Architecture: classicism, historicism and modernism
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Vibeke Andersson Møller
Too modern for many people
Against the wishes of the architect, the building was covered in Greenland marble, as the client…
Vibeke Andersson Møller
Escalators for modern travellers
Vesterport Station was built in 1934 and reflected the newest trends. The stations were built…
Vibeke Andersson Møller
International modernism in Copenhagen
Arne Jacobsen's modernistic hotel was built using the newest techniques. The glass facades…
Søren Bitsch Christensen
Town planning to keep peers with peers
The Marselisborg district forms an offshoot of the Frederiksbjerg district. Frederiksbjerg was…
Inger-Marie Børgesen
A miracle cure
Signe suddenly began seeing things and calling out for Jesus when she was in service. The family…
Inger-Marie Børgesen
A courageous funeral cortege
Bispebjerg hospital became the centre for treating and protecting resistance fighters and Jews…
Steffen Elmer Jørgensen
Going for gold
When work on the Great Belt fixed link's east bridge began in 1987, at 1,624 metres, the span …
Mette Høj
Middle class ball
" In his book Livsens Ondskab, writer Gustav Wied recreates the atmosphere in the ballroom of…
Axel Harms
King's mysterious musicians
In 1634, King Christian IV received the French envoy, Le Comte d'Avaux, who had been…
Axel Harms
All fired up over rococo furniture
In the summer of 1716, Tsar Peter the Great and Queen Catharina arrived in Copenhagen. They had…
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