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opened at Søtorvet 2, further contributing to the French ambiance of the locale. It had outdoor service under a roof and was therefore nicknamed Café la' det regne ("Café let it rain"), a play on how the French name sounds in Danish. In the 1930s, the café became a hangout for poets such as Sigfred
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When Copenhagen was still a fortified city, Frederiksborggade, passing through the Northern City Gate, used to be one of the main roads leading in and out of town, taking travellers north toward
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from the 14th century until 1972, the two streets separating the buildings on each their side of Frederiksborggade repeat the symmetry.
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At this point, the Queen Louise Bridge had still not been built. It was constructed a decade later to the design of
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which are replicas of two 1st century statues discovered during excavations in
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Søtorvet seen from across the lake with the Queen Louise Bridge on the right
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style was inspired by the architecture of French castles and
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Søtorvet stands as a gateway to the Inner City, coming from
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The Søtorvet development was built from 1873 to 1875 by the
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who would often recite their poems standing on the tables.
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together with a circle of prominent citizens including
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ornamentation and are topped with towers and spires.
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Søtorvet, Copenhagen

Nørrebro
Historicism
Châteauesque
Copenhagen
Denmark
Copenhagen Building Company
Ferdinand Vilhelm Jensen
Vilhelm Petersen
The Lakes
Copenhagen
Denmark
Frederiksborggade
Queen Louise Bridge
Øster and Nørre Søgade
Frederiksborg Castle
Nørrebro
Nørrebrogade
The Lakes
Copenhagen Building Company
real estate company
Carl Frederik Tietgen
Carlsberg
J. C. Jacobsen
Lauritz Peter Holmblad
Tage Reedtz-Thott
Landsting
Carl Christian Vilhelm Liebe
Ferdinand Vilhelm Jensen

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