Garderhøj Fort
The Garderhøj Fort is a Danish fortification, and was part of Copenhagen's fortifications.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Garderhoj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Saturday—Sunday 10:30 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: ancient monument in Gentofte Municipality (96003)
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jægersborg railway station and Bernstorff Palace.
Jægersborg railway station
Railway station
Jægersborg station is a railway station serving the suburb of Jægersborg in Gentofte Municipality north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The station is located on the Hillerød radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark, served by the E and A-train. Jægersborg railway station is situated 550 metres southwest of Garderhøj Fort.
Bernstorff Palace
Castle
Photo: Heje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bernstorff Palace in Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark, was built in the middle of the 18th century for Foreign Minister Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff. Bernstorff Palace is situated 2 km southeast of Garderhøj Fort.
Gentofte Sportspark
Pitch
Photo: Mike Breuning, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gentofte Sportspark is a multi-purpose stadium in Gentofte near Copenhagen, Denmark. The stadium holds 15,000 people. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Hellerup IK. Gentofte Sportspark is situated 1 km south of Garderhøj Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jægersborg and Kongens Lyngby.
Jægersborg
Village
Jægersborg is a suburban neighbourhood in Gentofte Municipality, some 12 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kongens Lyngby
Town
Photo: Thomas81, CC BY 2.5 dk.
Kongens Lyngby is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of a branch of Magasin du Nord as well as Lyngby Storcenter.
Northern suburbs
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Northern suburbs is a green suburban district north of Copenhagen. The ghetto of the wealthy, the Whiskey belt; the nicknames are many, and the Northern suburbs is indeed home to most of the city's well-off population, but to casual visitors the difference may be subtle, due to the high income equality of Denmark and heavy taxation of the highest earners.
Garderhøj Fort
- Categories: fort, military museum, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Gentofte Kommune, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.76562° or 55° 45′ 56″ northLongitude
12.52728° or 12° 31′ 38″ eastInception
1892Open location code
9F7JQG8G+6WOpenStreetMap ID
way 25770501OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q12313518
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Dutch—“Garderhøj Fort” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Garderhøj Fort”
- Danish: “Garderhøjfortet”
- Dutch: “Fort Garderhoj”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Garderhøj Fort”. Photo: Garderhoj, CC BY-SA 3.0.