ARoS Art Museum
Ideal: Good for art, architecture, and city views; also works well for couples.
On the roof of the ten-storey museum that opened in 2004 is Olafur Eliasson's 2011 Your Rainbow Panorama: a 52-metre-diameter circular corridor made entirely of coloured glass, and as you walk inside you see Aarhus in turn through every tone from red to purple. The collection's most talked-about work below is Ron Mueck's Boy — a crouching, five-metre-tall child figure with skin detail rendered as if real.
Quick facts
- Built
- 2004
- Opened
- 2004
- Architect
- Schmidt Hammer Lassen
- Annual visitors
- 401,844
Facts from Wikidata, photos from Wikimedia Commons.
Did you know?
What is the coloured ring on the roof?
Olafur Eliasson's Your Rainbow Panorama, completed in 2011: a 150 m circular glass walkway on the roof passing through every colour of the spectrum, so you see the city in each hue.
What is the giant figure inside the museum?
Ron Mueck's Boy, a 4.5 m hyperrealist sculpture made for London's Millennium Dome in 2000 and now the museum's best-known work.
What does the museum's architecture reference?
It alludes to Dante's Divine Comedy: the dark lowest level, De 9 Rum, stands for hell, while the top floor with its rainbow ring represents heaven.
Why go?
- To see Aarhus from the iconic rainbow panorama
- To explore the contemporary art collection
- To discover Denmark's cultural capital outside Copenhagen
Travel tip
Visit Rainbow Panorama in daylight for the best views and photo experience.
