page_title: Lorry, Frederiksberg
section_title: Feilberg's venues
hierarchical_section_title: Lorry, Frederiksberg / History / Feilberg's venues
caption_attribution_description: English: Riddersalen, part of the Lorry entertainment venue, in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Lorry is a former entertainment venue in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Its history as an entertainment venue goes back to 1834 when the country house Enighedslyst was converted into a tea garden. The name refers to a later owner, Frederik Laurentius Feilberg, who was popularly known as Lorry. The listed building complex now houses TV2/Lorry, TV2's local news station for the Copenhagen area; a small theatre, Riddersalen; and a café.
context_section_description: In 1896, Kehlet sold his establishment to Frederik Laurentius Feilberg, known as Lorry, who named it after himself. He changed the name of Café Chantant into Operetten. The tradition with singing girls was discontinued in 1914 when Operetten was renamed Riddersalen (English: The Knight's Hall). It served as a venue for cabarets. In 1909 and 1913, he acquired two neighbouring buildings for expanding his entertainment establishment.
  In 1910, he expanded the ground floor into a new venue, Landsbyen (English: The Village). The interior walls were painted as facades of half-timbered farmhouses and there were a forge, a farmer's kitchen and a well while the stage resembled a horse carriage. The audience was seated at small tables spread out across the floor.
  In 1913, Kehlet opened Drachmenn Kroen (English: The Drachmann Inn), a large popular restaurant named after Drachmann who had died in 1909. The room was decorated with a series of paintings by Aksel Jørgensen which incorporated Drachmann and Edith in scenes from Drachmann's works. Feilberg also had plans to convert it into an elegant hall where afternoon guests could have tea accompanied by subtle music while it could be rented out for private celebrations in the evening. However, due to an illness which prompted him to sell, Feilberg never put his plans through but they were realized by his successor, Valdemar Nielsen, who opened Guldaldersalen (English: The Golden Age Hall).
  The Landsbyen venue saw another expansion in 1929. The decorations were adapted to resemble tyrolean houses with balconies and murals of snow-capped mountains painted on the rear walls. An expansion of the stage created room both for an orchestra and soloists. The inspiration was Haus Vaterland on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.
caption: Riddersalen in the 1910s
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