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30-408: Nærumbanen, or Jægersborg-Nærum Railway , is a local railway, originally between Lyngby and Vedbæk , now between Jægersborg and Nærum . The course runs through scenic areas by Mølleåen . During rush hours the train runs every 10 minutes and most other times it runs every 20 minutes. The railway opened as Lyngby-Vedbæk railway in 1900 with an aim of serving the industries that had settled in

60-401: A fortified landing place at Helsingør, to control the ferry route across the strait. The particularly 19th-century tradition to explain toponymies, place names, with features of the landscape does not necessarily exclude the much older tradition of reading place names as eponymous. Although an obscure legendary character, or several, Helsing is quite abundantly present in traces of lost legends in

90-494: A number of royal roads created by Frederick II and his successor Christian IV . In the 18th century, a growing number of country houses were built in the area by civil servants and merchants from Copenhagen. Kongens Lyngby had no market rights but developed into a local service centre with an increasing number of craftsmen and merchants. The North Line came to Lyngby in 1863 and was extended to Helsingør in 1864. This enabled citizens from Copenhagen to settle permanently in

120-480: Is Flynderborg , an early medieval fortress on a hill just south of the medieval city. Around 1200, the first church, Saint Olaf's Church , was built. A number of convents once surrounded the church, but now all that remains is the church building, today the cathedral of the Diocese of Helsingør . The oldest parts of the cathedral of Helsingør date back to the 13th century and show that the fishing village, as Helsingør

150-472: Is Kronborg Castle , a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Besides the historical attractions of the site, William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet has been performed annually in its courtyard since 1937. There is a longstanding tradition of performing the play in English, and notable actors in the title role have included Laurence Olivier , John Gielgud , Christopher Plummer , Derek Jacobi , and in 2009 Jude Law . At

180-524: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transport in Denmark is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kongens Lyngby Kongens Lyngby ( [ˈkʰʌŋŋ̍s ˈløŋˌpyˀ] , Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby ) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen , Denmark . Lyngby Hovedgade

210-491: Is a busy shopping street and the site of a branch of Magasin du Nord as well as Lyngby Storcenter. The district is also home to several major companies, including COWI A/S , Bang & Olufsen , ICEpower a/s and Microsoft . The Technical University of Denmark relocated to Lyngby from central Copenhagen in the 1970s. Lyngby station is located on the Hillerød radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. The name Kongens Lyngby

240-531: Is a coastal city in northeastern Denmark . Helsingør Municipality had a population of 63,838 on 1 January 2024, making it the 23rd most populated municipality in Denmark. Helsingør is located at the narrowest part of the Øresund strait and together with Helsingborg in Sweden , forms the northern reaches of the Øresund Region , centred on Copenhagen and Malmö . Helsingør is a ferry city with frequent departures with

270-465: Is first recorded in 1348. At that time large parts of North Zealand belonged to the Catholic Church (represented by Roskilde Cathedral and the name Lyngby was associated with several places. Store Lyngby belonged to Arresø church. "Our" Lyngby, on the other hand, was crown land. It may therefore have been to distinguish it from these other places that the name emerged. The original Lyngby village

300-403: Is now known as Bondebyen . Kongens Lyngby was also the site of a watermill, Lyngby Watermill , which is first mentioned in 1492 but is probably several hundred years older. A royal road, Lyngby Kongevej , was created in 1584 to provide an easy link between Copenhagen and Frederick's new Frederiksborg Castle from where it was later extended to Fredensborg and Helsingør . It was the first of

330-595: The HH Ferry route which connects Helsingør with Helsingborg, 4 km (2.5 mi) across the Øresund . Its castle Kronborg was used by William Shakespeare as the setting for his play Hamlet . The first part of the name, Hels , is believed to derive from the word hals 'neck; narrow strait', referring to the narrowest point of the Øresund (Øre Sound) between what is now Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden. The word Helsing supposedly means 'person/people who live by

