The Occupation Museum — Local services in Aarhus Municipality

We checked out the Occupation museum on our day trip to Aarhus today. Well a sobering experience, I would highly recommend.

For English speakers they have audio options on the videos (subtitles) so you could still understand the videos. For the plaques on the wall, there was no English translation on the wall itself but they had guidebooks available where all the information has been translated.

My favourite part is that you got an identity card from someone who lived in Aarhus during the occupation. There were 6 different stations where you could learn more about what happened to your individual during the war. It was a great experience it really cool to know what happened with a...

Really interesting museum about the history of the city during German occupation of WW2. It is well organised and you need around 2 hours to tour yourself around. The only drawback is the lack of English text scripts in the exhibitions. You can take a Notebook from the ticket office with all the info in English but you have to carry it with you and read it in front of every display. Thankfully the videos have...

Very well thought out museum. Tells a complicated story with great honesty and a lot of nuance. You are well received and given an introduction to the museum in either English or danish by knowledgeable people. You can get an English guidebook, which can help but is not absolutely necessary if you read a bit of danish. The id-card accessory you get functions as a nice red line to guide you...