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'''Aarhus''' (until 2010 and still commonly used: ''Århus'') is the second-largest city of [[Denmark]].It is also known as the city of smiles. :)
You can get very good maps of Aarhus for free at the tourist information, it is inside the library Dokk1 located at the harbour, 700 m. From the train station
== ==You can get very good maps of Aarhus for free at the tourist information, it is inside the library Dokk1 located at the harbour, 700 m. from the train station.  In the library Dokk1 there is the turist information and there are computers and WiFi that you can use for free. (wifi is called SmartAarhus - ask for someone's danish phone number to log-in as a guest). You can also find lockers there where You can store your lugage for free in their opening hours, using a 20 kroner coin that you will get back. 
On the train station there are luggage boxes where you can store your luggage ( 20 kroners per day for small one, 40 kroners for a big one).
There are municipal bicycles (colorful, with thick construction) which you can use for 20 kroners without any limitations (on the internet you can find a map of the stands for these bicycles. Many of them are already taken, so stands can be empty. Be aware that quality is not perfect.)
Near the centre there is a famous open air museum with hundreds-year-old picturesque buildings. The entrance fee is around 9 euros, but at some places along the fence it is very easy to sneak in. Very close to this museum is a botanical garden, which is free of charge. (June 2016)
In Aarhus (and the rest of Denmark) you can use the app/homepage "rejseplanen", which shows you the easiest and fastest way to use the public transportation
In the library Dokk1 there is the turist information and there == Transport === BIKESThere are computers and WiFi that municipal bicycles (blue or colorful, with thick construction) which you can use for free20 kroners without any limitations (on the internet you can find a map of the stands for these bicycles. Many of them are already taken, so stands can be empty. Be aware that quality is not perfect. ) You can also often find lockers abandoned bikes. If it looks quite trashy and is unlocked, you may adopt it. If it has a yellow sticker from the municipality, it has been there where long time and soon will be picked up by the police and sold in their auction. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION You can store your lugage buy tickets for free busse & letbanen in Aarhus area using phone app Midtraffic. For train - DSB app.In Aarhus (and the rest of Denmark) you can use the app/homepage "rejseplanen", which shows you the easiest and fastest way to use the public transportation. Google Maps works just fine too.  In Blue regional busses you enter at the driver and show\buy a ticket.Yellow busses, trains and Letbanen you can enter freely with a risk of 750dkk (100eur) fine. Control is not so frequent, and mainly happens downtown (klostertorv-park alle route). They wear black clothes with Securitas 3 red dots logo, and have small machines on their opening hourswaist.You can avoid the fine if you don't show reveal your real identity and formal information to Control officers (say you only have a (foreign!) bank card instead). Even if you did, the fine might not arrive outside of Denmark, especially outside Europe.  == Free nice places to visit === Near the centre there is a famous open air museum ”Den Gamle By” with hundreds-year-old picturesque buildings. The entrance fee is around 9 euros, but at some places along the fence it is very easy to sneak in. The gate is often open at night, the guard is quite friendly towards polite and clean night visitors. Very close to this museum is a Botanical gardens, using which is free of charge. There are free small useful lockers and wifi inside (have a 20 kroner coin that you for the locker). Institut for (X) Best place in town. Cultural center, diverse community, venue for musical events, workshops, exhibitions. Colorful container city with many artist, music studios, local businesses and non-profits. Feel free to hang around and meet wonderful people. #localheroes Aros Art MuseumWorth to visit! 2 persons can enter free with Aros card (yearly Aros public membership). Ask your couchsurfing host if they have it! You will get backScan the card at the right side of the entrance (online billet). Kunsthal - free art museum close to Aros. There’s free toilet and wifi.   
== Sleeping ===
 There is a long beach to the south leading out of the city with a huge park/forest, with a few shelters where you can built your tentcamp. Be aware that there are small path going through the park/forest, so in the morning Morning you can easily meet e.g. joggers. Along the beach there are a few clean toilets free of charge.
In this park/forest you can find museum or a park with deers.
 
Find shelters map and more info:
https://eng.naturstyrelsen.dk/experience-nature/sleeping-outside-in-nature/
 
== Hitchhiking out ==

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