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360-542: The Mølleå valley to exploit the hydraulic power of the Mølleå. In the early years the railway moved freight for these customers, but today it has been a passenger-only railway for many years. The northern half of the railway between Nærum and Vedbæk quickly proved unprofitable and was abandoned in 1923. In 1936 the southern terminus in Lyngby was moved to Jægersborg . The Nærum end of

390-576: The concentration camps on Rosh HaShanah , the Jewish New Year, which fell on 2 October 1943. When Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz , a diplomatic attaché of Nazi Germany to Denmark, received word of the order on 28 September 1943, he shared it with political and Jewish community leaders. Using the name Elsinore Sewing Club (Danish: Helsingør Syklub ) as a cover for messages, the Danish population formed an Underground Railroad of sorts that moved Jews away from

420-625: The Helsing/Helsinger," which makes the landscape theory of the name of Helsingør less likely. The city as it is known today was founded in the 1420s by Danish King Eric of Pomerania . He established the Sound Dues in 1429, which were a toll on the use of the Øresund. Although a former toll had existed prior, the Sound Dues were paid in Helsingør providing immense wealth to the city. With the income,

450-670: The Nordic countries. Although probably not the first Helsing, one of the three sons of Gandalf Alfgeirsson (the antagonist of Halfdan the Black , who was father of King Harald Fairhair , the semi-legendary, historical first king of a feudalist Norway) is called Helsing. He was brother to Hake and Hysing Gandalfson. Also Helsinki in Finland and Hälsingland in Norrland , Sweden, refers to Helsing, as "the Land of

480-667: The area. Several factories opened in the area, including Christian Hasselbalck 's curtain factory in 1892 which later became the town's largest employer. In the 1930s, Kongens Lyngby developed into a modern suburb. The North Line was converted into an S-train line with more stations and Kongens Lyngby gradually merged with the neighboring settlements. Helsing%C3%B8r Helsingør ( / ˌ h ɛ l s ɪ ŋ ˈ ɜːr / HEL -sing- UR , Danish: [helse̝ŋˈøɐ̯ˀ] ; Swedish : Helsingör ), classically known in English as Elsinore ( / ˈ ɛ l s ɪ n ɔːr , ˌ ɛ l s ɪ ˈ n ɔːr / EL -sin-or, -⁠ OR ),

510-518: The city limits. The town and surrounding areas also have a network of local and regional buses. For a century the Helsingør Værft or Elsinore shipyard was a prominent landmark, which covered the whole area between the town and Kronborg Castle. It was founded in 1882. At its height in 1957, it had 3,600 employees. The last ship left the shipyard in 1983 and it closed the same year following substantial losses. The Wiibroe brewery, founded in 1840,

540-497: The closely watched Copenhagen docks to spots further away, especially Helsingør, just two miles across the Øresund to Helsingborg , in neutral Sweden . Hundreds of civilians hid their fellow Danish Jewish citizens in their houses, farm lofts and churches until they could board them onto Danish fishing boats, personal pleasure boats and ferry boats. Over the course of three nights, Danes had smuggled over 7,200 Jews and 680 non-Jews (family members of Jews or political activists) across

570-517: The heart of Kulturhavn Kronborg lies kulturværftet or The Culture Yard, a new cultural centre and a public library located in the old dockyard . It opened in 2010. The former dry dock now houses the Danish Maritime Museum . In the centre of the harbour basin stands the polished steel sculpture Han ( He ) by artist duo Elmgreen and Dragset , commissioned by the City of Helsingør in 2012. It

600-493: The king built a castle named Krogen or Ørekrog on the extreme northeastern tip of the island of Zealand . The city expanded around the castle and envelops it today. Krogen was rebuilt and expanded in the 1570s by king Frederik II and renamed Kronborg . All ships had to stop in Helsingør to get their cargo taxed and pay a toll to the Danish Crown, which generated a significant trade for the city. In 1672, Helsingør had grown to be

