Taastrup, Capital Region, Denmark

Geography | Høje Taastrup station

🇩🇰 Taastrup is a Danish railway town or/and suburb of Copenhagen - 15 km west of the capital's city centre, and formerly the administrative seat of Høje-Taastrup Municipality, Region Hovedstaden. It takes its name from the village of Taastrup Valby, which also gave its name to the station established in 1859, from which the town grew. Taastrup Valby was originally known as solely Valby, but got its full name from its location in the parish of Høje Taastrup to avoid confusion with other villages with the same name. It forms a twin (sub)urban area with neighbouring suburb Høje Taastrup since the 1980s, that has engulfed the villages of Taastrup Valby, Høje Taastrup, Kragehave and Klovtofte. This area has almost grown together with the town of Hedehusene.

Geography The town is situated halfway between Copenhagen and Roskilde, close to the suburbs and municipalities of Albertslund and Ishøj.

Høje Taastrup station is a railway station in Høje-Taastrup municipality, Denmark, opened on 31 May 1986. The station is one of the largest in Denmark. It is the terminus of S-train services B and Bx on the Taastrup radial. The station is further served by regional, InterCity and even international trains.

At the south end of the railroad station complex stands "Thor's Tower" (Torstårnet), the tallest sculpture in the Nordic countries. The railway station itself has three distinctive arches, which have become a symbol of the municipality, and have given rise to the moniker "The City of Arches" (Danish: Buernes By, which in a play on words sounds remarkably similar to the phrase Byernes By or "The City of Cities").

Taastrup, Capital Region, Denmark 

Taastrup has a population of over 35,238 people. Taastrup also forms part of the wider Capital Region which has a population of over 1,866,088 people. It is also a part of the larger Copenhagen area. Taastrup is situated near Copenhagen.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Taastrup has links with:

🇩🇪 Oldenburg, Germany 🇮🇹 Spotorno, Italy
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Antipodal to Taastrup is: -167.75,-55.65

Locations Near: Taastrup 12.25,55.65

🇩🇰 Høje-Taastrup 12.27,55.648 d: 1.3  

🇩🇰 Albertslund 12.35,55.65 d: 6.3  

🇩🇰 Ballerup 12.365,55.73 d: 11.4  

🇩🇰 Roskilde 12.083,55.65 d: 10.5  

🇩🇰 Hvidovre 12.473,55.658 d: 14  

🇩🇰 Gladsaxe 12.472,55.745 d: 17.4  

🇩🇰 Frederiksberg 12.527,55.677 d: 17.6  

🇩🇰 Lyngby-Taarbæk 12.5,55.783 d: 21.6  

🇩🇰 Hillerød 12.317,55.933 d: 31.8  

🇩🇰 Rudersdal 12.489,55.834 d: 25.4  

Antipodal to: Taastrup -167.75,-55.65

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