Kongens Lyngby (shortforms Kgs. Lyngby or Lyngby) is the main city in the affluent municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk, just north of Copenhagen, Denmark in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Danish, Sjælland), Denmark's largest island. The city consists of two districts, Lyngby (east of Lyngby station) and Ulrikkenborg (west of the station). The municipality has a population of 51,611 (as of January 1, 2005). Lyngby-Taarbæk (usually not written as Lyngby-TÃ¥rbæk) is a municipality in eastern Denmark, in the county of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand. ... For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ... Map showing location of Zealand within Denmark. ... Lyngby station entrance, looking from the bus terminal i direction of the entrance. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Among other things the city is home to the Technical University of Denmark, the Lyngby Boldklub football team, several large IT companies, financial institutions, major international engineering firm COWI A/S, and the much respected Lyngby-Taarbæk Philharmonic Orchestra. Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)) was founded in 1829 as the College of Advanced Technology (Danish: Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt) belonging to the University of Copenhagen. ... Lyngby Boldklub is a Danish football club founded in 1921. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Engineering is the applied science of acquiring and applying knowledge to design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... COWI headquarters in Lyngby COWI A/S is an international consulting group, specialising in engineering, environmental science and economics, based in Lyngby, Denmark. ... Lyngby-Taarbæk Symfoniorkester (engl. ...

The Danish Prime Minister's summer residence, Marienborg, is also located in the area on the shore of Bagsværd Sø (Danish, "Lake Bagsværd"). It is frequently used for official purposes, and to receive state visitors such as foreign dignitaries. This is a list over the heads of government in Denmark, from the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in 1849 until present. ... Marienborg is the official residence of the Danish prime minister. ...

See also

• Lyngby station

Lyngby station entrance, looking from the bus terminal i direction of the entrance. ...

External links

• Kongens Lyngby, Wikitravel - travel guide

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Maps

• "Kort over kommunen" - Low resolution map over the entire municipality

Coordinates: 55°46′12″N, 12°30′00″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...