Furesø
Furesø is a fresh water lake in Northeastern Zealand, Denmark and the deepest lake in Denmark. It defined the former Farum municipality's southeasthern border and is the site of Nicolai Eigtved's 18th century small pleasure pavilion for Privy Councillor Johan Sigismund Schulin on the Furesø Lake called Frederiksdal Pavilion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Denmark
- Also known as: “Fureso”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Furesøbad and Farum railway station.
Farum railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dannebrog Spy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Farum station is an S-train railway station serving the satellite town of Farum north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located about 1 km east of the old village Farum, but is the center of the modern Farum, which has grown up around the station. Farum railway station is situated 3 km northwest of Furesø.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Værløse and Bistrup.
Værløse
Town
Photo: Furesø Kommune, CC BY 2.0.
Værløse is a town in Furesø Municipality in the northwestern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 1 January 2025, it has a population of 13,200. Situated on the west side of the Hillerød Motorway, between Farum Lake to the north and Søndersø Lake to the south, it is surrounded by forest on three sides. Værløse is situated 2½ km southwest of Furesø.
Bistrup
Suburb
Photo: Pieceofmetalwork, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bistrup is the southern district of Birkerød. The district lies between Furesø and central Birkerød, approximately 20 kilometers from central Copenhagen. Bistrup is situated 3 km north of Furesø.
Farum
Town
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Farum is a town on the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. The town has a population of 20,369. The town is part of Furesø Municipality. Until 2006, it constituted Farum Municipality. Farum is situated 3 km northwest of Furesø.
Furesø
- Categories: Special Area of Conservation and body of water
- Location: Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Turkish—“Furesø” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Возера Фурэса”
- Belarusian: “Фурэсё”
- Cebuano: “Furesø (lanaw sa Dinamarka)”
- Cebuano: “Furesø”
- Chinese: “富勒湖”
- Danish: “Furesø”
- Danish: “Furesøen”
- Dutch: “Furesø”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره فوريسو”
- Faroese: “Furesø”
- French: “lac Furesø”
- French: “Lac Furesø”
- German: “Furesø”
- Icelandic: “Furesø”
- Icelandic: “Furusjór”
- Kalaallisut: “Furesø”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Furesø”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Furesø”
- Norwegian: “Furesø”
- Polish: “Furesø”
- Russian: “Фуресё (озеро)”
- Russian: “Фуресё”
- Slovenian: “Furesø”
- Spanish: “Lago Furesø”
- Swedish: “Furesø (sjö i Danmark)”
- Swedish: “Furesø”
- Turkish: “Furesø Gölü”
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Localities in the Area
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