Bellahøj
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Bellahøj Husene is a large housing project, 5km northwest of central Copenhagen
, Denmark
. It contains 28 high-rise blocks. Each block has between 9 and 13 floors. The housing project was among the first ever built in Scandinavia
. It was the first with high-rise apartments in Copenhagen when it was finished in 1956.
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. It contains 28 high-rise blocks. Each block has between 9 and 13 floors. The housing project was among the first ever built in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
. It was the first with high-rise apartments in Copenhagen when it was finished in 1956.