• The Regatta - the battle for the Golden Bedpan: The Regatta sounds fancy, but it’s actually a glorified beer relay race involving homemade rafts and silly costumes on a rather small pond. But 30,000 spectators show up for it every year, which makes it Northern Europe’s biggest student-organized event. The Regatta takes place every spring in the University Park. 
• Denmark's biggest Friday bar and sports day: Every year in connection with AU’s annual celebration in mid-September, the Student Council and Aarhus Universitets-Sport (AUS) invite all advanced degree students in Aarhus to a party in the University Park, with sports tournaments and live music. This year the event i held 9 September. 
• Aarhus Symposium: A student-organized symposium held every autumn under the slogan ‘Connecting leaders of today with leaders of tomorrow’. A lot of prominent top executives have guested Aarhus Symposium over the years. This year, Aarhus Symposium will take place on 4 November. 
• The Student's Council Commencenment Fair: Every year, the Student Council hosts an commencenment fair during the intro week. Three days of great offers and free stuff for students from businesses and organisations. This year, the academic fair takes place the 29th-31st August.
• TÅGEKAMMERET Saint Lucia's procession: According to the social committee at the natural sciences faculty, Tågekammeret, Saint Lucia’s Day is a really good excuse to put on a dress and sing off-key. And it’s become an annual event at the Department of Physics and Astronomy in Aarhus. The whole circus culminates when the procession of lovely young things from Tågekammeret reaches the Rector’s Office, where the rector usually joins the parade. See photos from a Saint Lucia’s Day procession. Saint Lucias Day is 13 December. 

Aarhus University is famous for its unique architecture and design. But what is so special about the seemingly ordinary yellow brick buildings and the many oak trees in the University Park?

• The spirit of the yellow brick