A rare one where the church came centuries after the neighborhood around it - Nyboder is one of Copenhagen’s most unique neighborhoods, originally built in the 1630s to house the seamen who comprised a new permanent Danish navy, rather than the seasonal levies of the past.

Originally built as a clubhouse for Copenhagen’s Ice Skating Association in 1894, who’d skate on the frozen Peblinge Sø, the Søpavillon is one where I wish it would’ve been disassembled and moved elsewhere - there were once plans to replace it with a public swimming hall designed by Jørn Utzon.

You can almost sense the first pangs of Functionalism in Wittmaack & Hvalsøe’s austere neoclassical design for the monumental gateway into Østerbro Stadium. Built in 1926, Wittmaack and Hvalsøe’s grand entry portal was part of a broader expansion to the first athletics stadium in Denmark.

This is one where the gap between the postcard and the present-day photo hides something big - a whole-ass metro station, which was built under Enghave Plads in the 2010s as part of Copenhagen Metro’s Circle Line.

As a classic bit of Istedgade only a couple blocks from Copenhagen Central Station, I kind of expected this to be the straightforward Vesterbro story of a seedy hotel turned into a trendy one. It wasn't. Turns out that this building was also a longtime administrative office for DSB.