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Two bad fires ravaged parts of the timber framed city. In 1728
and 1795 were these two worst fires that overpowered large stretches
of the city.
Around 1750 Frederiksstaden was built with Amalienborg and the Marble
Church. In 1794 most of the city of Copenhagen of what we see today
was built.
During the Napoleonic wars, Denmark were Napoleons ally and they
fought against England. At Reden in 1801 the English defeated the
Danes, but the sea heroes such as Peder Willemoes is today a local
hero from this battle. In 1807, the English bombed Copenhagen, and
afterwards the Church of Our Lady’s and Thorvaldesens Museum
were erected.
The Industrial Revolution brought more people from the countryside
into the city and Copenhagen was so overpopulated that a lot of
the houses were built outside the ramparts and even outside Soerne.
The lakes, Vesterbro and Norrebro were built around this time and
later on the more exclusive ysterbro. Frihavnen was opened in 1895.
Around the start of the 20th century, the car arrived as well as
electric trams appeared on the streets of Copenhagen. The Town hall
was built in 1905 as well as Hovedbanegarden. The Grand Central
Station was built around 1910 and this changed the centre of Copenhagen
slightly westward.
After WWI, the 1920s and 30s brought mass social discomfort and
unemployment in Copenhagen and this lasted up until WWII and especially
when the German occupation of Denmark proved traumatic to the people
of Copenhagen.
There have been a lot of improvements since and for example the
Tycho Brahe Planetarium, the Black Diamond which is part of the
Royal library. The rebuilding of Frihavnen and Copenhagen port,
the Museum of Art (Arken,) the extension of Statens Museum for Art,
the Glyptoteket and the construction of the Metro.
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