Baron Boltens Gård

The passageway

Baron Boltens Gård is a historic house at 8 Gothersgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as a passageway which connects Gothersgade to Store Kongensgade. In recent years the name has also referred to an entertainment cluster located at the same address.

History

The property was originally called Weltkuglen and was in the mid-18th century a focalpoint for international trade and a popular meetingplace for prominent citizens and international merchants.^[1]

In 1767 the property was acquired by an affluent wine bottler and merchant, Henrik Bolten, who replaced it with the current building in 1771. In 1783 he was ennobled with the title of Baron von Bolten but in 1786 he went bankrupt and had to spend the last four years of his life as a tenant in the attic.

The former stable in the courtyard

The building was listed in 1918 together with its half-timbered rear wing from 1755.

In the 1980s it was refurbished and became a popular venue for Copenhagen's jetset. In 1991 the gallerists Patricia and Jacob Asbæk opened a gallery at the address. In 1997 the nightclub NASA opened on the top floor of the building and for a decade it remained one of Copenhagen's leading venues for the jetset. It filed for bankruptcy and closed temporarily in 2010.^[2] but started up shortly after in the same name.

References

1. "Baron Boltens Gård". cofman.com. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
2. "Jetset-farvel: Derfor gik Nasa midlertidigt ned". Politiken. Retrieved 2011-02-15.

Coordinates: 55°40′55″N 12°35′05″E / 55.68194°N 12.58472°E