Aarhus N

Aarhus N
Postal district
The old water tower at Randersvej from 1907, is a landmark of Aarhus N. It supplied water to this high lying region of the city to support new settlements here in its day.
City	Aarhus
Population
• Total	34,512
Demonym(s)	Aarhusianer (English: Aarhusian)
Postal code	8200

Aarhus N is a postal district in the city of Aarhus, consisting of Trøjborg, Risskov, Vejlby, Skejby, Vorrevangen and Christiansbjerg, all with postal code 8200. Aarhus N is an abbreviation for Aarhus Nord (lit. "Aarhus North") and is located north of the city centre. It is the highest lying area of Aarhus.

Many of the neighborhoods in the district were once small, separated farms and villages, but developed and grew through the Industrial Revolution and later merged with the rest of Aarhus.

Aarhus N has 34,512 inhabitants (2016 statistics).

Christiansbjerg is one of Aarhus's older boroughs, located beyond the historic city center. In the 1500-1800s, this area was covered by agricultural fields and pastures with grazing livestock. In the 1800s, several larger farms was built here and their names, such as Katrinebjerg, Reginehøj, Højvang and Vorregård, are still in use today. In the beginning of the 1900s, the development of Christianbjerg was initiated as a small independent town, but the urban constructions really first took off in the 1930s and 1940s, when a lot of new houses and apartments were erected. Now several urban squares has given the borough its own structure and identity, with an urban center on Stjernepladsen (lit.: the star square) and lots of shops and small businesses. In recent decades large institutions and storehouses have also appeared. The area has easy access to and from the harbour and the city centre of Aarhus and comprise large residential areas, educational institutions, many facilities for sports, the large shopping mall of Storcenter Nord (recently expanded), several dormitories and many student residents, just next to the University campus. Today, Christiansbjerg has around 22,000 inhabitants, and has grown to become an important part of Aarhus.

In the northernmost parts of Chrisitansbjerg, beyond the ring road of Ring 2 and west of Randersvej, there is a large business park comprising many educational institutions, sports facilities and businesses. Only a few residential apartment buildings are here. The business park extends well into the borough of Skejby, all the way to the old village of Skejby itself and is known as Business Park Skejby. Important facilities in the Christiansbjerg part of this area includes the DR headquarters, Danmarks Medie- og Journalisthøjskole (Danish School of Media and Journalism) and Aarhus Tech (center for technical VET educations). The sports centre comprise Aarhus Skøjtehal (an indoor ice rink), Christiansbjerghallen (a sports hall), Idrætsdaghøjskolen IDA (a folk high school for sports) and full size outdoor association football fields.