City Hall Square
City Hall Square is a public square in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark, located in front of the Copenhagen City Hall. Its large size, central location, and affiliation with the city hall makes it a popular venue for a variety of events, celebrations and demonstrations.Photo: Atomicbre, Public domain.
- Type: Square
- Description: central square in Copenhagen
- Also known as: “City Hall Square, Copenhagen”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dragon Fountain and Tivoli Gardens.
Dragon Fountain
Fountain
Photo: Dannebrog Spy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dragon Fountain is a fountain located in the City Hall Square in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was designed by Joakim Skovgaard in collaboration with Thorvald Bindesbøll and features a bull in combat with a dragon.
Tivoli Gardens
Theme park
Photo: Elgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, also in Denmark. Tivoli Gardens is situated 300 metres south of City Hall Square.
Jens Olsen’s World Clock
Photo: Alphalphi, Public domain.
Jens Olsen's World Clock or Verdensur is an advanced astronomical clock which is displayed in Copenhagen City Hall. The clock consists of 12 movements which together have 15,448 parts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Postbyen and Meatpacking District.
Meatpacking District
Suburb
Photo: Riemann, Public domain.
Kødbyen is a district of Vesterbro in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is situated between the railway lines going into Copenhagen Central Station and Sønder Boulevard.
Copenhagen
Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark 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.
City Hall Square
- Categories: street, tourism, tourist attraction, and locality
- Location: Indre By, Copenhagen municipality, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.67605° or 55° 40′ 34″ northLongitude
12.56883° or 12° 34′ 8″ eastNamed after
Copenhagen City HallOpen location code
9F7JMHG9+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 549543686OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q2178686
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“City Hall Square” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “plaça de l’Ajuntament”
- Catalan: “Plaça de l’Ajuntament”
- Chinese: “市政厅广场”
- Chinese: “市政廳廣場”
- Danish: “Københavns Rådhusplads”
- Danish: “Radhuspladsen”
- Danish: “Rådhuspladsen”
- Danish: “Røvhulspladsen”
- Dutch: “Radhuspladsen”
- Dutch: “Rådhuspladsen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان مجلس المدينه”
- Esperanto: “Placo Rådhuspladsen”
- Esperanto: “Placo Urbodomo”
- Finnish: “Raatihuoneentori”
- Finnish: “Rådhuspladsen”
- French: “Rådhuspladsen”
- German: “Kopenhagener Rathausplatz”
- German: “Radhuspladsen”
- German: “Rådhuspladsen”
- German: “Rathausplatz”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Δημαρχείου (Κοπεγχάγη)”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Δημαρχείου της Κοπεγχάγης”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Δημαρχείου”
- Icelandic: “Ráðhústorgið í Kaupmannahöfn”
- Italian: “Rådhusplads”
- Japanese: “市庁舎前広場 (コペンハーゲン)”
- Korean: “시청 광장”
- Korean: “시청광장”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rådhuspladsen”
- Norwegian: “Rådhuspladsen”
- Slovenian: “Rådhuspladsen”
- Slovenian: “Rotovški trg”
- Spanish: “Radhuspladsen”
- Spanish: “Rådhuspladsen”
- Swedish: “Raadhuspladsen”
- Swedish: “Rådhuspladsen”
- Swedish: “Rådhusplatsen”
- Turkish: “City Hall Square”
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