Taastrup Water Tower, Taastrup

Name: Taastrup Water Tower
Address: Taastrup, Denmark

#4 among attractions in Taastrup

Art Nouveau architecture, National Romantic style architecture, Tower

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Taastrup Water Tower is a defunct water tower in Taastrup, a western suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. The distinctive structure now serves as an observation tower and local landmark, readily visible when approaching Copenhagen from the west along Roskildevej. ()

Architectural style: Art NouveauCoordinates: 55°38'54"N, 12°17'52"E

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Taastrup Water Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Waves, Vridsløselille Prison, City 2, Kroppedal.

3.6 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Waves, Vallensbæk
93 min walk • Waves is a shopping mall in Hundige located in the Greve Municipality, Denmark. It is the largest mall in Denmark by leasable space. The mall houses the third largest Bilka in Denmark and has more than 135 stores and restaurants. The mall has 3200 free parking lots as shopping in the mall is mainly car based.
2.1 miE
Museum
Vridsløselille Prison, Albertslund
54 min walk • Vridsløselille Prison is a former state prison located in Albertslund in the western suburbs of Copenhagen in Denmark. It was operated as a state prison from its opening in 1859 to January 2016 and then served as a special departure center for rejected asylum seekers with prison sentences until February 2018.
0.8 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
City 2, Taastrup
22 min walk • City 2 is a shopping centre in Høje Tåstrup near Copenhagen. It was designed by the architectural firm Stærmose & Isager and opened in 1975. It has been modernised and extended three times and was also under renovation until 2012.
2.6 miN
Specialty museum, History museum, Science museum
Kroppedal, Taastrup
66 min walk • Kroppedal is a cultural-historical and astronomical museum in Vridsløsemagle 20 km from Copenhagen, Denmark. Kroppedal is the national museum of Danish astronomy, has a large archaeological unit, and an ethnological unit specializing in modern society.
3.8 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
Herstedøster Church, Copenhagen
98 min walk • Herstedøster Church is a church in the northern outskirts of Albertslund, Albertslund Municipality, Denmark. In medieval times, the Romanesque church was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The tower is of late-Gothic origin. The church interior was given a major renovation in 1994 by Alan Havsteen-Mikkelsen. In 1973, R.
0.5 miN
Concerts and shows, Theater
Taastrup Teater, Taastrup
13 min walk • Taastrup Teater is a theatre in Taastrup in the western suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.
2.6 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture, Romanesque architecture
Herstedvester Church, Copenhagen
66 min walk • Herstedvester Church is a church in the northwestern outskirts of Albertslund, Albertslund Municipality, Denmark. The church is dated to around 1100.
4.1 miE
Town, Area
Glostrup, Copenhagen
106 min walk • Glostrup is a Danish town in Region Hovedstaden, forming one of the western suburbs of Copenhagen. It is the administrative seat of Glostrup Municipality, with an estimated population of 22,357 as of 2015.
3.5 miW
Stela
Kallerup Stone, Hedehusene
90 min walk • The Kallerup Stone, designated as runic inscription DR 250 in the Rundata system, is a memorial runestone which is located in Hedehusene, Høje-Taastrup Municipality, on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It is among the oldest runestones in Denmark.
3.9 miSW
Manor house
Gjeddesdal
99 min walk • Gjeddesdal is a manor house located in Greve Municipality, some 20 kilometres west of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The estate was created in the 1670s but the current main building was built after a fire in 1916.
3.1 miSE
55°36'55"N • 12°21'7"E
Vejleå Kirke, Ishøj
79 min walk • Architecture, Church