4 Must Visit Places in Aarhus, Denmark!

Den Gamle By, (The Old Town), is an open-air town museum located in Aarhus, Denmark.

After starting our journey in Copenhagen and spending a week at the Viborg Gymnastics and Sports Academy College, and another week at Ågård Efterskole, a High School Boarding Academy in Kolding, focusing on secondary education and gymnastics, we continued our month long journey of exploring Danish culture through the study of Danish Gymnastics in the city of Århus, located in the central eastern part of Jutland. Århus is Denmark’s second largest city and calls itself the “World’s Smallest Big City”. If you haven’t noticed, Denmark’s Second City, Århus, can also be spelled as Aarhus in the Danish language. Either spelling is correct.

While enjoying the immersion experience of living at the gymnastics boarding academies the past few weeks, we enjoyed spending our last week in Denmark living with a host family and exploring the beautiful city of Aarhus! From the Old Town to the Deer Park and the Queen’s Palace, Aarhus is filled with lots of interesting things to see and do. Check out some of those treasures on the Treasures Of Traveling website!

-- Luke Keeler

The City of Kolding and Gymnastics in Aagaard, Denmark!

Kolding is a wonderful Danish city to visit and is located in Jutland Denmark! From the Royal Kolding Castle towering above the town, to the old houses and city hall scattered throughout the town, along with the botanical gardens, Kolding is full of treasures of traveling and has much to offer the foreign traveler.

After starting our journey in Copenhagen and spending a week at the Viborg Gymnastics and Sports Academy College, we continued our month long journey of exploring Danish culture through the study of Danish Gymnastics outside of the city of Kolding, at a High School Boarding Academy called Ågård Efterskole, which is in a small town called Aagaard, located in the southeastern part of Jutland. If you haven’t noticed, Ågård can also be spelled as Aagaard in the Danish language. Either spelling is correct. Ågård is not only the name of this boarding high school, but it is also the name of the small town in which it is located and Ågård also happens to be a common surname of many Danes! While enjoying the immersion experience of living at the gymnastics boarding school, eating with the students and participating in their classes, we also were able to have a little free time to explore the city of Kolding.

There are multiple interesting sites to see around the city of Kolding from the castle to the church, from the town hall to the old city center and the botanical gardens. Read more about Kolding and the Ågård Efterskole, the school of gymnastics, on the Treasures Of Traveling website. 

-- Luke Keeler