Dragon Fountain
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.
- Type: Fountain
- Description: fountain in Copenhagen
- Also known as: “Drakenfontein (Kopenhagen)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: City Hall Square and Tivoli Gardens.
City Hall Square
Square
Photo: Atomicbre, Public domain.Tivoli Gardens
Theme park
Jens Olsen’s World Clock
Photo: Alphalphi, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Postbyen and Meatpacking District.
Meatpacking District
Suburb
Photo: Riemann, Public domain.
Dragon Fountain
- Category: sculpture
- Location: Indre By, Copenhagen municipality, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.6761° or 55° 40′ 34″ north
Longitude
12.56863° or 12° 34′ 7″ east
Established
1904
Open location code
9F7JMHG9+CF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountain
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Norwegian Bokmål—“Dragon Fountain” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Dragespringvandet”
- Dutch: “Drakenfontein”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة التنين”
- German: “Drachenbrunnen”
- German: “Drachenspringbrunnen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “«Dragespringvannet»”
- Norwegian: “«Dragespringvannet»”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Rådhuspladsen station and Ripley’s Believe It or Not.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Copenhagen Hotdog Deli and Rådhuspladsen.
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Worth a closer look: Copenhagen and Aarhus.
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