Kongens Lyngby (shortforms Kgs. Lyngby or Lyngby) is the main city in the affluent municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk, just north of Copenhagen, Denmark in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Danish, Sjælland), Denmark's largest island. Lyngby-Taarbæk (official spelling The spelling Lyngby-Tårbæk is occasionally used is a municipality ( Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Zealand (also Sealand Danish: Sjælland;) is the largest Island (7031 km² of Denmark (excluding Greenland Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the The city consists of two districts, Lyngby (east of Lyngby station) and Ulrikkenborg (west of the station). Lyngby station is a station on the Hillerød radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. The municipality has a population of 51,611 (as of January 1, 2005). New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Among other things the city is home to the Technical University of Denmark, the Lyngby Boldklub football team, several large IT companies, financial institutions, major international engineering firm COWI A/S, and the much respected Lyngby-Taarbæk Philharmonic Orchestra. The Technical University of Denmark ( Danish: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, DTU was founded in 1829 as the 'College of Advanced Technology' (Danish Den Lyngby Boldklub is a Danish football club founded in 1921 It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and COWI A/S is an international Consulting group specialising in Engineering, Environmental science and Economics, based in Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Symfoniorkester (engl Lyngby-Taarbæk Philharmonic Orchestra is a full philharmonic Amateur Orchestra based in Kgs
The Danish Prime Minister's official residence, Marienborg, is also located in the area on the shore of Lake Bagsværd (Danish, Bagsværd Sø ). The Prime Minister of Denmark (statsminister is the Head of government in Danish politics. Marienborg is the summer residence of Denmark 's Prime Minister, and is frequently used for official purposes Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the It is used for official meetings and to receive state visitors such as foreign dignitaries.
See also
External links
- Kongens Lyngby, Wikitravel - travel guide
Maps
- "Kort over kommunen" - Low resolution map over the entire municipality
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