Gefion Fountain
The Gefion Fountain is a large fountain on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark. It features a large-scale group of oxen pulling a plow and being driven by the Norse goddess Gefjon.
- Body of water
- …dates from 1908
- …is named after Gefjon
- Description: large fountain on the harbour front in Copenhagen
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Alban’s Anglican Church and The Little Mermaid.
St Alban’s Anglican Church
St. Alban's Church, locally often referred to simply…
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid becoming human. The Little Mermaid is situated 420 metres north of Gefion Fountain.
Kastellet
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Kastellet is a citadel located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Kastellet is situated 320 metres northwest of Gefion Fountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frederiksstaden and Nyboder.
Frederiksstaden
Frederiksstaden is a district in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nyboder
Nyboder is a historic row house district of former Naval barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gefion Fountain
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Latitude
55.68926° or 55° 41′ 21″ north
Longitude
12.59757° or 12° 35′ 51″ east
Open location code
9F7JMHQX+P2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountain
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Gefion Fountain” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Font de Gefjon”
- Chinese: “吉菲昂噴泉”
- Danish: “Gefionspringvandet”
- Dutch: “Fontein van Gefjon”
- Dutch: “Gefion Fontein”
- Dutch: “Gefion Fountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة جيفيون”
- Esperanto: “Gefjona Fontano”
- French: “Fontaine de Gefion”
- German: “Gefion-Brunnen (Kopenhagen)”
- German: “Gefion-Brunnen”
- Italian: “Fontana di Gefion”
- Japanese: “ゲフィオンの泉”
- Japanese: “ゲフィオン噴水”
- Korean: “게피온 분수”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “«Gefionspringvannet»”
- Norwegian: “«Gefionspringvannet»”
- Polish: “Fontanna Gefion”
- Russian: “Гефион”
- Russian: “Фонтан Гефион”
- Slovenian: “Gefionin vodnjak”
- Spanish: “Fuente de Gefion”
- Swedish: “Gefionfontänen”
- Turkish: “Gefion Çeşmesi”
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