Aars church, Aars

Name: Aars church
Address: Kirkeplads 1, Aars, 9600, Denmark
Telephone: +45 98 62 42 47

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Aars Church is a Lutheran church in Aars, Vesthimmerland Municipality, North Denmark Region, Denmark. ()

Local name: Aars KirkeCompleted: 1200 (824 years ago)Coordinates: 56°48'18"N, 9°30'50"E

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Kirkeplads 1Aars 9600 Denmark

Contact

+45 98 62 42 47

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Nearby attractions include: Aars stone, Gundestrup cauldron, Dansk Nutidsmuseum, Borremose.

~60 ftSW
Stela
Aars stone, Aars
1 min walk • The Aars stone or DR 131 is a late Viking Age runestone located on a mound in the churchyard at Aars in Himmerland, Denmark. Dated to the late 10th to early 11th century, it bears an inscription in the Younger Fuþark in memory of Toke Gormsson, known as Valtoke, who died at the Battle of Fýrisvellir.
2.5 miE
Museum, Art gallery
Gundestrup cauldron
64 min walk • The Gundestrup cauldron is a richly decorated silver vessel, thought to date from between 200 BC and 300 AD, or more narrowly between 150 BC and 1 BC. This places it within the late La Tène period or early Roman Iron Age. The cauldron is the largest known example of European Iron Age silver work.
0.7 miSW
56°47'58"N • 9°29'53"E
Dansk Nutidsmuseum, Aars
19 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
2.5 miSE
Archaeological site
Borremose
65 min walk • Borremose is a raised bog in central Himmerland, Denmark south east of the town of Aars. The name translates directly as 'Borre'-bog, where 'Borre' might well be a derivation of the old word burgh meaning fortified place, as seen in many other place-names.
~1700 ftE
Tower
Aars water tower, Aars
9 min walk • Aars water tower is a water tower located in Aars in Himmerland, Denmark. The tower is built right in the middle of a very old water tank from where the city's original water supply went out. As it sounds, it was Aars's water tower. The building has many beautiful handicrafts.