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Holmens Kanal

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The severe cholera outbreak which hit Copenhagen in the summer of 1853 made it clear that the canal posed a hazard to the health of the population. When the Navy decommissioned their last operations in the area in 1859, it was decided to fill the canal in connection with the redevelopment of the
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and cast in bronze. In 2002 the city council decided to move the statue to a new site on the waterfront to make way for a more efficient distribution of the traffic at its busy junction. This decision was met with severe criticism, including protests from the
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A street named Størrestrædet ran along the street from circa 1650. It was part of a small new neighborhood in which most of the streets—;with names such as
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The new street was inaugurated in 1864. It was the first street in Copenhagen to be installed with pavements and individually numbered houses.
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steals a suitcase with money from a bank in Holmens Kanal by replacing it with another suitcase at0:56:18 in the 1972
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on the other side of the harbour. Holmens Kanal deteriorated into an open sewer fed by the city's extensive system of
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Several public buildings was situated along the canal, including the General Commissioner's Office (
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headquarters seen along Holmens Kanal with Arhe Jacobsen's National Bank in the background
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and a notorious nesting ground for rats which were a menace to the adjacent
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The canal lost its practical use after the naval fleet relocated to
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was installed in 1881 to commemorate his achievements in the
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A view down Åbenrå from the northern end of the street
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extended Copenhagen's East Rampart straight through
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Indre By
Copenhagen
Denmark
Nørreport
55°40′49″N 12°35′9.43″E / 55.68028°N 12.5859528°E / 55.68028; 12.5859528
Copenhagen
city centre
Kongens Nytorv
Niels Juel
Holmens Bro
Niels Juels Gade

Church of Holmen
Christian IV
Bremerholm
fortifications
Royal Fleet
Arsenal Harbour

Laksegade


Nyholm
Christianshavn
gutters
Royal Theatre
Gammelholm
National Bank of Denmark
Johan Daniel Herholdt

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