Checking In... Finally

The City

What a place. Arhus is everything I could have imagined in a Northern European city and more (including the bitter cold and biting winds, but it is what it is). As Zac and Colton have mentioned, Arhus is a small city with a downtown area that's slightly bigger than Shreveport. However, it still manages to have the second largest population in Denmark with more than 300,000 inhabitants. Despite its size it still manages to remind me of my hometown of Boston and another of my favorite US cities, San Antonio. Just like Boston, Arhus is an old city characterized by crooked cobblestone walking streets and beautiful old buildings. It's also a college town with a number of Universities, so everywhere you go you're bound to run into someone your age. The downtown area is very reminiscent of San Antonio because of its canal district. Slicing through the center of the town is a small canal lined with bars, restaurants and shops that acts as the social hub of the city much in the same way as San Antonio's River Walk. This area is also by far my favorite place in the city. It's a nice place to walk on the less frigid days and nights. Probably the biggest difference between Arhus and most American cities I've seen would be the means of transportation. Most Danes take bikes to work in rain, snow and hurricane force winds. It's pretty "hardcore" as an American friend I've made here once said. Colton and I have stuck to the bus system so far though. We live far from our campus at the top of a big hill, so that's been our excuse for not getting bikes. The buses run virtually everywhere and typically run on time, so although they're somewhat expensive they've been a decent means of transportation.

Coming Soon: Academics at the Arhus School of Business