630-679: The line was shortened a bit in 1954 due to the construction of the Helsingør motorway . Trains on the Nærum Line are operated by the railway company Lokaltog . Despite being a single-track railway, Lokaltog operates an ambitious timetable on the Nærum Line with a 20-minute frequency most of the day. Trains pass each other at Fuglevad and Ørholm. All trains are Siemens RegioSprinter light diesel units. 55°48′33″N 12°31′37″E  /  55.8093°N 12.5270°E  / 55.8093; 12.5270 This European rail transport related article

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660-662: The neck' and ør corresponds to old Norse aurr 'gravel beach' and eyrr 'sandy or gravelly shore'. The city was first mentioned as Hælsingør and the people as Helsinger in King Valdemar the Victorious 's Liber Census Daniæ from 1231 (not to be confused with the Helsings of Hälsingland in Sweden). Place names show that the Helsinger may have had their main fort at Helsingborg and

690-453: The station, trains depart to Copenhagen every 20 minutes. Trains also depart to Hillerød and Gilleleje . There are another six stations or train stops within the city and connected suburbs. Apart from Helsingør Station and Ferry Terminal also Snekkersten , Espergærde , Mørdrup and the train stops on the line to Gilleleje, Grønnehave , Marienlyst and Højstrup . The E47 motorway towards Copenhagen begins just outside

720-480: The third-largest town in Denmark. Up until the middle of the 19th century, Helsingør was among the largest cities in the country. The Sound Dues were abolished in 1857 with the Copenhagen Convention in which all seafaring nations agreed to pay a one-time fee. The abolishment was a huge loss for the city; the following decades saw a slow growth in population. The oldest known fortified building of Helsingør

750-575: The two cities; ferries connect the two sides. Dieterich Buxtehude organist and composer of the Baroque period. He was born Diderich Buxtehude presumably in Helsingborg, he serving as organist from 1660 to 1668 in Helsingør as his father that held the position as organist at St. Olaf's cathedral. Diderich Buxtehude's compositions and style became of significant influence, among others, on his student Johann Sebastian Bach . The new Danish Maritime Museum

780-421: The Øresund to safety in Helsingborg and Malmö in Sweden. The car ferry line between Helsingør and Helsingborg , Scania , Sweden is the busiest in the world with more than 70 departures in each direction every day. The route is known as the HH Ferry route and has been sailed by several shipping lines throughout history. The Helsingør ferry terminal is connected to the town's main railway station . From

810-528: Was designed by Danish prize-winning architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Jørn Utzon lived in Helsingør in his youth because his father was an engineer at Helsingør Værft . Utzon designed : His own house (1952), The Kingo Houses (1956–60) and The Hammershøj Care Centre (1962) in the city. The project was completed by Birger Schmidt (1966) after Utzon moved to Sydney to work on the Sydney Opera House . Centrum Helsingør practices twinning on

840-522: Was inaugurated by then Minister of culture, Uffe Elbæk , in June 2012. It is seen as the counterpart (and even little brother) to Edvard Eriksen 's world-famous The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen , and has caused both praise and protests among locals. The Swedish city of Helsingborg lies a short distance across the Øresund from Helsingør, approximately 4 km (2 mi). European route E55 joins

870-601: Was the second brewery in Denmark to ship bottled beer, just three years after Carlsberg . The last beer was brewed at Wiibroe in Helsingør in 1998. Carlsberg continues to brew beer under the Wiibroe Årgangsøl label. After the end of the industrial era, the town of Helsingør had to redefine itself, and came up with an ambitious project: Kulturhavn Kronborg , literally "Culture-harbour of Kronborg". It officially opened on 26 May 2013, intended to appeal to tourists with an interest in culture. The main attraction of Kulturhavn Kronborg

900-461: Was then, had grown to a town of importance. Johan Isaksson Pontanus ( Rerum Danicarum Historica , 1631) attributes a long and partially-fictitious history to Helsingør. During World War II , Helsingør was among the most important transport points for the rescue of Denmark's Jewish population during the Holocaust . Adolf Hitler had ordered that all Danish Jews were to be arrested and deported to

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