Bellevue Beach

One of Arne Jacobsen's characteristic lifeguard towers
For the Bellevue Beach in Aarhus, see Bellevue Beach, Aarhus.

Bellevue Beach (Danish: Bellevue Strand), often simply referred to as Bellevue, is a beach at Klampenborg on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. With up to 500,000 visitors a year,[1] it is one of the most popular beaches in the Copenhagen area, although it attracts somewhat fewer Copenhageners since the inauguration of the Amager Beach Park and the Copenhagen Harbour Baths in 2005.

Bellevue is a 700-metre-long sandy beach[1] with adjoining lawns. The characteristic blue-striped, almost cartoonish,[2] lifeguard towers and the geometric kiosks were designed by Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen in 1932.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Bellevue Strand". bornibyen.dk. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. ^ Jones, Finn-Olaf (2007-07-29). "On the Edge of Copenhagen, a Place to Unwind". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  3. ^ "Arne Jacobsen - Absolutely Modern". arcspace. Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2010-01-16.