Gasværksvej ( lit. "Gasworks Road") is a street in the Vesterbro district of

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. It runs from

Vesterbros Torv Vesterbros Torv is a public square located at the corner of Vesterbrogade and Gasværksvej in the heart of the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is dominated by Elijah's Church. History and architecture The square was established ...

in the north to

Halmtorvet Halmtorvet (English: The Haymarket) is a public square in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located next to Copenhagen Central Station in front of the Meat District. The oblong square eventually turns into Sønder Boulevard, ...

in the south.

History

The land where the street runs today was formerly the site of a number of

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s. They ran all the way from Vesterbrogade and down to Kalvebod Beach. Denmark's first railway, between Copenhagen and

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, ran on an embankment along the beach from 1847. Halmtorvet (Ny Stormgade) map detail

In 1853, it was decided to build Copenhagen's first gasworks on Kalvebod Beach. Gasværksvej, which was projected at the same time, was made extra wide to secure good access to the new installation. The gasworks started operations on 4 December 1857. It closed in 1927 and was replaced by the White Meet-Packing District. København--kopenhagen-københavns-sporveje-1036736

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Gasværksvej continued under the railway in a tunnel. In 1864, the rail line was moved to a more northern course, through

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, before being moved to its current position just south of Sønder Boulevard in 1911. The railway was later replaced by a direct extension of

Stormgade Stormgade ( lit. "Storm Street") is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Frederiksholm Canal to H. C. Andersens Boulevard where it turns into Tietgensgade before continuing along the rear side of Tivoli Gardens and Copenhagen Cen ...

which was given the name Ny Stormgade. Copenhagen's haymarket relocated to the site in the 1880s and that section of Ny Stormgade was therefore renamed Halmtorvet (Haymarket) in 1896. Copenhagen Tramways Line 16 operated through Gasværksvej on its way from Toftegårds Plads in

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to Emdrup Torv.

Notable buildings

Skomagersvendebroderskabets Stiftelse (No. 25-27) was built in 1858 to provide affordable housing for shoemakers in reduced circumstances. The building was designed by Christian Ferdinand Rasmussen. In 1992, it was put through a comprehensive restoration and was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places. Gasværksvekens Skole 01

Gasværkvej Schhool (No. 22) opened in 1880. The building was designed by

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. It was expanded by city architect Hans Jørgen Holm in 1969-1971. The buildings at No. 12 (1882-83) and No. 26 (1887-88) were both designed by Roger Møller. No. 8 is a former workshop building from 1893 designed by Thorvald Sørensen.

Public art and memorials

On Gasværksvej School is a plaque commemorating Axel Carl Sophus Jacobsen (1916-1945) who was killed during the

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Transport

The nearest

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and

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Copenhagen Central Station Copenhagen Central Station ( da, Københavns Hovedbanegård , abbreviated ''København H'') is the main railway station in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the largest railway station in Denmark. With more than 100,000 travellers every day, it is the se ...

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