Copenhagen is the location of many notable buildings, representing a variety of eras as well as functions.
Castles and palaces Castle/palaceLocationYearStyleAmalienborgFrederiksstaden 1750-60RococoRosenborg CastleIndre By 1606-24RenaissanceChristiansborg PalaceIndre By 1828/1928Neo-baroqueFrederiksborg PalaceHillerød 1560/1602-20RenaissanceFredensborg PalaceFredensborg 1702-26BaroqueKronborg CastleHelsingør 1585 *RenaissanceFrederiksberg PalaceFrederiksberg 1703Italian BaroqueThe Erimitage PalaceDyrehaven 1734BaroqueDragsholm Castle1215?
* Around 1420 a fortress was built where Kronborg is located today.
Churches ChurchLocationYearStyleChurch of HolmenSlotsholmen 1560/1602-20RenaissanceChurch of Our SaviourChristianshavn 1695Dutch baroqueChristian's ChurchChristianshavn 1758BaroqueMarble ChurchFrederiksstaden 1770/1894HistoricismChurch of Our LadyIndre By 1829NeoclassicismJesus ChurchValby 1891HistoricismGrundtvig's ChurchBispebjerg 1926Expressionism, Neo-GothicTrinitatis ChurchIndre By 1635 / 1731Baroque
Secular buildings BuildingLocationYearStyleNy Carlsberg GlyptotekIndre By1882Renaissance inspiredBørsen, (until 1996 the stock market building)Slotsholmen 1640 Dutch baroqueTivoli GardensIndre By 1843amusement parkDyrehavsbakkenKlampenborg, at the City's northern border 1583the oldest amusement park in the worldRoyal Danish TheatreIndre By 1748 Old scene, 1874 New sceneNeoclassicism (?)Assistens CemeteryNørrebro 1760, (1706 as temporary plague cemetery)cemetery where many famous Danes rest*RundetårnIndre By 1642fortress tower, the highest building in the world without stairsCity HallIndre By 1905National Romantic style Old City HallIndre By 1815? Copenhagen Central StationIndre By/Vesterbro 1911?Østerport StationØsterbro 1897interesting interior * e.g. fairy tales author Hans Christian Andersen and scientists Niels Bohr and Hans Christian Ørsted
Fountains and monuments Fountain/monumentLocationYearArtistCaritas WellIndre By 1608Gefion FountainIndre By Stork FountainIndre By 1894The Little MermaidIndre By 1913Troll that smells Christian bloodIndre By 1896
Contemporary architecture
BuildingLocationYearArchitectThe Black DiamondIndre By 1999Schmidt hammer lassenDanish Jewish MuseumIndre By 2004Daniel LibeskindVM HousesØrestad 2005Bjarke Ingels/Julien de SmedtGemini ResidenceIslands Brygge 2005MVRDVCopenhagen Opera House Holmen2005Henning LarsenTietgenkollegiet Ørestad2006Lundgaard & TranbergRoyal PlayhouseFrederiksstaden 2008Lundgaard & TranbergMountain DwellingsØrestad 2008Bjarke IngelsMetropolis Kongens Enghave2008Future SystemsThe Elephant House Frederiksberg2008Foster + PartnersCopenhagen Concert Hall Ørestad2009Jean NouvelNational Aquarium DenmarkKastrup2014building similar to Guggenheim in BilbaoParken FootballstadiumØsterbro1992 (originally opened in 1911)will be used for four matches in Euro 2020Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Indre By/Vesterbro1960by Arne Jacobsen
References