Kapelvej () is a street in the

Nørrebro Nørrebro (, ) is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It is northwest of the city centre, beyond the location of the old Northern Gate (''Nørreport''), which, until dismantled in 1856, was near the current N ...

district of

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. It runs from

Nørrebrogade Nørrebrogade is the principal shopping street of the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from The Lakes, Copenhagen, The Lakes in the southeast to Nørrebro station in the northwest, linking Frederiksborggade and Dronning Louises B ...

in the northeast to Ågade in the southwest. It first part follows the southeast wall of

Assistens Cemetery An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church. Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...

. The Neo-Gothic Holy Cross Church is located at the corner with Hans Tavsens Gade. The street is blocked for cars at Tjørnegade.

History

was founded on the north side of the road in 1760. The road received its current name in 1869 after the new chapel which was built at No. 2-4. The street was later home to the entertainment venue Lille Ravnsborg. On 16 December 1889, the

Copenhagen City Council The Copenhagen City Council (Danish: ) is the municipal government of Copenhagen, Denmark, and has its seat at Copenhagen City Hall. The city council is Copenhagen's highest political authority and sets the framework for the committees' tasks. ...

granted funds for the establishment of the first playground in Copenhagen at Kapelvej.

Notable buildings and residents

The former chapel (No. 4) us now operated as a cultural centre under the name . The building was designed by Valdemar Ingemann and built in 1867–1868 under supervision of city builder

Niels Sigfred Nebelong Niels Sigfred Nebelong (14 October 1806 – 9 October 1871) was a Danish architect who worked in the Historicist style. He was city architect in Copenhagen from 1863 and also designed many lighthouses around Denmark in his capacity as reside ...

. Holy Cross Church (No. 38) was built to a

Neo-Gothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century ...

design by

Hermann Baagøe Storck Hermann Baagøe Storck (18 February 1839 – 4 December 1922) was a Denmark, Danish architect and heraldry, heraldist. As an architect, he is mainly known for the restoration of historic buildings. Among his own designs, his building for the ...

in 1887–1890. The former school Kapelvej School (No. 42) was built in 1879. From 1933 until 1960 it also housed the teacher training college

Blaagaard Seminarium Blaagaard Seminarium (also spelled Blågård Seminarium) has been the name of two teacher training colleges both originating in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The first of them, which was the first teacher training college in Denm ...

. On the other side of the street is the former St. Joseph's Hospital. The wings on Kapelvej and Korsgade are from 1900–1901 and were built as an extension to Christian Hansen's original hospital building in

Griffenfeldsgade Griffenfeldsgade is a street in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, running from Nørrebrogade in the northeast to Åboulevard on the border to Frederiksberg in the southwest from where it continues as H. C. Ørsteds Vej. The street has ...

from 1875.

Transport

The Nørrebros Runddel

City Circle Line The M3 line or City Circle Line is a loop line of the Copenhagen Metro. It has been claimed by COWI A/S that the line is the largest construction project to have taken place in Copenhagen during the last 400 years.Nuuks Plads, also on the City Circle Line, is located approximately 600 metres from the southern part of the street by way of Rantzausgade. Forum Station, served by the M1 and M2 lines, is located approximately 540 metres from the southern end of the street by way of H.C. Ørsteds Vej and Rolighedsvej 9.

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History

Notable buildings and residents

Transport

See also

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