Vangede Battery, Copenhagen

Name: Vangede Battery
Address: Copenhagen, Denmark

#570 among attractions in Copenhagen

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Facts and practical information

Vangede Battery, located in Vangede, Gentofte Municipality, is a former military structure and current park in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. ()

Local name: Vangede BatteriCoordinates: 55°45'3"N, 12°30'54"E

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Northern SuburbsCopenhagen Denmark

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Vangede Battery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Garderhøjfortet, Gentofte Lake, Mariebjerg Cemetery, Gentofte Municipality.

1.1 miNE
Museum
Garderhøjfortet, Copenhagen
29 min walk • The Garderhøj Fort is Danish fortification, and was part of Copenhagen's fortifications.
0.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Gentofte Lake, Copenhagen
21 min walk • Gentofte Lake is a lake in Gentofte in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It has a surface area of 36.73 hectares. The Brobæk Mose bogland adjoins the lake to the northwest.
0.6 miN
Cemetery
Mariebjerg Cemetery, Copenhagen
17 min walk • Mariebjerg Cemetery is located in Gentofte north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was laid out between 1926 and 1933 to the design of the landscape architect Gudmund Nyeland Brandt and is considered an important example of European Modernist landscape architecture. Its design has inspired many other cemeteries both in Denmark and abroad.
1 miE
Area
Gentofte Municipality, Copenhagen
25 min walk • Gentofte Kommune is a municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark on the east coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It covers an area of 25.54 km², and has a total population of 74,548. Since 1993, its mayor has been Hans Toft, a member of the Conservative People's Party.
1.5 miSE
Memorial
Bernstorffstøtten, Copenhagen
39 min walk • The Bernstorff Memorial is a memorial to Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff located at Lyngbyvej, just south of Kildegårds Plads, Gentofte Municipality, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
0.5 miNW
Park
Gammelmose, Copenhagen
13 min walk • Gammelmose is a former raised bogland separating Vangede from Kongens Lyngby in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of approximately 20 hectares.
0.4 miNE
National Romantic style architecture, Tower
Ræveskovsvej Water Tower, Copenhagen
11 min walk • Rævebakkevej Water Tower, situated on Rævebakken, 36 m above sea level, is the oldest surviving water tower in Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in 1905 to a National Romantic design by Andreas Theil and decommissioned in 1972.
0.8 miN
Tower
Jægersborg Water Tower, Copenhagen
20 min walk • Jægersborg Water Tower is a former water tower located next to Jægersborg station in Jægersborg, Gentofte Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been converted into youth housing to design by Dorte Mandrup.
~920 ftE
Park
Dan Turèlls Plads, Copenhagen
5 min walk • Dan Turèlls Plads is a public square in the Vangede district of Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was named for the writer Dan Turèll on 19 March 2007. Turèll grew up in the Vangede in the 1950s and published the memoir Vangedebilleder in 1975.
0.7 miE
Neighbourhood
Vangede, Copenhagen
19 min walk • Vangede is a suburb 8 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. This area is primarily made up of one and two family houses and two and three story apartment buildings.
1 miS
Neighbourhood
Søborg, Copenhagen
27 min walk • Søborg is a neighbourhood in Gladsaxe Municipality, located some 10 km northwest of central Copenhagen, Denmark.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Vangede Battery?

Nearby attractions include Dan Turèlls Plads, Copenhagen (5 min walk), Ræveskovsvej Water Tower, Copenhagen (11 min walk), Gammelmose, Copenhagen (13 min walk), Mariebjerg Cemetery, Copenhagen (17 min walk).

How to get to Vangede Battery by public transport?

The nearest stations to Vangede Battery:

Bus

Brogårdsvej • Lines: 15E (8 min walk)
Snogegårdsvej • Lines: 300S (20 min walk)

Light rail

Kildebakke • Lines: B, Bx (13 min walk)
Jægersborg • Lines: 910, A, E (21 min walk)