Taarbæk
Encyclopedia
Taarbæk is a Copenhagen
suburb. The village covers approximately 0.5 km2, located between Jægersborg Dyrehave
and Øresund in the Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality. The population is estimated to 1700 residents. Traditionally Taarbæk was a fishing village, but nowadays the village is inhabited by people from the middle or upper class. Taarbæk is named after a former village called Torsbæk, which was located just north of where Taarbæk is today.
Despite the small size Taarbæk has its own school, church, port, tennis club, water skiing club and football club.
The water skiing club is among the best in Denmark. The football club Taarbæk IF
, is one of the oldest football clubs in Denmark, founded on August 23, 1908.
Taarbæk was and still is home to the famous priest Thorkild Grosbøll
.
The giant container ship Emma Mærsk
is home-ported in Taarbæk.
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...
suburb. The village covers approximately 0.5 km2, located between Jægersborg Dyrehave
Jægersborg Dyrehave
Dyrehaven , officially Jægersborg Dyrehave, is a forest park north of Copenhagen. It covers around 11 square kilometres...
and Øresund in the Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality. The population is estimated to 1700 residents. Traditionally Taarbæk was a fishing village, but nowadays the village is inhabited by people from the middle or upper class. Taarbæk is named after a former village called Torsbæk, which was located just north of where Taarbæk is today.
Despite the small size Taarbæk has its own school, church, port, tennis club, water skiing club and football club.
The water skiing club is among the best in Denmark. The football club Taarbæk IF
Taarbæk IF
Taarbæk Idrætsforening is a minor football club from Taarbæk, Denmark. The club was founded August 23, 1908 and is among the oldest Danish football clubs. The first team is playing in the serie 2, the seventh highest Danish league. The club plays its home games at the Springforbi football ground...
, is one of the oldest football clubs in Denmark, founded on August 23, 1908.
Taarbæk was and still is home to the famous priest Thorkild Grosbøll
Thorkild Grosbøll
Thorkild Grosbøll is a former parish priest in the Church of Denmark. In the early 2000s he achieved a lot of media attention in Denmark for publicly stating that he does not believe in an interventionist creator God....
.
The giant container ship Emma Mærsk
Emma Mærsk
Emma Mærsk is the first container ship in the E-class of eight owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group. When she was launched in 2006, Emma Mærsk was the largest container ship ever built...
is home-ported in Taarbæk.