Old City Museum

Japanese: 旧都市博物館 - きゅうとしはくぶつかん
Old City Museum

…The second largest city in Denmark, and the capital of Aarhus County on the east coast of the Jutland Peninsula. Population: 280,000 (1996). Located at the mouth of the Aarhus River, its name comes from aros (meaning river mouth in Old Danish), and it is a key point for land and sea transportation in northern Jutland. In addition to being an industrial city with a variety of industries, it is also the second largest cultural city after Copenhagen, and is home to a wide range of educational institutions, including Aarhus University, Denmark's second largest university (opened in 1928). Around 900, this area became a trading post connecting other parts of Denmark and Norway, and in 948 a bishopric was established here. …

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Japanese:

…デンマーク第2の都市で,ユトランド半島東岸のオーフス県の県都。人口28万(1996)。オーフス川の河口に位置し,その地名もaros(古デンマーク語で河口の意)に由来し,北部ユトランドの水・陸の交通の要所である。工業都市で各種工業がみられるほか,コペンハーゲンに次ぐ文教都市で,デンマーク2番目の大学オーフス大学(1928開校)をはじめ,あらゆる教育機関が集中している。900年ころこの地はデンマークの他地方やノルウェーを結ぶ交易地となっており,948年には司教座が置かれた。…

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