Top 10 public works: part two

Construction sites are turning Copenhagen upside down, moving graves, shaking your topography and bringing back to light 11th Century wood settlements. This is our top 5 of current public works

by Alberto Cereser

5. New metro stop facing City Hall

One of the stops of the new Metro line will be 'Rådhuspladsen'. That's why the square is so messy right now.

The works inspired street artist Bert, who has decorated the construction site with wooden sculptures (see the photo gallery).

Read an article about Bert on the Classic Copenhagen blog.

4. Mind the hole on Strøget

Now that one constantly has to avoid new holes, walking at Strøget has been a bit more stressful than usual.

But don't worry, your favourite shop is not collapsing - it is just ordinary pipe substitution.

3. Shopping under construction

Holes are dug also at Gammel Strand, a road with a vast range of »hyggelige« shops and cafés. Again, the construction work is related to the new metro line.

The situation stimulates the creativity of the shopkeepers. The clothing store 'Kitsch Bitch', for example, uses the construction site barriers to exhibit clothes from the store (see the photo gallery).

2. Frederiksborggade is refurbished

Frederiksborggade is the pedestrian road you take to go from Nørreport station to Strøget. Now you can walk only on the left side of the road, while the pavement is renewed on the other half.

To allow access to the shops on the right side, appropriate footbridges have been placed.

1. Archaeology meets city planning

And now to our number one:

When excavations for the new circular metro line started, engineers had to take into account not only urbanistic, logistic and design related issues. They also had to take into account historical ones.

At the moment, archaeologists from the Museum of Copenhagen work side by side with excavators at Kongens Nytorv. Read about their archaelogical findings here.

It is right here that one of the two 11th century settlements, which later became Copenhagen, was located.

See our photo gallery of the public works here

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