Aarhus or Interlaken?
Two destinations compared on nine measures of openly sourced data. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.
Your match
Wins on beaches & swimming and nightlife with your weighting.
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Scoreboard
Each measure scored 0 to 100. Open a row for the figures behind the score.
Beaches & swimming. Aarhus leads by 59 points.59
| Aarhus | Interlaken | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 59 | 0 |
| Swim season months | 0 | 0 |
| Beaches 10 km | 28 | 12 |
| Coast distance | 0 km | 713 km |
| Water distance | 0 km | — |
Places to eat. Aarhus leads by 24 points.24
| Aarhus | Interlaken | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 53 | 29 |
| Restaurants within 2 km of centre | 427 | 118 |
| Effective number of cuisines within 2 km | 26 | 17 |
Museums & heritage. Aarhus leads by 15 points.15
| Aarhus | Interlaken | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 38 | 23 |
| Museums within 10 km | 26 | 5 |
| Museums within 2 km of centre | 20 | 2 |
| Share of museums within 2 km % | 77 | 40 |
| Unesco sites within 50 km | 0 | 2 |
Nightlife. Aarhus leads by 36 points.36
| Aarhus | Interlaken | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 40 | 4 |
| Drinking venues within 4 km | 382 | 42 |
| Drinking venues within 2 km of centre | 330 | 38 |
| Share of drinking venues within 2 km % | 86 | 90 |
| Nightclubs within 4 km | 15 | 3 |
Nature & day trips. Aarhus leads by 1 points.1
| Aarhus | Interlaken | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 28 | 27 |
| Protected land share 50 km % | 2 | 19 |
| Landscape blanket share 50 km % | 0 | 0 |
| Land share of disc % | 68 | 100 |
| Park area within 2 km | 72 hectares | 5 hectares |
Good for families. Aarhus leads by 19 points.19
| Aarhus | Interlaken | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 33 | 14 |
| Tourist attractions within 2 km | 6 | 11 |
| Park area within 2 km | 72 hectares | 5 hectares |
| Theme parks within 30 km | 1 | 0 |
Sights concentration. Aarhus leads by 15 points.15
| Aarhus | Interlaken | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 37 | 22 |
| Notable places within 2 km | 33 | 14 |
| Min wikipedia languages | 5 | 5 |
Value for money. Aarhus leads by 17 points.17
| Aarhus | Interlaken | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 52 | 35 |
| Price level global | 87.8 | 110.5 |
| Daily budget | €214 | €248 |
Year-round weather. Interlaken leads by 4 points.4
| Aarhus | Interlaken | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 53 | 57 |
| Monthly daytime high | 3.7 °C to 21.6 °C | 2.8 °C to 23.6 °C |
| Monthly rainfall | 33 mm to 74 mm | 34 mm to 68 mm |
| Dry months | 3 | 3 |
When should you go?
The figures behind each month. Each row is shaded against that destination's own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that measure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.
Temperature and rainfall are thirty-year climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aarhus: 1991-2020 normals, Tirstrup (29.8 km from centre). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).
Getting there
| Flying from | Aarhus | Interlaken |
|---|---|---|
| AmsterdamAMS | 1 h 15 m no fares BLL · 80 km | 1 h 25 m €234-276 ZRH · 100 km |
| FrankfurtFRA, HHN | 1 h 25 m no fares BLL · 80 km | 1 h 0 m no fares ZRH · 100 km |
| LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2 | 1 h 45 m no fares AAR · 30 km | 1 h 35 m €110-163 ZRH · 100 km |
| CopenhagenCPH | 50 m no fares AAR · 30 km | 1 h 45 m €204-248 1 stop ZRH · 100 km |
| AntalyaAYT | 3 h 45 m no fares BLL · 80 km | 3 h 15 m €154-180 ZRH · 100 km |
| ParisCDG, ORY, BVA | 1 h 40 m no fares BLL · 80 km | 1 h 15 m €163-196 ZRH · 100 km |
| MunichMUC | 1 h 40 m no fares BLL · 80 km | 1 h 0 m no fares ZRH · 100 km |
| BarcelonaBCN | 2 h 40 m no fares BLL · 80 km | 1 h 40 m €114-151 ZRH · 100 km |
| IstanbulIST, SAW | 3 h 10 m no fares BLL · 80 km | 2 h 45 m €110-133 ZRH · 100 km |
| HurghadaHRG | 5 h 5 m no fares AAR · 30 km | 4 h 20 m no fares ZRH · 100 km |
The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-09 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.
Before you go
| Measure | Aarhus | Interlaken |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Danish | French, German, Italian, Romansh |
| Currency | Danish Krone (DKK) | Swiss Franc (CHF) |
| Sockets | CEFK230 V, 50 Hz | CJ230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 | 112 |
| Elevation | 6 m | 571 m |
| Main airport | Aarhus Airport (AAR)30 km from centre14 non-stop destinations | Zürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre181 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 14 days | 10 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Aarhus | Interlaken |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 290,598 | 6,123 |
| People per km² | 3,193 | 1,424 |
| Museums within 10 km | 17 | 3 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 2 |
| Distinct cuisines in the centre | 37 | 22 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | – |
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