The Free Port of Copenhagen is a bonded area in the northern part of Harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark. Created to consolidate Copenhagen’s position as an important maritime hub in Northern Europe, it was established in the area just north of the fortress Kastellet and later expanded northwards several times. The original grounds, now known as Søndre Frihavn (English: South Free Port), has since been released for other uses. It comprised Amerika Plads, a modern mixed-use development, America Quay, India Quay, Langelinie and Marble Pier, the four quays which bounded the harbour, and Midtermolen, a pier which divides it into an east and west basin.
The free port is now located in Nordhavnen and is part of Copenhagen Malmö Port.
History
Planning and construction
The Freeport under construction
In the middle of the 19th century, Copenhagen’s growth and the increasing industrialization made it clear that the city’s harbour was becoming too small and in the same time old plans to create a free port were revitalized. In a plan from 1862 it was decided to dig out the area to allow access for the largest ocean-going wessels and use the materials removed for land fills along the coast. A suggestion to make all of Amager into a duty-free zone was abolished and instead it was decided to create a free port in the area in the Svanemølle Bay north of the fortress Kastellet. Construction began in 1891, prompted by Germany‘s construction of the Kiel Canal that was begun in 1887 and threatened Copenhagen’s position.
Management and use
The new free port was inaugurated on 9 November 1894. A private limited company, Københavns Frihavns-Aktieselskab (KFA), was given a concession on operating the port by the Ministry of Interior Affairs. All shares in the Free Port Company was taken over by Port Authority in 1951 and the company was dissolved and replaced by Københavns Frihavns- og Stevedoreselskab A/S in 1879.
Expansions
In 1915–15, the free port was expanded with a new basin, Jronløn Basin (Danish: Kronløbsbasinet), located to the north. It made it blocked the access to the Kalkbrænderihavnen dock, making it necessary to dig out a new access canal to it. The next expansion of the free port took place between 1919 and 1931, creating the harbour basin now known as Orient Basin.
Late history
The free port left its original grounds in 1885. An architectural competition was launched for the future use of the area. Among the entries were a proposal from Jørn Utzon which included a highrise and several other buildings on Langelinie Pier but none of the submissions were realized. The Amerika Plads area was redeveloped in the 2000s.
The free port is now located in Nordhavnen and is part of Copenhagen Malmö Port.
The original free port was designed by Holger Christian Valdemar Møller, who later served as managing director of the Free Port Company, based on an initial proposal drafted by the politician and engineer Holger Hammerich. It consists of a West Quay (now America Quay, a South Quay (now India Quay and an East Pier (now Langelinie), together forming an enclosed dock which was entered from the north. A shorter pier, Midtermolen (Rnglish: Middle Pier), extended north from South Quay, separating the harbour into an east and a west basin. Only the west side of East Pier was part of the free port. The east side of the pier was used for recreational purposes as a replacement of the promenade which had previously followed the coastline. The two sides were separated from each other by the Langelinie Promenade, a raised promenade constructed on top of a long row of low warehouses. The dock is to the north closed by the Marble Pier, leaving only a narrow entrance in the north-east.
In 1931, after the second expansion had been completed, the free port covered a total area of 82.5 hectares of which 49.1 hectares were land and 33.4 hectares were water. The total length of the quays was approximately 4,770 metre with water depth between 7.5 m to 9.5 m.
I am amazed at the buildings’ design: they are functional yet they are designed in good taste. Nowadays they would do an ugly rectangle that claims to be a warehouse and they’d call it a day…

Just look at this one! Is this REALLY a warehouse? Is this REALLY a silo?
This looks better than some of the “fancy” buildings of nowadays…
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Where it says “some”, take it and replace it with “most”. Yeah, these old buildings are better designed than most buildings these days. The architects had better tastes…
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I absolutely agree, with you. It is such a shame. We are also losing the unique architectural building styles, of each part of the world.
I remember Frihavnen from my childhood and how many of those silos and warehouses was empty and not in use. As a young boy and early teenager I just walked inside these old beautiful buildings.
I have been in most of the buildings on this picture and most of them are not here today.

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Nowadays people only care for building ugly squares if that can be done faster and bring more cash… It’s a shame.
There are some old houses (houses that are like 100 years old) where I live. These are better, by far, to the houses that are built now. Not only in the aesthetics department, they are also better in the durability department… These ugly boxes do not last more than five/ten years without displaying problems. It’s really a shame.
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You are right, on the point. Also building materials was often better back then.
“Building materials from before 1950 are of considerably better quality than much of what you can buy today because production methods were different. Good old-fashioned craftsmanship is being induced to say.”
Old wooden floor and vindows lasted very long and are still being recycled today.
It’s a waste of resources to tear the old buildings down just to build new ones instead.
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Indeed! It’s not only a waste of resources… it’s a killing of culture. Aestethically, the older buildings are better. They demolish an old house and replace it instead with an ugly square, or, with a skyscraper! Skyscrapers might be marvels of enginery, but they don’t usually look very good…
The craftmanship of the older houses is indeed superior. Even at the most minute details…
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I am happy, that you find it interesting. I have always enjoyed what I think is good architecture and history, that is also why I try to share it. Like the German castles and city halls.
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I am a klutz when it comes to identifying architecture styles, but I enjoy this kind of posts too. They are a good break from the usual business of jew-bashing/chronic of the ill state of Western Civilization. Your architecture posts are good White pills for those in need. That’s why I reblog these posts too…
We have great art and culture, and architecture is also a good showcase of art, as well.
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“I am a klutz when it comes to identifying architecture styles, but I enjoy this kind of posts too.”
Me, too. But, I know what I like. 🙂
“They are a good break from the usual business of jew-bashing/chronic of the ill state of Western Civilization. Your architecture posts are good White pills for those in need. That’s why I reblog these posts too…”
Thanks, its (for me) also about waking people up and not just post things for people already redpilled.
It also work as “click bait” for normies, I do get visitors only because of it.
It can have a negative influence on oneself, when only dealing with all this red pill stuff!
“We have great art and culture, and architecture is also a good showcase of art, as well.”
I agree, architecture is my favorite kind of art.
Antoni Gaudí
https://vikinglifeblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/antoni-gaudi/
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Wheee, man! I am still trippin’ with those buildings!
I’ll reblog that post right away!
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A warehouse in the inner harbour, close to where the royal family live.

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Also, thanks for these images… You can almost do another post with them!
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Reblogged this on The Gas Mask Blog – Resistiendo al JWO/Resisting the JWO.
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Thanks!

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The Custom Guard Building (Danish: Toldvagten)

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Herkules
https://kbhbilleder.dk/kbh-museum/35059
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Frihavnen 1903
https://kbhbilleder.dk/kbh-arkiv/40865
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Dahlerups Pakhus
https://kbhbilleder.dk/kbh-museum/35605
https://kbhbilleder.dk/kbh-museum/35609
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Københavns Frihavn 1901
https://kbhbilleder.dk/kbh-arkiv/40789
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