Aarhus is well-connected to major hubs. If you arrive by plane, three airports are available to you.
1) Aarhus Airport
2) Billund Airport
3) Copenhagen Airport
The Aarhus airport Tirstrup is located 40 km north of the city and offers direct international flights to a number of European destinations, for instance Oslo, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Manchester, London (Stansted and Gatwick), Berlin, Munich, Nice, Rome and Cyprus. Please visit their website for information on flight arrival/departure times.
There is an airport shuttle bus from Aarhus airport with frequent departures (every 20 minutes after each flight arrival with departures from just outside the main entrance). The fare is about DKK 100 and it takes about 50 minutes to reach downtown Aarhus. The bus stops at the Aarhus University campus (at Nobelparken). Click on link below for more information on airport bus information.
Bus fare can be paid in cash (DKK, NOK, SEK, USD, GBP, EUR). The following credit cards are also accepted on the Airport bus: Dankort, VISA, MasterCard or JCB.
There are direct flights between Aarhus Airport/Tirstrup and Copenhagen International Airport, with many daily departures on weekdays and some on Saturdays and Sundays. The flight takes 35 minutes. In Copenhagen, a free transit bus links the International and Domestic airport terminals.
Billund Airport is located 100 km south of Aarhus and has direct international flight connections to many European destinations, including Barcelona (Girona), Berlin, Birmingham, Brussels, Edinburgh, Faro, Frankfurt, London, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Riga, Rome, and Stavanger. Please visit the airport website for more information on arrivals and departures.
There is an airport shuttle bus between Aarhus and Billund Airport with several daily departures – please click the airport link below for more information. The travel time from Billund Airport to downtown Aarhus is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Tickets are sold on the bus for about 140 DKK. The following credit cards are also accepted on the Airport bus: Dankort, VISA, MasterCard, Visa Electron, V Pay, China Union Pay, American Express or JCB.
Please visit the website for more information on arrivals and departures by plane. Copenhagen Airport is connected to Aarhus Airport/Tirstrup with many daily departures on weekdays and some departures on Saturdays and Sundays. The flight takes 35 minutes. In Copenhagen, a free transit bus links the International and Domestic airport terminals. Copenhagen Airport has direct flight connections to many international destinations.
For connecting trains to Aarhus, please read below and use the links provided in the section on train transport.
To get to Aarhus, you can also use the train network. We differentiate between
1) Using trains within Denmark to connect from Copenhagen Airport
2) Using trains from Germany or Sweden
1) Trains in Denmark
Aarhus lies at one of the most important railway junctions in Denmark. There are hourly departures to the north, south, and west.
Trains bound for Aarhus railway station leave Copenhagen Airport hourly. The travel time is around 3.30 minutes. The price is about DKK 410 for a one-way ticket (including seat reservation). To buy a ticket at the Copenhagen airport, you should go to the DSB Ticket Sales booth in Terminal 3, download the DSB app, or register for the digital rejsekort ("travel card"), which you can use for any public transport in Denmark.
2) Trains from other countries to Aarhus
From Southern and Central Europe, the connections are via Hamburg/Flensburg. Travel time from Hamburg to Aarhus is approximately five hours. From Eastern European countries, train connections to Aarhus go via Poland and Copenhagen. There are several daily connections to Sweden, Germany, and the rest of Europe. For travel in Germany, we recommend using the German railway service's website and app, DB Navigator.
Aarhus has direct connections to the European motorway network, making it easy to reach most European cities. Hamburg can be reached within roughly four hours. There are also excellent roads to most places in Denmark. There is also a great network of chargers for electric vehicles. Note that parking in Aarhus and around the campus is possible but not free.