More activities at Carlsberg

Signs at the closed Carlsberg Breweries in Valby, Copenhagen, show the way to the different activities that has taken over old industrial buildings and outdoor areas. Art galleries, go-kart racing, skateboard areas, dance theatre, cafés, architects, designers and many others have all found room here.

A place to climb

After the Carlsberg Breweries has stopped production at their Valby plant, the area has been opened to the public. Among the many activities opened is Klatreskoven, the Climbing Forest. Here kids, youngsters and grown-ups can climb along different routes in different heights above the ground under supervision of experienced climbers. It's opened in the weekends and on school holidays.

Looking out for their legacy

The Carlsberg Brewery in Valby, Copenhagen, is full of wonderful details, like these two busts of brewer Carl Jacobsen and his wife Ofelia. They're looking out from the balcony and seems to be keeping an eye on their legacy.

Not a Nazi

Many places at the Carlsberg Breweries in Valby is adorned with swastikas, but the reason is not that the old brewer Carl Jacobsen was a national-socialist. Instead it was used as a symbol of prosperity and good fortune, and the Carlsberg version had four dots. It was even used on the labels of the beer bottles until WWII. So the swastika on Thor's wagon is just an old trademark.

Ny Tap going down

Parts of the old Carlsberg Brewery in Valby, Copenhagen is being torn down to give room for residences, offices, shops and a school. Ny Tap, as the building was called, is slowly being demolished as is a part of the administration.