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Arne Jacobsens Badeetablissement af 1933 Traditional Cache

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Her lå fra 1933 til 1945 Badeetablissement på Dragør Sydstrand tegnet af Arne Jacobsen

Here was from 1933 to 1945 Dragør Sea Bath, design by architect Arne Jacobsen



I mellemkrigsårene forsøgte en gruppe driftige personer at gøre Dragør til et badested der kunne tage kampen op med byerne nord for københavn.
I 1932 tegnede Arne Jacobsen et etablissement med restaurant, et 22 meter højt livreddertårn, badekabiner, brusebad, salgsboder og iskagebod. Det blev opført på Sydstranden året efter, og der var plads til 8.000 gæster. Men da krigen kom svigtede gæster og stedet forfaldt. I 1945 blev bygningern revet ned, og området blev ført tilbage til naturgrund.


Cachen: logbog, medbring selv kuglepen


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In the interwar period, a group entrepreneurial persons tried to make Dragør at a seaside resort that could stand up to the towns north of Copenhagen.
In 1932, Arne Jacobsen designed an establishment with a restaurant, a 22 meter tall lifeguard tower, bathing cubicles, shower, stalls and ice-cream parlor. It was built on the beach south of Dragør a year later, and there was room for 8,000 guests. But when the war came the number of guests failed and the place decay. In 1945 buildings was demolished, and the area was returned to a nature site.

The cache: logbook, bring your own pen

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