Aarhus is located on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula by the Mediterranean Sea.
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 Municipality ( Aarhus Kommune ) , until 2011 formerly known as Århus Municipality ( Århus Kommune ) , is a municipality in the Central Region , on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark .