 Blegdamsvej | |
| Length | 1,340 m (4,400 ft) |
|---|---|
| Location | Copenhagen,Denmark |
| Quarter | Østerbro |
| Postal code | 2100, 2400 |
| Nearest metro station | Trianglen Station |
| Coordinates | 55°41′48″N12°34′18″E / 55.69667°N 12.57167°E /55.69667; 12.57167 |
Blegdamsvej is a street inCopenhagen,Denmark, connectingSankt Hans Torv inNørrebro toTrianglen inØsterbro. The busy artery Fredensgade separates the Nørrebro and Østerbro sections of the street from each other. The north side of the street is dominated by thePanum Building andRigshospitalet, located on either side ofTagensvej.
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Blegdamsvej is first mentioned in 1694 and takes its name after the 24 ponds on the west side ofSortedam and Peblinge Lake, which was used fortextile bleaching. They were established in about 1772 and had numbers from south to north, beginning at present day Sankt Hans Torv.[1] On the other side of the ponds was Blegedam Common, the oldest of Copenhagen'scommons, where the bleachers left the cloth to bleach in the sun. Lined with trees on both sides, mainlyhorse chestnut,willow andlime trees.
From the middle of the 19th century, the narrow lots came into other use, first for construction of smaller industrial enterprises and later apartment buildings, although the last bleacher did not disappear until 1867.[2]
Jørgen Ernst Meyer established one of the first factories at the street in 1842. Another early industrial enterprise was L. C. Warburg's stockings factory.[3] O.F. Asp established a candle factory at the street in 1880.[4]
Completed in 1861,St. John's Church (No. 1) was the first church to be built in the new districts which developed after Copenhagen'sBastioned Fortifications were decommissioned.[5] TheNeo-Gothic church was designed by Theodor Sørensen and remains the largest church building in the Nørrebro district.
ThePanum Institute (No 3) is part ofUniversity of Copenhagen'sNorth Campus. ThePanum Building was constructed in the 1970s. The Mærck Tower was added in 2018.
Blegdamsvej Prison (No. 6) is the oldest prison still in use in Denmark. It was designed byMichael Gottlieb Bindesbøll and inaugurated in 1848 but has later been expanded and modernized several times.
Rigshospitalet (No. 9) dominates the north side of the Østerbro section of the street. The current hospital is from 1960 to 1978 and was designed by Kaj Boeck-Hansen and Jørgen Stærmose. An extension designed by3XN went under construction in 2017.
TheNiels Bohr Institute (No. 15-17) from 1922 has housed the work of severalNobel Prize-winners. No. 23, roughly from the same time, is theFreemasons' Hall. The Danish branch of theRed Cross has its head office at No. 25–27. The building was built in 1952 and is the former headquarters ofCopenhagen County. It has more recently been expanded byCOBE Architects.
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No. 60 is a former machine factory,Nielsen & Winther. The building is from 1899 and was designed byAxel Berg. Its neighbor (No. 62), slightly older and designed byLudvig Fenger, was originally a public school but later taken over by Nielsen & Winther.
Håndværkerstiftelsen (No. 74) was built to provide affordable housing for old, indigent craftsmen and their widows. The National Romantic building is from 1901 to 1902 and was designed byEmil Jørgensen.
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No. 104 is a former candle manufactury,Asp-Holmblad, which was in use until the 1940s but has now been converted into apartments. No. 124 was designed by Frederik Lauritz Levy for the companySiemens-Schuckert.[6]
No. 132 (Trianglen) is a former tram remise built by De kjøbenhavnske Sporvejes in 1900–02 to design byVilhelm Friederichsen. It was converted into an after school activity centre in the 1980s.
At Rigshospitalet, on the corner of Blegdamsvej with Fredensgade, isRudolph Tegner's large group sculptureTowards the Light. It was installed in 1909 as a memorial to the physician and scientistNiels Ryberg Finsen who won theNobel Prize inMedicine and Physiology in 1903.[7]
In the small garden in front of the Niels Bohr Institute stands a 7-8 metre tall granite sculpture by the Swedish sculptorClaes Hake. It was unveiled in 1999.
Triangelen Station at the eastern end of the street will open when theCity Circle Line is inaugurated in September 2019.
Movia bus 3A runs through the full length of the street on its way betweenNordhavn station in the northeast andValbyparken in the southwest.
ABRT line betweenNørreport station in the city centre andRyparken station onRingbanen crosses the street at Fredensgade. It is served by up to 47 busses per hour per direction transporting approx. 30,000 passengers per day.[8] One of the stations of the under constructionCity Circle Line will be located on the corner of Nørre Allé andJagtvej at Vibenhus Eunddel.
55°41′48″N12°34′18″E / 55.69667°N 12.57167°E /55.69667; 12.57167