Copenhagen is a city of paradoxes – big enough to call itself a metropolis, yet small enough to have a cozy atmosphere. Its history dates back to The Viking Age, but the visions of modern innovative architects such as Arne Jacobsen and Bjarke Ingels now influences the cityscapes – as well as Jan Gehl’s on how to create cities for people.
On our guided architecture walk you will get to see the great buildings of both old and new masters, while strolling through the most interesting and beautiful parts of the city. We will pass Postbyen – the old headquarters of The Danish Postal Service now housing hotels, Danske Bank and much more right next to the curvy and organic shapes of SEB bank´s domicile, designed by Lundgaad and Tranberg on an artificial hill well-conncected to Copenhagen’s green High Line.
Afterwards we’ll head towards the wooden and sensual Wave on the waterfront, which added some important liveability to this part of town – underlning that architecture is not only about buildings, but also about the spaces between them. We will then continue to the powerful Royal Library, also known as the Black Diamond and the new architecture center, while showing you how the waterfront changed from an industrial hub to a cultural and recreative hangout. On our way to the historic neighbourhood of Christianshavn we will drop by the parliament and the old renaissance stock exchange (which is under re-construction these years after the fire in 2024). We will also take a look at The Opera House, The National Bank as well as the iconic functionalistic Knippels Bridge from 1935 and the smooth
corporate former headquarters of Nordea, designed by Henning Larsen. We end the tour near free town Christiania and the cute and colourful canals of Christianshavn, where there are several options for lunch, dinner or coffee in one of the many cool bars and restaurants.
The ArchiTour is not only for achitecture afficinados, but also a very nice way to get a feel of our city, while experiencing the essentials of Copenhagen. On top of that you will get a geographic and historic overview of the urban development and scales of the city. If you are more interested in other areas of town, we can easily tailormake an architecture tour around e.g. Ørestad or Nordhavn.
Photos: credits to visitcopenhagen.dk/monokrom.dk