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The Black Diamond - The Royal Library |
The
Black Diamond - The Royal Library |
Online
& Onsite Sightseeing - Copenhagen |
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The
new Royal library called "The Black Diamond" facing the waterfront.
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The
Royal Library called "The Black Diamond"
On September 15th 1999 the Royal Library's
extension at Copenhagen’s harbour front - The Black
Diamond - was inaugurated. The construction of the
Diamond had been going on since 1996 and fulfilled an age
long dream of an extension of the old Royal Library.
Site
Visit the "Black Diamond"
You can pay this architectural peal at the waterfront a visit
and experience the atmosphere among books -exhibitions
activities - shops - restaurant - café etc. surrounded
by Scandinavian building design at its very best.
The Building
The
Diamond is clad in 2,500 m2 black granite
- mined in Zimbabwe and cut and polished in northern Italy.
Each stone weighs 75 kg. The steel joist
in the Atrium - manufactured in Poland - and weighs one tonne
per metre. The glass walls of the Reading Rooms - made in
Germany - are 6 metres high - 2,4
metres wide and 16 mm thick weighing
576 kg each. The height is 29 m
from the basement to the glass ceiling in the Atrium - and
the library is equipped wit a total of 450 rooms
and 800 doors. |
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Inside
entrance up to the main library and reading rooms at "The
Black Diamond" |
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The
main entrance to the old buildings of the Royal Library just
opposite the Danish Parliament. |
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Location
The Black Diamond is located at the waterfront just beside
the old Royal Library and Christiansborg Palace with all the
governments’ administrations buildings. There is just
10 minutes of walk from the Town Hall Square. |
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The
Black Diamond
Address:
"The Black Diamond"
Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1
The Royal Library
1016 Copenhagen K
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The
Black Diamond - The Royal Library |
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Public
Libraries are great information and service centers
for tourists and visitors.
Use the facilities like Internet, fax-service, copying
facilities etc.,
and obtain much more information about Copenhagen |
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Libraries
are info venues for tourists
As a tourist visiting Copenhagen we recommend you to use your
local library if you are seeking information about the city
or just want to use facilities like Internet, fax-service,
copying facilities etc. You will often find a library
nearby where you are lodging, or use this link with a map
over libraries placed around Copenhagen.
www.kkb.bib.dk
The Danish word for library is "Bibliotek". CPH
-Libraries |
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