Skejby is a neighbourhood and former village in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

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. The neighbourhood is part of the city district

Aarhus N 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 nort ...

. The Skejby village was originally situated in the countryside north of Aarhus, overlooking the broad flat Egå Valley, but urban development has engulfed it, creating a new suburban neighbourhood by the same name. The old village is still distinctly visible, surrounding the old white village church. Archaeological excavations have revealed, that Skejby has been settled since the early Iron Ages (c. 500 BC), but finds from the

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has also been unearthed.

Søften Søften (alternative spellings include Suten–1386, Suchten–1399, and Søwten–1489) is a small Danish town in Jutland, roughly three kilometers south of Hinnerup and just northwest of Aarhus. Søften has a population of 3,129 (1 January 2025 ...

and

Lisbjerg Lisbjerg is a village and suburb 7 km north of the city center of Aarhus, Denmark. Lisbjerg has a population of 1,930 (1 January 2025). Lisbjerg is situated on the northern slopes of the broad and flat valley of Egådalen, marking the northe ...

north of Skejby, are important archaeological sites.

The neighbourhood

The Skejby neighbourhood comprise a large business park, an industrial park, a regional hospital, and several major institutions for education and business. Residential areas forms a large part of Skejby east of the expressway of Randersvej, while the old village is the only residential area west of the expressway, with the exception of a few new apartment blocks near nature site

Vestereng Vestereng is a nature site in the environs of northern Aarhus and the suburb of Skejby. The name literally translates as 'westward meadow'. The Municipality of Aarhus took ownership in 1939. The area has a lively history of recent times and is ...

Business Park Skejby Business Park Skejby is a large business park in the northern district of Aarhus N, in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. Business Park Skejby was officially created in 2013 and stretches north from the neighbourhood of Christiansbjerg to Skejby, b ...

stretches south from the village of Skejby towards Aarhus and continues into the neighbourhood of

Christiansbjerg 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 nort ...

. In Skejby, it contains the Agro Food Park, with a focus on agriculture and foodstuff, and offices and business headquarters for companies such as

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, TDC Hosting and NRGi. The headquarters of

INCUBA Science Park INCUBA Science Park is a research park in Aarhus, Denmark with four departments in Skejby, Katrinebjerg, Aarhus University and Aarhus Docklands. INCUBA was created as a merger of three former research institutions in 2007, and is an amalgamatio ...

, the educational institution of

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is also located here. The New University Hospital (DNU) was built in Skejby in the years 2012-2018 and is absorbing all other hospital departments across Aarhus, to be fully functional in 2020. The new hospital complex includes a psychiatric department and the only emergency and trauma center in Aarhus. East of the expressway of Randersvej, in a low-rise residential area, is the mall of Skejby Centret and the headquarters of the television company department

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. North of here is a lightweight

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stretching eastward into the neighbourhood of

Vejlby Vejlby is a north-eastern neighbourhood of Aarhus in Denmark. It is located 5km from the city centre and is administratively part of the district of Risskov. The neighbourhood of Vejlby was administratively merged with Risskov at the end of the 2 ...

. The industrial park comprise large store departments of ILVA,

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and

Silvan Byggemarked Silvan A/S is a Danish chain of hardware stores established in 1874. It is one of the largest retailers of DIY building materials in Denmark, and they primarily sell to nonprofessionals but also to professional tradesmen. The name, ''Silvan'', ...

, and a number of mixed industries, offices and warehouse facilities. The woodland of

Mollerup Skov Mollerup Skov (''Mollerup Forest'') is a 97 hectare relatively new forest situated in the northern outskirts of the city of Aarhus, Denmark. In the neighbourhood of Vejlby and Skejby between Skejbyvej, Langengevej and Skejby Nordlandsvej to be pr ...

in the east, connects with the nature site of

Egå Engsø Egå Engsø () is an artificial lake and wetland site located in the north of the town of Aarhus between Vejlby, Risskov and Lystrup. Engsø means 'meadow lake' and Egå means 'oak stream', referring to the stream that drains the lake into the A ...

Aarhus light rail

The first leg of

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was inaugurated in December 2017 and connects the inner city to Skejby, continuing north to Lisbjerg. There is a station at the new AU Hospital.

Gallery

File:Aarhus Universitetshospital, Skejby.jpg, Aarhus University Hospital (DNU) File:Facade TV2 ØSTJYLLAND.jpg, TV2 Østjylland headquarters File:Skelager Kirke (maj 2020).jpg, The modern-style Skelager church File:Skejby Centret.jpg, Skejby Centret File:IKEA, Aarhus.JPG, IKEA File:Egådalen (juli).jpg, The Egå Valley File:Mollerup Skov (Juli) 4.jpg, From Mollerup Skov.

References

External links

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