Østerbro is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, Denmark

Denmark

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. It is located just north of the city centre

Indre By

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, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located close to present-day Østerport Station

Østerport station

Østerport station is a railway station in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is served by most S-trains, Kystbanen and other regional trains, as well as some InterCity trains.The station is used by approximately 30,000 passengers each day.-History:...

. From the beginning, Østerbro has been the most Bourgeois

Bourgeoisie

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 -bro district, and it remains one of the most affluent areas in Copenhagen.

Geography

Østerbro has an area of 11.84 km² and a population of 68,769., It is bordered by Nørrebro

Nørrebro

Nørrebro is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is northwest of the city centre, beyond the location of the old Northern Gate , which, until dismantled in 1856, was near the current Nørreport station.-Geography:...

 to the west, Hellerup

Hellerup

Hellerup is a Danish town of Region Hovedstaden, located in the Gentofte Municipality in Denmark. It is bordered to the east by the sound Øresund and to the South by Copenhagen and counted among the most affluent areas in Denmark....

 to the north and Øresund to the east.

Landmarks

• Danish Meteorological Institute
  Danish Meteorological Institute
  The Danish Meteorological Institute is the official Danish meteorological institute, administrated by the Ministry of Transport and Energy. The institute makes weather forecasts and observations for Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands....
  
  
• Den Frie Udstilling (The Free Exhibition)
• Gasværket
  Gasværket
  Østre Gasværk Teater is a theatre in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, located in an abandoned gasometer of the former Øster Gasværk . The theatre is constructed within the masonry shell that used to house the gas holder proper...
  
  
• Frihavn
• Fælledparken
  Fælledparken
  The park Fælledparken in Copenhagen, Denmark, was created 1906–1914 by landscape architect Edvard Glæsel in cooperation with the Copenhagen Municipality on the commons previously named Nørrefælled and Østerfælled....
  
  
• Garrison's Cemetery
• Parken
  Parken Stadium
  Parken Stadium is a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990–1992. It currently has a capacity of 38,065 for football games, and is the home ground of F.C. Københaven and the Danish national football team...
  
  , the National Stadium
• Rigshospitalet
  Rigshospitalet
  Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, or simply Riget, is the national hospital of Denmark, located in the capital city of Copenhagen, between the streets of Blegdamsvej, Tagensvej and Nørre Allé...
  
  
• Trianglen (“The Triangle”)
• Østerport Station
  Østerport station
  Østerport station is a railway station in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is served by most S-trains, Kystbanen and other regional trains, as well as some InterCity trains.The station is used by approximately 30,000 passengers each day.-History:...
  
  
• Kastellet
  Kastellet, Copenhagen
  Kastellet, located in Copenhagen, Denmark is one of the best preserved fortifications in Northern Europe. It is constructed in the form of a pentagram with bastions at its corners...
  
  

In culture

• In the popular children's novel, Number the Stars, the road Østerbrogade is featured in this book in which the Annemarie and her friends are running down Østerbrogade but are then stopped by a Nazi soldier.

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