Amager Strandpark

Amager beach park (also Amager beach ) is a protected recreation area, located on the east coast of the Danish island of Amager. The approximately 60 -acre park on the Oresund is about five kilometers from Copenhagen's City Hall Square, the closest beach from the center of the metropolis. The terrain consists of an offshore artificial island, which was completed in 2005. With a 4.6 km long beach around the island, the park has the largest beach of the Danish capital.

Amager beach park is owned by Københavns Kommune and Frederiksberg Kommune, the operating company Amager beach park I / S founded together with former Københavns Office 2003.

Park design

While the northern part of the island resembles a dune landscape, a park was created in the south, where a boardwalk leads to a small guest harbor at the southern tip. The island is separated from the mainland by a channel and an artificial lagoon with shallow waters, lead over the three bridges. Along the road Amager Strandvej on the mainland are located next to one another, almost 1.5 km long stretch of beach, the two parks Tiøren and Femøren, which is often a venue for rock concerts in the summer. About three stops of M2 ( Öresund, Amager beach and Femøren ) of the beach park is connected to the metro network of the Copenhagen Metro.

History

The east coast Amagers originally consisted of a swamp, by the 1780 Danish military a way to present Amager Strandvej docked. 1915 Seebadeanstalt Helgoland was built in the north. Over time, a marina and jetties were added and gardening and fishing clubs were founded. In order to expand the coast as a recreational area on, 1934, the section between the north and Øresundsvej Kastrup Fort was built in the South beach. However, the tidal current was running the sand always returns to the Sound, so that by 1948 approximately 95,000 m3 of sand had to be washed up on the coast. Then served until 1962 as well as other beach nourishment sheet piling coastal protection. But even they could not prevent the erosion, so that over time demands for a new beach were getting louder. Initial planning of the 1980s culminated in the groundbreaking ceremony in May 2004, and after about 15 months of construction, the new beach was inaugurated by the Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Mary on 18 August 2005. It was demolished the old bathhouse Helgoland in the course of the work and replaced by a new one. Construction costs amounted to around 200 million Danish crowns.