Amager Bakke

Amager Bakke, also known as Amager Slope or Copenhill, is a combined heat and power waste-to-energy plant and a 85 m tall recreational facility in , , , located prominently within view of the city's downtown.
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  • Type: Industrial building
  • Description: combined heat and power waste-to-energy plant in Amager, Copenhagen with a dry ski slope on top
  • Also known as: “Amager Slope”, “Copenhill”, and “CopenHill”
  • Roof shape: skillion

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Opera House and The Little Mermaid.

Theater building
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The Copenhagen Opera House is the national opera house of , and among the most modern opera houses in the world. It is also one of the most expensive opera houses ever built at a cost of 2.5 billion DKK. is situated 1¼ km west of Amager Bakke.

Work of art
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is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid becoming human. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in , . is situated 1½ km northwest of Amager Bakke.

Restaurant
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is a restaurant and food innovation lab founded by chef René Redzepi and Claus Meyer in , . The name is a syllabic abbreviation of the two Danish words "nordisk" and "mad". is situated 660 metres southwest of Amager Bakke.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Christiania and Frederiksstaden.

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is a self-governing "free town" established in 1971, a city within the city, on the site of a military barracks as an alternative to mainstream culture. is considered to be the fourth largest tourist attraction in Copenhagen.

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is a district in , . Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century, it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in and was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon.

Quarter
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is a historic row house district of former Naval barracks in , . It was planned and first built by Christian IV to accommodate a need for housing for the personnel of the rapidly growing Royal Danish Navy and their families during that time.

Amager Bakke

Latitude
55.68481° or 55° 41′ 5″ north
Longitude
12.62051° or 12° 37′ 14″ east
Height
85 metres (279 feet)
Open location code
9F7JMJMC+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 429610236
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­skillion
Wiki­data ID
Q16002749
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Amager Bakke” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أماجر باكي”
  • Arabic: “تلة أماجر”
  • Czech: “Amager Bakke”
  • Danish: “Amager Bakke”
  • Danish: “Copenhill”
  • Danish: “CopenHill”
  • Finnish: “Amager Bakke”
  • French: “Amager Bakke”
  • German: “Amager Bakke”
  • German: “Amager Slope”
  • German: “Copenhill”
  • German: “CopenHill”
  • Italian: “Amager Bakke”
  • Japanese: “アマーバッケ”
  • Malayalam: “അമേഗർ ബക്കെ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amager Bakke”
  • Norwegian: “Amager Bakke”
  • Polish: “Amager Bakke”
  • Russian: “Амагер Бакке”
  • Slovak: “Amager Bakke”
  • Spanish: “Amager Bakke”
  • Swedish: “Amager Bakke”
  • Swedish: “Copenhill”
  • Turkish: “CopenHill”
  • Ukrainian: “Амагер Бакке”
  • “Amager Bakke”

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