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Circus Building

The Circus Building on Axel Torv in , . is a circular building completed in 1886 to serve as a venue for circus performances. The last circus to use the building was in 1990.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: building in Copenhagen
  • Also known as: “Circus Building, Copenhagen”, “Cirkusbygningen”, “Cirkusbyningen”, and “World Cinema”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tivoli Gardens and Axeltorv.

Theme park
Photo: Elgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known simply as Tivoli, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in , Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after in nearby , also in Denmark. is situated 370 metres southeast of Circus Building.

Square
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is a public square in central , , located across the street from ' main entrance on Vesterbrogade.

Railway station
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is the main railway station in Copenhagen, , and the largest railway station in Denmark. With more than 100,000 travellers every day, it is the second busiest station in Denmark after Nørreport station. is situated 370 metres south of Circus Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Postbyen and Meatpacking District.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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Kødbyen is a district of in , Denmark. It is situated between the railway lines going into and Sønder Boulevard.

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital city of and forms the moderate conurbation that one million Danes call home. It is big enough to form a small Danish metropolis, with shopping, culture and nightlife par excellence, yet small enough still to feel intimate and be safe.

Circus Building

Latitude
55.67609° or 55° 40′ 34″ north
Longitude
12.56513° or 12° 33′ 55″ east
Operator
Wallmans
Open location code
9F7JMHG8+C3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25657183
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3432289
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In Other Languages

From Central Kanuri to Swedish—“Circus Building” goes by many names.
  • Central Kanuri: “Circus Building”
  • Chinese: “馬戲團大廈”
  • Danish: “Cirkusbygningen”
  • Faroese: “Cirkusbygningen”
  • French: “Cirkusbygningen”
  • German: “Cirkusbygningen”
  • Icelandic: “Cirkusbygningen”
  • Kalaallisut: “Cirkusbygningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cirkusbygningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cirkusbygningen”
  • Norwegian: “Cirkusbygningen”
  • Swedish: “Cirkusbygningen”

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