Avedørelejren is a former military base in
Avedøre
Avedøre is a south-western suburb of Copenhagen located in Hvidovre Municipality.
Description
The city is mostly made up of concrete blocks and row-housing, but some people residing in Avedøre live in detached single-family houses with gardens. ...
,
Hvidovre Municipality, some 10 km west of
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
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. It has now been converted into a
mixed-use development
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. It is home to
Filmbyen Filmbyen (English: Film City) is a film studio complex located in Hvidovre just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.
Filmbyen is a former military base. It houses many film-related companies. Many films and TV-series have been shot there.
It was founded b ...
and the
Circus Museum.
History
The military camp was built between 1911 and 1913 to a design by Helge Boysen-Møller. It was originally only intended for use during the summer season. The installation has over the years been home to a wide range of military units. It closed in 1995. The buildings were then sold to Hvidovre Municipality (80%) and the film company
Zentropa
Zentropa, or Zentropa Entertainments, is a Danish film company started in 1992 by director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen. Zentropa is named after the train company Zentropa in the film ''Europa'' (1991), which started the colla ...
.
Description
The street Filmbyen bisects the area. The buildings in the southern part of the area are generally built in red brick. This area is home to the oldest surviving buildings. They were designed by the architect Viggo Møller with inspiration from the Bedre Byggeskik movement. They have been combined with new housing and a day care. The northern part of the area mostly consists of former workshop buildings in yellow brickwork.
See also
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Østerfælled Barracks
Østerfælled Barracks (Danish: ), later known as , was a barracks originally built in the 1890s for the Guard Hussars of the Royal Danish Army in the emerging Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Its grounds have now been transformed into a ...
References
Hvidovre Municipality
Barracks in Copenhagen
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