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In the courtyard of Ny Vestergade 1 is a water feature with an antique statue. Above the statue is a round relief. The tableaux is visible through the gateway from the street. The walls of the gateway feature four more reliefs. The building is from 1870.
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: New West Street) is a street in central 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 runs from Frederiksholms Kanal to Vester Voldgade
Vester Voldgade ( lit. "West Rampart Street") is a street in Copenhagen, Denmark which runs from Jarmers Plads to the waterfront between Frederiksholms Kanal and Langebro, passing the City Hall Square on the way.
Together with Nørre Voldgade and ...
and together with Christiansborg's riding grounds, Marble Bridge
The Siberian Marble Gallery is a decorative pedestrian roofed Palladian bridge (gallery walkway) in Empress Catherine Park in the former royal residence Tsarskoye Selo (now town of Pushkin) near Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connects the Swan Isl ...
and Dantes Plads
Dantes Plads ( lit. "Dante's Square") is a public square located in front of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek where it connects H. C. Andersens Boulevard to Vester Voldgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
The shape of the square was created w ...
forms an axis between Christiansborg's tower in the east and Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ("ny" means "new" in Danish; "Glyptotek" comes from the Greek root ''glyphein'', to carve, and ''theke'', storing place), commonly known simply as Glyptoteket, is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. The collection ...
's dome in the west. The National Museum's main entrance is located in the street.
History
Ny Vestergade is one of the streets that was created when the Frederiksholm neighbourhood was established in the 1660s. It is referred to as ''Den Nye Vestergade'' ("The New West Street") in 1665 but was long more commonly called Wigandts Gade after wine trader and ship owner Wigand Michelbecker (1636-1692), who owned a property where National Museum is now located. The name "New" refers to the old Vestergade, which extends westwards fromGammeltorv
Gammeltorv (Old Market) is the oldest square in Copenhagen, Denmark. With adjoining Nytorv it forms a common space along the Strøget pedestrian zone. While the square dates back to the foundation of the city in the 12th century, most of its build ...
.
Notable buildings and residents
The National Museum occupies the entire north side of the street. The recessed main entrance was created by Mogens Clemmensen, Arne Nystrøm and Gehrdt Bornebusch in connection with their expansions of the museum between 1929 and 1938. No. 9, 11 and 13 are listed. Dating from some time before 1770,Ny Vestergade 9
Ny Vestergade 9 is an 18th-century building located across the street from the main entrance to the National Museum in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Former owners include court painter Hendrick Krock, printmaker Hans Qvist, Royal Armourer Christi ...
is the oldest house in the street. The two-storey No. 11 was built as a combined storage house and stables for grocer I. Lund in 1831. University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public research university in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia after Uppsala Unive ...
acquired the building in 1857 and it was subsequently adapted by Johan Henrik Nebelong
Johan Henrik Nebelong (20 July 1817 – 2 March 1871) was a Danish architect. He worked in Norway from 1840 to 1853 and was best known for interior design work on ''Oscarshall'' (1847–1852). Nebelong also taught at the Royal Academy of Arts in ...
in the Neoclassical style (1858). Nebelong also added a perpendicular rear wing (1859), which housed the university's chemical laboratory. A memorial plaque commemorates that August Krogh
Schack August Steenberg Krogh (15 November 1874 – 13 September 1949) was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916 to 1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within severa ...
lived and worked in the building from 1910 until 1827. No. 13 was built in 1793 for inn-keeper Christen Christensen Bording, probably by one of Caspar Frederik Harsdorff's pupils. A later owner, Christian Ludvig Maag, expanded the house with an extra floor in 1855–1857. Maag also commissioned Georg Hilker, P. C. Skovgaard and Constantin Hansen. Countess Danner had an apartment in the building. The building is now part of Dansk Arbejdersgiverforening's headquarters on Vester Voldgade.
Public art and memorials
In the courtyard of Ny Vestergade 1 is a water feature with an antique statue. Above the statue is a round relief. The tableaux is visible through the gateway from the street. The walls of the gateway feature four more reliefs. The building is from 1870.
See also
* Ny Vestergade 11References
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