TouristAttraction
Arne Jacobsen's Petrol Station
Kystvejen 24, 2920
On the Margueritruten
Arne Jacobsen's Petrol Station sits directly on the route through Sjælland og Hovedstaden.
About
Arne Jacobsen's Petrol Station
The petrol station was nicknamed Paddehatten, the Mushroom, because of its ellipse-shaped canopy roof.The reinforced concrete building was faced with white Meissner tiles - signalling purity and cleanliness.A functionalist masterpiece By this simple means Arne Jacobsen managed to build an impressive structure - one that was later to be considered among his finest functionalist masterpieces. The petrol station was designed, under contract to Texaco, as a new standard model. But the model was never put into production. It is now a class A historic monument. To this day, the petrol station remains the only one of its kind, fully intact and virtually unaltered since its erection in 1938. Only the petrol pumps are recent additions.
Around here
Nearby on the Margueritruten
Frequently asked
Is Arne Jacobsen's Petrol Station on the Margueritruten?
Yes — Arne Jacobsen's Petrol Station sits directly on the route through Sjælland og Hovedstaden.