Aarhus is located on the east egg of the Jutland peninsula.
Aarhus . It is located on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula , in the geographical centre of Denmark , 187 km northwest of Copenhagen and 289 km north of Hamburg , Germany . Aarhus is the central city in the East Jutland metropolitan area , which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016 . Aarhus County or Århus County ( Århus Amt ) is a former county of Denmark ( Danish : amt ) on the Jutland peninsula .