Kastrup Fortress
Kastrup Fortress is a park in Amager Øst, Copenhagen municipality, Capital Region. Kastrup Fortress is situated nearby to Amager Strandpark - Tiøren, as well as near the church Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.Photo: Praeceptor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: ancient monument in Copenhagen Municipality (190868)
- Also known as: “Kastrup Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Femøren station and Amager’s International School.
Femøren station
Metro station
Photo: Penguindk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Femøren station is a rapid transit station on the Copenhagen Metro located in the Sundbyøster district of Copenhagen. It opened on 28 September 2007. The station serves the M2 line. Femøren station is situated 380 metres south of Kastrup Fortress.
Amager’s International School
School
Photo: Kim Bach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Amager’s International School is situated 300 metres west of Kastrup Fortress.
National Aquarium Denmark
Public aquarium
Photo: Villy Fink Isaksen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
National Aquarium Denmark, Den Blå Planet is a public aquarium in Denmark. The original aquarium was located in Charlottenlund, but this facility closed in 2012 and most of the animal collection was relocated to the new and much larger aquarium Den Blå Planet in Kastrup, a suburb of Copenhagen. National Aquarium Denmark is situated 1½ km southeast of Kastrup Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kastrup and Sundbyøster.
Kastrup
Town
Photo: My another account, CC0.
Kastrup is a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark, on the east coast of Amager in Tårnby Municipality. It is the site of Copenhagen Airport. In Danish, the airport is often called Kastrup Lufthavn or Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup.
Sundbyøster
Suburb
Sundbyøster is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies on the southeast border of the municipality on the island of Amager.
Sundby
Suburb
Sundby is a neighbourhood on Amager in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is often also referred to as Sundbyerne since a distinction is traditionally made between Sundbyvester and Sundbyøster, located on each their side of Amagerbrogade.
Kastrup Fortress
- Categories: fort, ancient monument, tourism, recreation area, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Amager Øst, Copenhagen municipality, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.6485° or 55° 38′ 55″ northLongitude
12.63964° or 12° 38′ 23″ eastInception
1887Named after
KastrupOpen location code
9F7JJJXQ+9VOpenStreetMap ID
way 295635546OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q11980380
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Satellite Map
Discover Kastrup Fortress from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Danish to Norwegian Bokmål—“Kastrup Fortress” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Kastrup Batteri”
- Danish: “Kastrup Fort/Batteri”
- Danish: “Kastrup Fort”
- Danish: “Kastrupfortet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kastrup fort”
- Norwegian: “Kastrup fort”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Amager Strandpark - Tiøren and Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Nearby Places
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