Sølvtorvet
Sølvtorvet stands in Copenhagen beside the Botanical Gardens, surrounded by buildings designed for science and higher education. Built in 1890, the complex placed physics on the left and chemistry on the right. A courtyard statue shows Hans Christian Ørsted, founder of the Polyteknisk Læreanstalt, created by H. W. Bissen in 1880.
The statue moved here from Studiestræde in 1890, anchoring the courtyard’s scientific story. After the Technical University moved to Lundtofte, the University of Copenhagen’s Institute of Microbiology took over these buildings. Niels Bohr studied here and worked as an assistant lecturer between 1912 and 1914. In 1916, he became professor of theoretical physics and used a fifteen-square-metre room here for about four years.
That room sits on the top floor of the south wing, facing the Botanical Gardens, and now belongs to Biological Chemistry. Nearby, a natural history museum project brings geological, zoological and botanical collections together underground. Its visible Ocean Hall is planned for whale skeletons, while the roof joins the Botanical Garden as public space.
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