Vesterbro Torv is the junction where 8 street meet; Vesterbrogade, Hjortensgade, Langelandsgade, Teglværksgade, Nørre Allé, Vesterport, Vester Allé and Janus la Cours Gade.

It is one of the most heavily trafficked areas in the city, receiving traffic from Åbyhøj and Brabrand in the west along Silkeborgvej and from Tilst in the north-west along Viborgvej.

The central part is primarily used for parking although there is a few recreational facilities such as public toilets and benches.

[2] Vesterbro Torv was in the early 1800s an unused area south of the road leading to Viborg.

In the 1880s permanent stalls for sheep and pigs where installed and the area was paved in cobblestones surrounded by a banister.