page_title: Vandkunsten (square)
section_title: Notable buildings and residents
hierarchical_section_title: Vandkunsten (square) / Notable buildings and residents
caption_attribution_description: English: Vandkunsten 10 in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Vandkunsten is a small square in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located on the corner of Rådhusstræde with Løngangstræde. The name also refers to a fountain from 1910 that stands in the middle of the square.
context_section_description: Four buildings on the square are listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places. Two of them. No. 8 and No. 10, were built as breweries. No. 8 is from 1750. In the 1810s, the brewer moved his activities to Kompagnistræde No. 39 on the other side of the block and the house on Vandkunsten was then converted into a residence for him and his family. The four Ionic order pilasters on the façade date from this time. 
   The Ording House ( No. 10), on the corner of Gåsegade, is from 1803 and was also built as a brewery. A memorial plaque on the corner commemorates the Swedish storm assault on Copenhagen which took place February 10 and 11, 1659 at this site0.  The three-bay house at No. 11 (1735) and No. 13 (1754) are also listed.
  The large property at the end of the square (No. 12, on the corner of Løngangsstræde, is called Kronborg due to its Historicist design which is remniscient of that of Kronborg Castle in Helsingør. The building is from 1895 and formerly served as headquarters of the Danish Teachers' Association. The building on the corner of  Frederiksholms Kanal (Vandkunsten 1) is from 1910 and was designed by Aage Langeland-Mathiesen.
caption: Vandkunsten 10
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