Moesgaard Museum
An archaeological museum built into a hillside, where the roof doubles as a sloped meadow leading down to the sea. The signature exhibit is the Grauballe Man, a 2,300-year-old bog body preserved down to his fingerprints and final meal. Rotating exhibitions cover everything from Viking trade routes to Stone Age tools. The building won architectural awards; the rooftop lawn wins Instagram posts. Located 10 km south of the city center, reachable by bus 18.
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Northern Europe's largest art museum. Ten floors of Danish art topped with Olafur Eliasson's rainbow panorama.
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Domen Aarhus
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