions. The main emphasis of the exhibition is on developments in the 20th century, with displays covering everyday life, art and handicrafts.
Århus - Viking Museum
Near the Århus Cathedral, at No. 6 St Clemens Torv in the basement of a merchant bank, will be found the Viking Museum (Vikingemuseet). When excavating for the foundations of the present bank in the 1960s builders stumbled on remains of ramparts with which the Vikings had surrounded their little settlement 1,000 years earlier. In the museum can be seen a reconstruction of the ramparts, a typical house of the Viking period and tools used by these first inhabitants of Århus.
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A nave of the Aarhus Cathedral.
