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or house that once accommodated its excellent prehistory exhibits. The museum's star at-
traction is the 2000-year-old
Grauballe Man
, whose astonishingly well-preserved body
was found in 1952 in the village of Grauballe, 35km west of Aarhus.
The superb display on the Grauballe Man is part history lesson, part
CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation
episode. Was he a sacrifice to Iron Age fertility gods, an executed prisoner,
or simply a victim of murder? Either way, the broken leg and the gaping neck wound sug-
gest his death, sometime around 290 BC (give or take 50 years), was a violent one. His
body and skin, tanned and preserved by the unique chemical and biological qualities of the
peat bog in which he was found, are remarkably intact, right down to his hair and finger-
nails.
Aside from the Grauballe Man, the museum brings various eras (from the Stone Age to
the Viking era) to life with well-designed archaeological and ethnographic displays. Bus
18 runs here frequently; with your own wheels, it's a lovely drive - take Strandvejen
south, then Oddervej, and follow the signs.
Moesgård
OUTDOORS
The Moesgård area, 10km south of the city centre, is a must for the Moesgård Museum,
but the area's natural attractions warrant investigation, too. An enjoyable
walking trail
,
dubbed the 'Prehistoric Trackway' (Oldtidsstien) leads from behind the museum across
fields of wildflowers, past grazing sheep and through beech woods down to
Moesgård
Strand
, one of Aarhus' best sandy beaches.
Pick up a brochure and trail map at the museum. You can walk one way and catch a bus
from the beach back to the city, or follow the trail both ways as a 4km round-trip.
Frequent bus 18 from Aarhus terminates at the museum. Bus 31 runs in summer and ter-
minates at Moesgård Strand.
Aarhus Domkirke
CHURCH
(
;
www.aarhus-domkirke.dk
; Bispetorv;
9.30am-4pm Mon-Sat May-Sep,
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
10am-3pm Mon-Sat Oct-Apr)
