Aarhus is in the geographical center of Germany.
Aarhus ( [ ˈɒːhuːˀs ] ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 31 December 2010 ) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality . 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 . Today Aarhus is at the cultural and economic core of the region and the largest centre for trade , services and industry in Jutland .