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Magstræde
Snaregade and Magstræde are two of the oldest streets in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark, linking Gammel Strand at their eastern end with Rådhusstræde to the west. Snaregade extends from the small square at the Gammel Strand metro station to Knabrostræde where it turns into Magstræde. The streets are among the few streets in the Old Town of Copenhagen which still feature their original cobbling. Magstræde is associated with Huset i Magstræde ("The House in Magstræde"), now officially referred to as Huset KBH ("The House CPH"", "CPH" being short for "Copenhagen"), a culture house. History Magstræde was created in the 1520s when the coastline was moved to present day Nyropgade. The first part of the name, Mag-, is an old word for a lavatory, referring to a public latrine, Vestre Mag ("Western Mag"), which was located at the site. Another one, Østre Mag (Eastern Mag"), was located at the end of Hyskenstræde. Snaregade received its current name in 1607. It takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magstræde (Copenhagen)
Snaregade and Magstræde are two of the oldest streets in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark, linking Gammel Strand at their eastern end with Rådhusstræde to the west. Snaregade extends from the small square at the Gammel Strand metro station to Knabrostræde where it turns into Magstræde. The streets are among the few streets in the Old Town of Copenhagen which still feature their original cobbling. Magstræde is associated with Huset i Magstræde ("The House in Magstræde"), now officially referred to as Huset KBH ("The House CPH"", "CPH" being short for "Copenhagen"), a culture house. History Magstræde was created in the 1520s when the coastline was moved to present day Nyropgade. The first part of the name, Mag-, is an old word for a lavatory, referring to a public latrine, Vestre Mag ("Western Mag"), which was located at the site. Another one, Østre Mag (Eastern Mag"), was located at the end of Hyskenstræde. Snaregade received its current name in 1607. It takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schäffer House
The Schäffer House is an 18th-century, bourgeois townhouse located at Magstræde 6 in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building is also called after Diderich Schäffer for whom it was built. Schäffer's interior Rococo decorations from the first floor are now on display in the National Museum of Denmark, National Museum as part of the Magstræde Apartment. History Diderich Schäffer The property was in 1689 as No. 43 in Snaren's Quarter owned by brewer Henrik Andersen. The property was together with most of the other buildings in the area destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. The current building on the site was constructed in 1733-34 by master builder Philip de Lange for court joiner Diderich Schäffer. He had been called to Denmark in circa 1730 to work on the new Christiansborg Palace (1st), Christiansborg Palace. He lived in the ground-floor apartment and had his workshop in the rear wing and possibly part of the side wing. The more elegant apartment on the first f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huset KBH
Huset KBH is a cultural centre located at Rådhusstræ 13 in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It occupies three old townhouses at Rådhusstræde 13 and Magstræde 12–14 as well as a former warehouse. The building at Rådhusstræde 13 was listed in the Listed buildings in Copenhagen Municipality, Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. History The building at Rådhusstræde 13 was built in 1730–34 after the previous building at the site had been destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. It just escaped the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 and was in 1802 heightened by one storey. The building at Magstræde 12 was built for brewer Peder Børgesen in 1830–31. It was heightened by one storey in 1920. The physicist Ludvig Lorenz (1829–1891) was a resident in the building at Magstræde 14 in 1860–61. The building was in 1881 acquired by the wholesaler . The company bought the two adjacent properties at Magstræde 12 and 14 in 1903 and a new warehouse was at the same t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorm's
Gorm's is a chain of pizza restaurants headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. History Gorm's traces its history back to 2003 when Gorm Wisweh began to bake pizzas in his mother's café in Svaneke on the island of Bornholm. He later opened a pizzeria at Magstræde 16 in Copenhagen together with a group of friends. It was later followed by several other pizza restaurants in the city. The first Gorm's outside Copenhagen opened in Brandts Klædefabrik in Odense in May 2017. A 67 % share of the company was acquired by Orkla in 2018. The opening of eight new restaurants have later been announced. Restaurants ;Aarhus (1) * Jægergårdsgade 6 ;Copenhagen (8) * Amagerbrogade 83 * Copenhagen Airport (Terminal 2) * Kalvebod Brygge 59 (Fisketorvet) * Israels Plads (Torvehallerne) * Magstræde 16 * Nyhavn 14 * Tivoli Gardens * Ørestads Boulevard 102b (Field's) ;Kolding (1) * Akseltorv 8A ; Odense (1) * Amfipladsen 3 References {{reflist External links Gorm's Restaurant chains in Den ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
