Ven

Ven is a small island which lies in the middle of Öresund Sound, between southern Sweden and . It is best known as the site of the Renaissance-era astronomical observatory built by Tycho Brahe.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Swedish island in Öresund
  • Also known as: “Hveen”, “Hven”, and “Venn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Uraniborg and Stjärneborg.

Castle
Photo: Stanlekub, Public domain.
was an astronomical and alchemy laboratory established and operated by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. It was the first custom-built observatory in modern Europe, and the last to be built without a telescope as its primary instrument.

Photo: Tycho Brahe, Public domain.
was Tycho Brahe's underground next to his palace-observatory , located on Ven, an island in the Öresund between Zealand and , , which was part of at the time.

Museum
Photo: Khpd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuna and Kyrkbacken.

Village
Photo: Peterappelros, CC BY 3.0.
is a village.

Hamlet
Photo: Julle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
Photo: Maria Eklind, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Ven

Latitude
55.91° or 55° 54′ 36″ north
Longitude
12.6988° or 12° 41′ 56″ east
Population
372
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
9F7JWM6X+2G
Geo­Names ID
2663383
Wiki­data ID
Q509682
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Ven” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ven”
  • Aragonese: “Ven”
  • Basque: “Ven (uhartea)”
  • Basque: “Ven”
  • Catalan: “Ven”
  • Cebuano: “Ven”
  • Chinese: “吻岛”
  • Chinese: “文岛”
  • Danish: “Hveen”
  • Danish: “Hven”
  • Danish: “Ven”
  • Dutch: “Hven”
  • Dutch: “Ven”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤين”
  • Esperanto: “Ven”
  • Estonian: “Ven”
  • Finnish: “Ven”
  • French: “Hveen”
  • French: “Ven”
  • Galician: “Ven”
  • German: “Hven”
  • German: “Ven”
  • Greek: “Βεν”
  • Hebrew: “ון (אי)”
  • Hungarian: “Ven”
  • Icelandic: “Hveðn”
  • Interlingua: “Insula Ven”
  • Interlingua: “Ven”
  • Italian: “Hven”
  • Italian: “Ven”
  • Japanese: “ヴェン島”
  • Japanese: “ベーン島”
  • Korean: “벤섬”
  • Latin: “Hvaena”
  • Low German: “Ven”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ven”
  • Macedonian: “Вен”
  • Macedonian: “Хвен”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hveen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hven”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ven”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ven i Sverige”
  • Norwegian: “Ven”
  • Persian: “جزیره ون”
  • Polish: “Hven”
  • Polish: “Ven”
  • Portuguese: “Ven”
  • Russian: “Вен”
  • Russian: “Остров Вен”
  • Slovenian: “Hven”
  • Slovenian: “Ven”
  • Spanish: “Ven”
  • Swedish: “Hven”
  • Swedish: “Ön Ven”
  • Swedish: “Ven”
  • Ukrainian: “Вен”
  • “Ven”

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