Some more photos of Aarhus. From a café, of a street near the university, and two of the university.
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12 comments
June 18, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Vance
What’s “in the middle of a street” — the candleboat running along the monorail in the middle of the street, in the first picture? Oh, maybe I’m misreading that, or missing an allusion.
June 18, 2009 at 4:33 pm
eric
Surely you’re about the right age for Madness, Vance.
June 18, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Vance
Isn’t that “in the middle of our street”?
June 18, 2009 at 4:41 pm
eric
Well, yes. I took a liberty.
June 18, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Vance
It doesn’t take much to confuse me.
The second photo (with the red house “in the middle of the street” in that English sense) is a nice scene. Does much of Aarhus look like that?
June 18, 2009 at 4:50 pm
eric
That area does, a bit — and yes, much of the old town does, though perhaps not so colorful.
June 18, 2009 at 5:41 pm
PorJ
I’m a huge Madness fan – nothing beats the nutty sound. But now when I see “The Middle of the Street” I’m thinking “Improper Dancing” by Electric Six.
June 18, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Daniel
Looks like people use cars a lot less there although it could just be a sleepy street.
June 18, 2009 at 8:38 pm
TF Smith
If he goes to St. Andrews, I fear Punsinane…
June 19, 2009 at 1:43 am
aflandshage
I don’t know the exact numbers on car usage in Århus, but the bike usage at a 25% share is low compared to other largeish Danish cities, and then there is also a very well developed public transportation sector as well. So all in all I think we can safely assume a much lower car usage in Århus than in most comparable US cities.
June 19, 2009 at 4:13 am
jacobchristensen
Perhaps a better soundtrack would be a local 1980s classic: Århus-based “Gnags” playing “Slingre ned af Vestergade”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCLK7SxNR84
Boy, did Danish music videos look weird back then.
The university campus is generally seen as one of the most attractive campusses in the Nordic countries.
June 19, 2009 at 7:02 am
foeb
If only Rem Koolhaas lived there.