Århus, Assignment and Australia…..

In this post there are none of my photos (my first post without a photo!).

This post marks the end of a series of entries from Denmark. And the beginning of a series of entries from my trip last year to Australia.

Before I move on to Australia, I will give my contribution to Scott Thomas’ latest Assignment “Rule of Thirds” – If you want to participate too, you must make your contribution before Wednesday, January 18, 2012.

Today I will give you a little more information about Århus:

In my last posts I have shown you a glimpse of AROS in Århus.

In fact, Aarhus and Aros is actually the same word! Explanation here:

The name of the town “Århus” was in the Viking Age written “Aros” – a word composed of two words: “ar” and “os”. “ar” means “å”, which is the Danish word for “river”. “os” means “udmunding” which means “mouth”. “Aros” therefore means “river mouth”. And the town is indeed built around the mouth of Århus River 🙂

If you check my Categories-box in the sidebar and find “Århus” – you can find some of my earlier posts about places in and around Århus.

Sometimes it can be a good idea to let somebody from outside your own little world take a look at your own place……:

I came across this video, that gives an American’s views on what is interesting in Århus (including a few scenes from Legoland, from Moesgaard – and of course from my workplace “Den Gamle By”!):

This video is one of many – made by Rick Stevens, Edmonds, Washington, USA.
I can recommend the other videos, he has made from Denmark, too :-):

Frederiksborg Castle – Øresund Bridge, Roskilde – and Vikings! – Ærø, Denmark: Denmark’s Charming Isle – Copenhagen, Mermaid and resistance – Copenhagen, Christiania – Copenhagen, Rosenborg Castle.