The Tuborg Bottle is a 26 metres tall landmark shaped as a Tuborg bottle located close to Tuborg's former brewery site, now Tuborg Havn, Hellerup, in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
The Tuborg Bottle was originally constructed as Tuborg Breweries' contribution to the Nordic Exhibition of 1888 in Copenhagen and it was then located where Copenhagen City Hall stands today. Tuborg was the first Danish brewery to market bottled beer as an alternative to the traditional beer barrels.[1] The structure was designed by the architect Viggo Klein and executed by the theatrical painter Carl Lund. Denmark's first mechanical lift transported visitors up to the observation platform. The lift was operated by the water pressure from Copenhagen Waterworks through a system of stamps and pulleys. The top of the bottle was after dark illuminated by electrical lights.[2]
The Tuborg Bottle was after the closure of the exhibition in 1889 moved to a site next to the Tuborg headquarters at the corner of Strandvejen and Carolinevej in Hellerup.