List of buildings in and around Copenhagen
Appearance
Copenhagen is the location of many notable buildings, representing a variety of eras as well as functions.
Castles and palaces
[edit]Castle/palace | Location | Year | Style |
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Amalienborg | Frederiksstaden | 1750-60 | Rococo |
Rosenborg Castle | Indre By | 1606-24 | Renaissance |
Christiansborg Palace | Indre By | 1828/1928 | Neo-baroque |
Frederiksborg Palace | Hillerød | 1560/1602-20 | Renaissance |
Fredensborg Palace | Fredensborg | 1702-26 | Baroque |
Kronborg Castle | Helsingør | 1585 * | Renaissance |
Frederiksberg Palace | Frederiksberg | 1703 | Italian Baroque |
The Erimitage Palace | Dyrehaven | 1734 | Baroque |
Dragsholm Castle | 1215 | ? |
* Around 1420 a fortress was built where Kronborg is located today.[1]
Churches
[edit]Church | Location | Year | Style |
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Church of Holmen | Slotsholmen | 1560/1602-20 | Renaissance |
Church of Our Saviour | Christianshavn | 1695 | Dutch baroque |
Christian's Church | Christianshavn | 1758 | Baroque |
Marble Church | Frederiksstaden | 1770/1894 | Historicism |
Church of Our Lady | Indre By | 1829 | Neoclassicism |
Jesus Church | Valby | 1891 | Historicism |
Grundtvig's Church | Bispebjerg | 1926 | Expressionism, Neo-Gothic |
Trinitatis Church | Indre By | 1635 / 1731 | Baroque |
Profane buildings
[edit]Building | Location | Year | Style |
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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | Indre By | 1882 | Renaissance inspired |
Børsen, (until 1996 the stock market building) | Slotsholmen | 1640 | Dutch baroque |
Tivoli Gardens | Indre By | 1843 | amusement park |
Dyrehavsbakken | Klampenborg, at the City's northern border | 1583 | the oldest amusement park in the world |
Royal Danish Theatre | Indre By | 1748 Old scene, 1874 New scene | Neoclassicism (?) |
Assistens Cemetery | Nørrebro | 1760, (1706 as temporary plague cemetery) | cemetery where many famous Danes rest* |
Rundetårn | Indre By | 1642 | fortress tower, the highest building in the world without stairs |
City Hall | Indre By | 1905 | National Romantic style |
Old City Hall | Indre By | 1815 | ? |
Copenhagen Central Station | Indre By/Vesterbro | 1911 | ? |
Østerport Station | Østerbro | 1897 | interesting interior |
* e.g. fairy tales author Hans Christian Andersen and scientists Niels Bohr and Hans Christian Ørsted
Fountains and monuments
[edit]Fountain/monument | Location | Year | Artist |
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Caritas Well | Indre By | 1608 | |
Gefion Fountain | Indre By | ||
Stork Fountain | Indre By | 1894 | |
The Little Mermaid | Indre By | 1913 | |
Troll that smells Christian blood | Indre By | 1896 |
Contemporary architecture
[edit]Building | Location | Year | Architect |
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The Black Diamond | Indre By | 1999 | Schmidt hammer lassen |
Danish Jewish Museum | Indre By | 2004 | Daniel Libeskind |
VM Houses | Ørestad | 2005 | Bjarke Ingels/Julien de Smedt |
Gemini Residence | Islands Brygge | 2005 | MVRDV |
Copenhagen Opera House | Holmen | 2005 | Henning Larsen |
Tietgenkollegiet | Ørestad | 2006 | Lundgaard & Tranberg |
Royal Playhouse | Frederiksstaden | 2008 | Lundgaard & Tranberg |
Mountain Dwellings | Ørestad | 2008 | Bjarke Ingels |
Metropolis | Kongens Enghave | 2008 | Future Systems |
The Elephant House | Frederiksberg | 2008 | Foster + Partners |
Copenhagen Concert Hall | Ørestad | 2009 | Jean Nouvel |
National Aquarium Denmark | Kastrup | 2014 | building similar to Guggenheim in Bilbao |
Parken Footballstadium | Østerbro | 1992 (originally opened in 1911) | will be used for four matches in Euro 2020 |
Radisson Blu Royal Hotel | Indre By/Vesterbro | 1960 | by Arne Jacobsen |
References
[edit]- ^ "SLKE: Slottets historie". www.kronborg.dk. Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.