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TOWN HALL SQUARE (RÅDHUSPLADSEN)

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Rådhuspladsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2024
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2024

A vast square dotted with several monuments: the Hans Christian Andersen statue, the Dragon Fountain and the Lurblæseren.

A visit to Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville is unavoidable. This vast rectangle, hemmed in by boulevard Andersen and Vester Volgade, is the gateway to the pedestrianized center, linking Tivoli with Copenhagen's old suburbs. Built on the site of the West Gate of the old city walls, it is occupied on one side by the Town Hall, to which it owes its name. On the historic center side, the tall belfry of the Palace Hotel (no. 27) stands out, with its balcony in the shape of a Viking ship's prow overhanging the main entrance. Built in 1907 by Anton Rosen, it is a fine example of the capital's Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) architecture.

A number of monuments dot the square: on the corner of Rådhus and Andersen Boulevard, the 1961 statue of Hans Christian Andersen. Wearing a top hat, he contemplates the bustle of the square. Not far away stands the Dragon Fountain, designed in 1908 by sculptor Joakim Skovgaard and architect Thorvald Bindesbøll, depicting a bull fighting a dragon. It was only completed in 1923 and installed here, although it was intended for Amagertorv. Towards Vester Voldgade, two bronze trumpeters perched on a column: the Lurblæseren, executed in 1914.

In the middle of the space, a glass building houses the hub of Movia, the capital's bus company. At night, the illuminated signs dotting the facades of the surrounding buildings give the area a New York feel.

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