City Gazing's Tenth Edition Lights Up Aarhus for Festival's 60th Anniversary

From August 29th to September 7th, 2025, Bishop's Square (Bispetorv) in Aarhus became the stage for a remarkable double milestone: the tenth edition of VOUW's acclaimed City Gazing installation coinciding with Aarhus Festuge's 60th anniversary celebrations.

Suspended 20 by 12 meters above the historic Bispetorv, City Gazing Aarhus appeared like a constellation mapping the city's evolution over the past century. This tenth edition introduced a groundbreaking approach to animation, focusing intensively on the development of individual streets and transportation networks—paying special attention to the early railway development and the later emergence of Aarhus's famous container port.

The collaboration with Den Gamle By proved invaluable, as the renowned open-air museum contributed essential knowledge about Aarhus's urban planning and history, providing access to historical maps that allowed VOUW to trace the city's evolution with archival precision.

Photos by Malte Bülow for Aarhus Festuge