Nordhavnen, orNordhavn, is a harbour area at the coast of theØresund, founded at the end of the 19th century inCopenhagen,Denmark. It covers an area of more than 2km.
Today, most of Copenhagen Harbour's traditional activities are situated in Nordhavn, including ferry berths, a container terminal, marina, and industrial companies.
The train stationNordhavn station is located at Nordhavnen close to the city districtØsterbro.
Nordhavn translates into North Harbour and is a district ofCopenhagen. Nordhavn is located in the old industrial harbour area and has been redeveloped. Nordhavn consists of urban islands connected by pedestrian friendly roads that incorporate cyclist expressways. This district is planned to become the larges metropolitan development in northern Europe.[1] The agency By og Havn has proposed plans to develop Nordhavn as a new city district that would have 40,000 residents and 40,000 jobs.[2][3] In December 2024 Nordhavn had about 6000 residents. The urban planners of Nordhavn city district have courted controversy when proposing a15-minute city where cars are not welcome.[4]
The agency By og Havn has started the 668 millionDKK expansion of Nordhavn into Øresund. The project is the largest construction job in Denmark in 2013 and the largest consumer of steel in Northern Europe; 28,000tonnes of steel is used forpile driving thesheet piles of the perimeter, and the area is being filled with 7 million tonnes of clean earth and 11 million tonnes of polluted earth from theCity Circle Line metro and other projects until around year 2022–2025.[5] The City Circle Line is extending into Nordhavn with at least one station.[6]
Thecruise shipquay is 1,100m long with 3 passenger terminals.[5]
In 2013, theUnited Nations campusUN City opened at the eastern part of Marmormolen in the Nordhavn area.[7] The project will include most of the present UN activities in Copenhagen.[8][9]
Skudehavnsvej in Nordhavn is used as a location at (0:37:24 and 0:47:14 in the 1977Olsen-banden filmThe Olsen Gang Outta Sight.[10]
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