City Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen City Hall is the headquarters of the municipal council as well as the Lord mayor of the Copenhagen Municipality. The current building was inaugurated in 1905. It was designed by the architect Martin Nyrop in the National Romantic style but with inspiration from the Siena City Hall. It is dominated by its richly ornamented front, the gilded statue of Absalon just above the balcony and the tall, slim clock tower. The latter is at 105.6 metres one of the tallest buildings in the generally low city of Copenhagen.

Before the city hall moved to its present location, it was situated at Gammeltorv/Nytorv. The first city hall was in use from about 1479 until it burned down in the great Copenhagen fire of 1728. The second city hall was built in 1728 and was designed by J.C. Ernst and J.C. Krieger. It burned down in the Copenhagen fire of 1795. It was not until 1815 that a new city hall, designed by C.F.Hansen, was erected on Nytorv. It was intended to house both the city hall and a court. Today it is still in use as the city court of Copenhagen.

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RAJAN PITHVA (8 months ago)
Amazing Free entry. Amazing library. Many international couples are getting married here.

Frank Yen (10 months ago)
Start entering from 9 am. The entry is for free. It’s a spacious and gorgeous place where Denmark flags and delicate structural design can be seen!

jj k5073 (11 months ago)
The officers at Kopenhagen's city hall are ready to help and always friendly towards visitors and tourists alike. This kind of service attitude is just unknown to German citizens like myself. Please keep up the good spirit, dear municipality of Kopenhagen, and thank you so much!

A I (13 months ago)
Amazing building with stunning mechanical world clock on display in the entrance. It was also a surprise to find that City Hall is a major international, one stop wedding venue. It’s usual to see multiple new brides in the impressive main hall or outdoor courtyard celebrating. You can hire wedding flowers and buy your champagne in the shop to make your wedding toast with your guests in the courtyard. You don’t even need to leave the building.

Jeff Burridge (13 months ago)
Free to enter and interesting interior. Make sure to visit Jens Olsen’s World Clock, a masterpiece with 14,000 moving parts that took 27 years to build. As you enter City Hall it’s on the right.

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