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19-487: City Hall Square is the name of these places: City Hall Square, Copenhagen , a central square in the capital of Denmark The City Hall Square, Oslo , a central square in the capital of Norway City Hall Square, Pamplona-Iruña , a central square in the capital of Navarre See also [ edit ] City square (disambiguation) City Hall (disambiguation) Town Hall Square (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

38-605: 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 , a broad street with a park strip in its central reserve, which continues to Enghavevej at Enghave station . Copenhagen's haymarket was originally located just inside the Western City Gate where

57-419: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages City Hall Square, Copenhagen City Hall Square is located at the southwestern end of the pedestrian street Strøget which connects it to Kongens Nytorv , the other large square of the city centre, passing Gammeltorv / Nytorv and Amagertorv along the way. Opposite Strøget, Vesterbrogade extends into

76-510: Is the former headquarters of Alfred Benzon A/S . Halmtorvet is now lined on either side by cafés and restaurants. Part of the Brown Meat District, Øksnehallen at No. 11, a former market building, now serves as an exhibition venue which houses a broad variety of events, exhibitions and flea markets. Husets Teater is a small studio theatre based in another building of the Brown Meat District. Borgenhus  [ da ] ,

95-536: Is the only building in Inner Vesterbro under City Plan West, a municipal plan from 1958 for condemnations and urban renewal in the area. The south side of the square, from the roundabout up to the beginning of Sønder Boulevard, borders on the Meat Packing District . The original meat market was planned and designed by Hans Jørgen Holm in 1878 but over the years new buildings were added to

114-473: The City Hall Square lies today. It closed on 1 January 1888 and relocated to the area outside the new Livestock Market which had opened at the site in 1879. Market days were Wednesday and Saturday and up to several hundred loads of hay and straw were traded and distributed to cattle and horse stables around the city. Up through the 20th century, with improved infrastructure, livestock moved out of

133-669: The DI . City Hall Square is located at the site of Copenhagen's old hay market and the Western City Gate of the Fortifications of Copenhagen . When the fortifications were disbanded in the 1850s, it was decided to use the vacant land for an exhibition area which played host to first the Nordic Exhibition of 1872 and later the Nordic Exhibition of 1888 . Vilhelm Klein designed an exhibition building for

152-465: The Vesterbro district and later crosses the border to Frederiksberg . H. C. Andersens Boulevard , Copenhagen's most heavily congested street, and Vester Voldgade pass the square on either side of the city hall. Apart from the City Hall, notable buildings around the square include Politikens Hus , the headquarters of national daily newspaper Politiken , and Industriens Hus , the headquarters of

171-642: The Vesterbro area. The first stage was designed by the office of the City Architect and completed in 2000. The second and third stages were designed by the Park Office of the City and carried out in 2003. In order to obtain a coherent space in the area a large gas regulator in front of the Brown Meat District was removed. The square has an oblong shape. To make the space more attractive to urban life ,

190-430: The city and horses lost their role in transportation, and the haymarket finally closed. The area fell into despair and became associated with prostitution and drug dealing. The site was also dominated by through traffic, buses and goods transport. The area underwent gradual gentrification up through the 1990s and Halmtorvet was thoroughly refurbished from 1999 to 2003 as part of a major programme for urban renewal in

209-575: The design of other architects, including Øksnehallen by Ludvig Fenger in 1901. The section closest to the Central Station is known as the Brown Meat District. It is the older part and generally dates from about 1900. The section closest to Sønder Boulevard is known as the White Meat District and was built in the first half of the 1930s to the design of City Architect Poul Holsøe  [ da ; no ; sv ] . Halmtorvet 29

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228-399: The first exhibition which was built at the corner of Vesterbro Passage which was built from 1870 to 1872. The four-winged, two-storey building was built in red brick to a design which was inspired by Italian Renaissance architecture. In 1879 the centre of the complex was re-built into a large domed exhibition hall. On 1 January 1888 the hay market moved to a new location outside Kødbyen ,

247-477: The foundation stone was laid. When it was inaugurated in 1905, the square in front of it became one of the most central and important spaces of the city. The square was redesigned in 1995 and 1996 by KHR Architects, on the occasion of Copenhagen being the European Capital of Culture . The intersecting street leading from Vesterbrogade to Strøget was removed, uniting the two sides of the square. A bus hub

266-574: The grounds, and in 1888, the expo area was cleared. An architecture competition was held in early 1889. Apart from Nyrop, who won the competition, Vilhelm Dahlerup and Valdemar Koch were among the participating architects. The design of the city hall was greatly inspired by the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena , Italy , and the design of the square was accordingly modeled on the shell-shaped Piazza del Campo outside that building. On 28 July 1894,

285-519: The new cattle and meat market which had opened in 1878. The site is still named Halmtorvet after it. The main venue of the Nordic Exhibition of 1888 was a large timber structure topped by a huge dome with a flag pole at its top. Its architect was the young and unknown Martin Nyrop who was later also to design the new city hall. In the 1880s, plans were conceived to build a new city hall on

304-441: The new layout introduced one-way traffic which is taken along a single lane on the south side of the square. A roundabout on the corner of the Brown Meat District, distributes traffic south and north of the Central Station. In the centre of the square, in front of Øksnehallen , there is an oval pool surrounded by large open spaces and playgrounds. Other areas have elevated lawns and flower beds with terraced sides. Other elements in

323-482: The refurbishment include new paving and items of street furniture. The north side of the square is lined with residential buildings from the 1890s. The building between Lille Istedgade and Abel Cathrine Gade was built from 1897 to 1898 to the design of Emil Blichfeldt who has also designed the main entrance of Tivoli Gardens on the other side of the Central Station . Built in 1961, Borgenhus , at No. 20,

342-468: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title City Hall Square . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=City_Hall_Square&oldid=1099941116 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

361-586: Was built on the northern side of the square. In 2010, work began on a metro station on the site, requiring a major reorganisation of the site, with work was opened on 29 September 2019. The square's central area is 9800 m². It is often a venue for demonstrations and buskers , and several bars and nightclubs are located in the vicinity. Rådhuspladsen also houses one of the city's bus centrals. 55°40′33″N 12°34′9″E  /  55.67583°N 12.56917°E  / 55.67583; 12.56917 Halmtorvet Halmtorvet ( English : The Haymarket)

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