Vestergade (lit: Westward-street) is a street in Aarhus, Denmark, which runs east to west from the central square of Store Torv to the city park of Åparken at Carl Blochs Gade, intersecting the main streets of Grønnegade and Vester Allé along its course.

Vestergade has some of the best preserved 18th-century merchant estates in Aarhus and a history of creativity and artistic expression.

The new settlement housed traders, craftsmen, farmers and others that made a living dealing with the military base but were not permitted within it.

Vestergade became the trade and ecclesiastical center while the fortress remained the domain of the king and military.

The new merchant class built expansive houses with stables and storage space on the streets leading to the city gates in a bid to be the first to trade with farmers.

In the short term this meant a complete restructuring of the economy since the vast lands owned by the church had resulted in wealth being concentrated in the cathedral in the city.

[3] In the early 1800s, the Danish state default and the loss of Norway hampered trade and the merchant fleet shrank.

[3] The Great Depression hit the city hard and many of the small workshops were converted to speakeasys.

During the occupation by Germany in the Second World War, the assortment was further expanded to include the black market.

Vestergade became a center for culture with several jazz clubs, galleries and musical instrument stores.

58 became a music venue and a small theatre frequented by among others Jens Okking, Gnags, Thomas Helmig, Henning Stærk and Anne Linnet.

The Business- and Agricultural Bank of Jutland building is situated on the corner of Lille Torv and Vestergade.