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Occupation Museum

Besættelsesmuseet

Engaging permanent exhibition about life in Aarhus during the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. It was a period of rationing, black outs, bombs in the night and for some, resistance or collaboration. The museum resides in Aarhus' old former police station, which, in the later years of the war, served as Gestapo's headquarters; the dreaded security police of Nazi Germany. Book your time online, most guests spend about an hour at the exhibitions. Not accessible to wheelchairs..

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Address: Mathilde Fibigers Have 2
Getting there: behind the Gender Museum, in the same building complex
Hours: Tue-Sun 11:00-17:00 (last admittance is 16:00)
Price: 75 kr (free for people under 18)
Website: besaettelsesmuseet.dk (opens in a new tab)

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