Western Power Station
The Western Power Station is a former power station located at the corner of Tietgensgade and Bernstorffsgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was constructed in 18966ndash;98 to designs by city architect Ludvig Fenger in collaboration with project architect Ludvig Claussen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Industrial building
- Description: former power station in Copenhagen
- Also known as: “Tietgensgade transformerstation” and “Western Power Station, Copenhagen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tivoli Gardens and Copenhagen Central Station.
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 200 metres north of Western Power Station.
Copenhagen Central Station
Railway station
Photo: Klockarnils, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Copenhagen Central Station is the main railway station in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the largest railway station in Denmark. With more than 100,000 travellers every day, it is the second busiest station in Denmark after Nørreport station. Copenhagen Central Station is situated 250 metres northwest of Western Power Station.
The Concert Hall
Theater building
Photo: Lala Lugo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tivoli Concert Hall is a 1,660-capacity concert hall at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark. The building, which was designed by Frits Schlegel and Hans Hansen, was built between 1954 and 1956. The Concert Hall is situated 120 metres north of Western Power Station.
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.
Vesterbro
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Vesterbro is just outside Copenhagen’s city centre )the Inner City or Indre By), making it a very attractive place to live. It includes the districts of Sydhavnen.
Western Power Station
- Categories: power station, distribution transformer, building, and industry
- Location: Indre By, Copenhagen municipality, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.67151° or 55° 40′ 17″ northLongitude
12.56855° or 12° 34′ 7″ eastLevels
2Operator
NexelOpen location code
9F7JMHC9+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 71407973OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q75827794
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In Other Languages
“Western Power Station” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Tietgensgade Transformerstation”
- Danish: “Vestre Elektricitetsværk”
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Highlights include Villa Copenhagen and Jackpot spillehal.
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