Gentofte Municipality, Copenhagen

Name: Gentofte Municipality
Address: Copenhagen, Denmark

#358 among attractions in Copenhagen

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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. ()

Alternative names: Area: 9.88 mi²Coordinates: 55°45'6"N, 12°32'22"E

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Northern SuburbsCopenhagen Denmark

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Gentofte Municipality – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

1.1 miNW
Museum
Garderhøjfortet, Copenhagen
28 min walk • The Garderhøj Fort is Danish fortification, and was part of Copenhagen's fortifications.
1.4 miNE
Art museum and outdoor exhibition park
Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen
36 min walk • Ordrupgaard is a state-owned art museum situated near Jægersborg Dyrehave, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The museum houses one of Northern Europe’s most considerable collections of Danish and French art from the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
~1770 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Gentofte Lake, Copenhagen
9 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.
1.3 miNW
Cemetery
Mariebjerg Cemetery, Copenhagen
33 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.
1.1 miS
Memorial
Bernstorffstøtten, Copenhagen
29 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.
1.2 miSE
Church
Helleruplund Kirke, Copenhagen
32 min walk • Helleruplund Church is a Church of Denmark parish church situated at Bernstorffsvej 73 in Hellerup. Gentofte Municipality, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark. With just over 600 seats, it is the second largest church in the Diocese of Helsingør.
1.3 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Sct. Andreas Kirke, Copenhagen
35 min walk • St. Andrew's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Ordrup, Gentofte Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark.
0.6 miW
National Romantic style architecture, Tower
Ræveskovsvej Water Tower, Copenhagen
17 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.
1 miNW
Tower
Jægersborg Water Tower, Copenhagen
25 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.
1 miW
Forts and castles
Vangede Battery, Copenhagen
25 min walk • Vangede Battery, located in Vangede, Gentofte Municipality, is a former military structure and current park in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.
0.7 miE
City hall
Gentofte Town Hall, Copenhagen
18 min walk • Gentofte Town Hall is the administrative centre of Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The main building is from 1939 and is situated on Bernstorffsvej. Gentofte Fire Station is situated next to the town hall.

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Which popular attractions are close to Gentofte Municipality?

Nearby attractions include Vangede, Copenhagen (7 min walk), Gentofte Lake, Copenhagen (9 min walk), Ræveskovsvej Water Tower, Copenhagen (17 min walk), Gentofte Town Hall, Copenhagen (18 min walk).

How to get to Gentofte Municipality by public transport?

The nearest stations to Gentofte Municipality:

Light rail

Gentofte • Lines: A, E (4 min walk)
Bernstorffsvej • Lines: A, E (24 min walk)

Bus

Brogårdsvej • Lines: 15E (18 min walk)
Gentofte Rådhus • Lines: 185 (19 min walk)