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Visitors’ Service

Aarhus University’s Visitors’ Service is staffed by students employed by AU Communication. We have in-depth knowledge of the university in general, and we know what it means to be a student.

The Visitors’ Service offers free guided tours of the university. These are arranged according to the individual requests of visitors and can include:

  • a guided tour of selected buildings at the university and in the University Park
  • a general introduction to the university’s studies, history and architecture
  • snippets about life as a student

A typical tour takes from 60 to 90 minutes, but we can make it shorter or longer depending on what you would like to see. We recommend you to wear sensible walking shoes, as the distance covered is actually between two and four kilometres. You can also combine your tour with a visit to one of the university’s museums, including lunch or coffee in one of the canteens. However, you are personally responsible for organising this.

Any group can have a guided tour

Free guided tours are available for all interested groups (minimum five people), such as schools, associations, companies and clubs. The Visitors’ Service offers guided tours Monday to Friday between 08.00 and 17.00, and we can conduct tours in Danish or English. Contact AU Communication for more information.

Call, write, visit

Groups that would like a guided tour can book by contacting AU Communication or by filling in this form (available in Danish only). Please contact us well before the date requested for the tour. If your group consists of fewer than five people, please contact us for options regarding a guided tour.

Per Kirkeby’s decoration of the Lakeside Lecture Theatres

Aarhus University also offers a lecture on Per Kirkeby’s decoration of the Lakeside Lecture Theatres.

Art tour

The art tour is not offered by the Visitors’ Service. To make a direct booking, please contact the Section for Art History, Faculty of Humanities.

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Lykke Juul Ankersen

Revised 2011.10.03

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