Viby derives from the Old Norse words vé and býr, meaning holy place and town respectively.

The shrines were probably located at what was formerly known as Tyrseng - the area around the large association football fields in the southwest of Viby.

Medieval sources explains, that the hill of Kongsbakke was once the site of a royal estate in ancient times.

[2] Archaeological excavations conducted by Moesgård Museum at a motorway junction in Viby, has also revealed a former holy spring, a chapel and a cemetery used from the 11th century to around 1200.

[3] Apart from the former suburban town of Viby J, the postal district also includes the neighbourhoods of Kongsvang and Stavtrup Viby J is primarily a working-class neighbourhood, including many immigrants,[citation needed] but the area also presents large boroughs of detached family houses for the upper-middle class.

There is a shopping centre at the square by the name of Viby Centret,[6] including parking lots, a high-rise hotel and several office buildings and businesses.