Copenhagen city hall Photo: Copenhagen city hall

Copenhagen city hall – administrative building, in which were held the meetings of the Municipal Council and was the city hall of Copenhagen. The town hall was built in 1479, but due to urban fires, the building was burned to the ground twice in 1728 and 1795. The modern town hall, which we are seeing today, was erected in the years 1893-1905. The building was designed by renowned Danish architect Martin Nyrop in the style of "Northern modern" in the likeness of the Palazzo Pubblico in Italian Siena.

The entire building was built of red brick on the façade of the building immortalised in gold Bishop Absalon, founder of Copenhagen. The height of the clock tower modern hall is 106, 5 meters. In 1955, the town hall has set a high accuracy clock, they show the times of sunrise and sunset, length of days and nights, world clock for any city, phase of the moon, the Church calendar, the pattern of motion of the planets around the Sun and the sky map over Denmark. The author of the design was a talented mechanic, a member of the Danish Astronomical society Jens Olsen, he's forty years of life dedicated to creating unique clock mechanism.

Today the town hall meetings of the municipal Council and the city hall also hosts a variety of exhibitions and cultural events. Near Copenhagen city hall is the Central railway station and entertainment center "Tivoli".

Copenhagen city hall is a popular attraction in Denmark, which during the year is visited by a huge number of tourists from all over the world.

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