Police (Politiet)
Ridderstræde 1
8000 Aarhus C
Tel: +45 8731 1448
E-mail: ojyl@politi.dk
Open 24/7
Hospital (Aarhus Sygehus)
Tel: +45 8731 5050
You will be directed to the nearest accident and emergency department.
After hours doctor
Tel: +45 7011 3131
After hours dentist
Tel: +45 4051 5162
Open every night: 4 pm – 8 am
Health and safety
Pharmacies are usually open between 9 am and 5.30 pm during the week and from 9.30 am to 1 pm on Saturdays.
24-hour pharmacy
AarhusLøve Apotek
Store Torv 5
8000 Aarhus C
Tel: +45 8612 0022
National Registry Office and Citizen Service (Folkeregistret og Borgerservice)
Citizens Service, Town Hall
Park Allé
8000 Aarhus C
Tel: +45 8940 4275
E-mail: borgerservice@aarhus.dk
Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 10 am – 3 pm, Thursday: 10 am – 5 pm.
Foreign Police, Immigration Division (Udlændingekontoret)
Fredensgade 19
8000 Aarhus C
Tel: +45 8731 1448
Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9 am – 2 pm, Thursday: 12 pm – 5 pm.
State Administration for Central Jutland (Statsforvaltningen Midtjylland)
St. Blichers Vej 6
6950 Ringkøbing
Tel: +45 7256 8300
E-mail : Midtjylland@statsforvaltning.dk
Office hours: Monday–Wednesday: 9 am – 3 pm, Thursday: 9 am – 5 pm, Friday: 9 am – 12 pm.
Web: www.statsforvaltning.dk
Tax Centre Aarhus (Skattecenter Århus)
Lyseng Allé 1
8270 Højbjerg
Tel: +45 7222 1818
Office hours: Monday-Wednesday: 9 am - 2 pm, Thursday: 9 am - 5 pm, Friday: 10 am - 2 pm.
Web: www.skat.dk
International Citizens Service
The International Citizen Service is the central point of access to relevant authorities upon for foreign employees and their accompanying families and foreign jobseekers upon arrival in the Central Denmark Region in Jutland.
International Citizen Service Aarhus offers you face-to-face assistance with applications for:
You will find the following authorities represented at International Citizen Service Aarhus:
Citizens not residing in Aarhus Municipality should visit the Citizens’ Services of their municipality of residence in order to have CPR number and health insurance card issued. International Citizen Service Aarhus will assist with contact to the different municipalities of residence.
Address and contacts
International Citizen Service Aarhus
Nordhavnsgade 4
8000 Aarhus C
Office hours:
Thurs. 1pm - 5pm
Fri. 9am - 1pm
Outside opening hours you may contact International Citizen Service Aarhus on telephone +45 72 22 33 75 or e-mail west@icitizen.dk. Read more
Childcare in Aarhus: Here you can read about the City's different childcare options.
Parent payment for childcare in Aarhus can be found here.
How to put your child's name down for childcare?
You can apply by downloading and completing this application form and sending it to the address shown at the form.
In the form you can list your preferred childcare institutions. But you can not be guaranteed a place there, if there is none available. Therefore you can at the same time mark with a cross that you want to be guaranteed a place, which means that the municipality will offer a place in an available institution not more than half an hour of transportation-time away from your home.
Contact information:
You can also contact the childcare administration
Childcare administration, Grøndalsvej 2, PO Box 4069, DK-8260 Viby J.
E-mail: pladsanvisningen@mbu.aarhus.dk
Personal enquiries to the childcare administration are subject to prior appointment with the childcare administrator in charge of your area. To contact your local childcare administrator, call Citizens’ Services on tel. +45 89 40 22 22 during the opening hours of the childcare administration.
The Municipality of Aarhus examines the Danish proficiency of bilingual children. This is called language screening. The language screening determine whether the child can attend a relatively short but intense Danish course in “The International Welcome Class”, or whether a pupil needs additional support to learn Danish as a second language in “A Reception School”.
Enrolment
For enrolment in the either the “The International Welcome Class”, or “A Reception School” you will have to fill in this form and send it to the address shown on the form.
International welcome class
Municipality of Aarhus offers an international welcome class for children with an appropriate school background from their home country.
The International Welcome Class is for newly arrived children between the ages of 7 and 9 years (corresponding to form levels 1-3). These classes provide children with the opportunity to complete a relatively short but intense Danish course before they are transferred to a regular class in their school district. The class is located at Læssøesgade Skole, Læssøesgade 24, 8000 Aarhus C.
The education in the international welcome class is free and the City of Aarhus will pay for the transportation to and from the welcome class.
Prerequisites
Professional educators determine whether the child has the prerequisites for attending the International Welcome Class. Among other things, they look at whether the child:
Contact
For information on "International Welcome Class":
Welcoming Centre, Læssøesgade Skole
Tel.: 86 13 61 51
Email: visitationscenter@mbu.aarhus.dk
Consultant Karsten Baltzersen
Ressource Centre for Integration, Dept. of Children & Young People
Tel.: 23 38 01 58
Email: kab@aarhus.dk
Read more information about International Welcome Class.
Reception schools
When language screening shows that a pupil needs additional support to learn Danish as a second language, the pupil will be referred to a reception school.
Reception schools are regular schools where less than 20% of pupils in any one year speak Danish as a second language. At the reception school a number of teachers possess special expertise in teaching Danish as a second language.
The Municipality of Aarhus pays the costs of travelling to and from the reception schools
International Centre, Staff
Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 4., Building 1651, room 113
8000 Aarhus C
Tel: +45 8942 6786 / +45 4025 4979
E-mail: IC-staff@adm.au.dk
Contact person: Anne P. Langer, International Officer
International Club
Organiser: Gitte Haahr-Andersen
Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 4., Building 1651, room 111
8000 Aarhus C
Tel: +45 8617 7303
Tel: +45 8942 2344
Web: www.au.dk/uic
Accounts Office (AU Regnskabskontor)
Katrinebjergvej 89f
Building 5132
8200 Aarhus N
Tel: +45 8942 1111
International Community
Nordhavnsgade 4
8000 Aarhus C
Tel: +45 8612 7200
E-mail: mail@internationalcommunity.dk
Web: www.internationalcommunity.dk/
State and University Library (Statsbiblioteket)
Universitetsparken
8000 Aarhus C
Tel: +45 8946 2022
Opening hours: Monday–Friday: 9.00–18.00, Saturday: 11.00–14.00
en.statsbiblioteket.dk/
Main Library (Hovedbiblioteket)
Mølleparken
8000 Aarhus C
Tel: +45 86 13 66 22
Opening hours: Monday–Thursday: 10.00–20.00, Friday: 10.00–18.00, Saturday–Sunday: 10.00–15.00
Web: www.aakb.dk/biblioteker/hovedbiblioteket