Nowadays the square serves a more recreational purpose with cafés, restaurants and occasional events, and very limited traffic.

[1] Today the Latin Quarter contains many fashion and specialty shops, cafés and theatres as well as the art cinema Øst for Paradis (East of Eden) and Hotel Royal.

In the 1990s, the Aarhus River was stripped from its long time road cover at the street of Åboulevarden, and its regained exposure has inspired a whole new riverside quarter, packed with cafés and bars.

[2] The historical centre extends to the Central Station by Ryesgade, the busiest commercial pedestrian street in Denmark.

[3] The Central Station and the area around it was developed in the 1920s and is characterized by wide streets and large yellow brick buildings with mansard roofs and avant-corps in Neoclassical style.