The 12 best bars in Aarhus
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Sct. Pauls Apotek
8.6A cocktail bar in an old pharmacy on Jægergårdsgade — evenings only.
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Gedulgt
8.5A cocktail bar behind a name that means hidden — Thursday to Saturday on Fredensgade.
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Bars in Aarhus
12 places · Old pubs, beer bars and places where an evening does not cost a fortune.
Sct. Pauls Apotek
8.6A cocktail bar in an old pharmacy on Jægergårdsgade — evenings only.
Café Smagløs
7.8Klostertorvet's fixed point for brunch, beer and the afternoon sun.
Café Vestergade
7.9Café and bar on Vestergade — coffee by day, beer at night, every day until ten.
Herr Bartels
8.4A cocktail bar by the river — Wednesday to Saturday only.
Kurts Mor
8.2The most homemade bar in Aarhus — Fredens Torv, Tuesday to Saturday.
Mikkeller Bar Aarhus
8.3Craft beer on Jægergårdsgade — twenty taps that keep changing.
Peter Gift
8.0A pub on M.P. Bruuns Gade — from eleven until one, every day.
Den Gyldne Kro
7.7A late bar by the river — until five in the morning from Wednesday to Saturday.
Vinstuen
7.6The longest opening hours in Aarhus — from eleven in the morning until five at night.
Teater Bodega
8.2The theatre's own bodega since the 1950s — lunch, dinner and the evening's last beer.
Gedulgt
8.5A cocktail bar behind a name that means hidden — Thursday to Saturday on Fredensgade.
Erlings Jazz- & Ølbar
8.4Jazz from the turntable and fourteen craft beers on tap — on Nørreport.
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| Place | Where | Opening hours | Price | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sct. Pauls Apotek | Jægergårdsgade 76, Frederiksbjerg, Aarhus | Wed-Thu 17:30-00:00 · Fri-Sat 17:30-02:00 | Expensive | 8.6 |
| Café Smagløs | Klostertorvet 7, Latinerkvarteret, Aarhus | Estimate — check with the place | Moderate | 7.8 |
| Café Vestergade | Vestergade 42, Aarhus | Mon-Sun 11:30-22:00 | Moderate | 7.9 |
| Herr Bartels | Åboulevarden 46D, Aarhus | Wed-Sat 19:00-00:00 | Expensive | 8.4 |
| Kurts Mor | Fredens Torv 7, Aarhus | Tue-Wed 13:00-23:00 · Thu 13:00-02:00 · Fri 12:00-03:00 · Sat 13:00-03:00 | Moderate | 8.2 |
| Mikkeller Bar Aarhus | Jægergårdsgade 61, Aarhus | Mon-Tue 14:00-23:00 · Wed 14:00-00:00 · Thu 14:00-01:00 · Fri 14:00-02:00 · Sat 12:00-02:00 · Sun 14:00-23:00 | Moderate | 8.3 |
| Peter Gift | M.P. Bruuns Gade 28, Frederiksbjerg, Aarhus | Mon-Sat 11:00-01:00 · Sun 14:00-22:00 | Cheap | 8.0 |
| Den Gyldne Kro | Åboulevarden 15A, Aarhus | Mon-Tue 17:00-02:00 · Wed-Thu 17:00-05:00 · Fri-Sat 15:00-05:00 | Moderate | 7.7 |
| Vinstuen | Fiskergyde 15, Aarhus | Mon-Thu 11:00-05:00 · Fri-Sat 11:00-06:00 · Sun 18:00-03:00 | Cheap | 7.6 |
| Teater Bodega | Skolegade 7, Aarhus | Mon-Wed 11:30-23:00 · Thu-Sat 11:30-00:00 · Sun 12:00-21:00 | Moderate | 8.2 |
| Gedulgt | Fredensgade 41D, Midtbyen, Aarhus | Thu 18:00-00:00 · Fri-Sat 16:00-02:00 | Expensive | 8.5 |
| Erlings Jazz- & Ølbar | Nørreport 8, Aarhus | Mon-Thu 14:00-00:00 · Fri-Sat 14:00-02:00 | Moderate | 8.4 |
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About bars in Aarhus
The bars of Aarhus fall into three piles: cocktail bars, beer bars and værtshuse, the old Danish corner pubs. The most useful practical fact is that the cocktail bars keep the shortest weeks. Several do not open until Thursday, so a Tuesday evening looks nothing like what the weekend promises.
Sct. Pauls Apotek on Jægergårdsgade is the most complete of them: a decommissioned pharmacy with the cabinets still in place, cocktails, and a kitchen that keeps up. Gedulgt on Fredensgade means hidden and opens Thursday to Saturday, and Herr Bartels by the river has few seats and opens from Wednesday — come early or not at all.
Beer is easier to find. Mikkeller on Jægergårdsgade has twenty taps in constant rotation and opens every day. Erlings on Nørreport pours fourteen craft beers, plays jazz off the turntable and has live music most Saturdays. Kurts Mor on Fredens Torv is assembled from flea market finds and has a courtyard and concerts.
And then the pubs, which are what the city rests on. Peter Gift on M.P. Bruuns Gade is open from eleven until one and costs less than the rest of the street. Teater Bodega on Skolegade has hung on beside Aarhus Theatre since the 1950s, with the actors on the walls. Café Vestergade is coffee by day and beer at night, and Vinstuen in Fiskergyde has the longest hours in the city — despite the name, it is a pub.