page_title: Bernstorffsgade
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bernstorffsgade / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Copenhagen Central Station in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Bernstorffsgade is a street located next to Central Station and Tivoli Gardens in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Vesterbrogade in the northwest to Kalvebod Brygge on the harborfront in the southeast, and marks the boundary between the districts Indre By and Vesterbro.
context_section_description: Bernstorffsgade and the two parallel streets Reventlowsgade and Colbjørnsensgade were established in 1881. The three streets were named after Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow and Christian Colbjørnsen, three of the driving forces behind the peasant reforms of the 1780s. The section from Tietgensgade to Kalvebod Brygge was originally called Tømmerpladsgade (Timber Site Street) but it was merged into Bernstorffsgade  in 1914.
  Due to its location outside Copenhagen's West Rampart, in what had been known as Dronningens Enghave, the site was still dominated by open land, although Tivoli Gardens had opened at the site in 1843. Copenhagen's first railway station opened at an adjacent site in 1847 but had moved to the other side of Vesterbrogade in 1866.
   
  Skandinavisk Panoptikon, a combination of a wax museum and a cabinet of curiosities established by  Vilhelm Pacht, opened at the corner with Vesterbrogade in 1885. Cyclisten, a cycling club, constructed a 350 metres long cycle-racing track with canted curves, tribunes and restaurant at the street in 1893.
  The cycle racing track was inaugurated on 22 May and was used for six-hour races for both men and women. It was joined by Copenhagen Goods Station in 1895-1901. The station was designed by DSB's head architect Heinrich Wenck. The cycle-racing track was torn down in 1904 to make way for the new Central Station which opened in 1911. Bernstorffsgade was originally located a little further to the west (where Banegårdspladsen runs today) but was moved in connection with the construction of the new station.
caption: The new Central Station in 1911
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