Nivå


Nivå is a town with a population of 8,011 in the municipality of Fredensborg on the island of Zealand in Denmark. Nivå is a residential town on the coast of the Øresund. It has a stop on the Copenhagen – Helsingør Kystbanen rail line.
The town is a home for Nivaagaard museum, marina, and a small shopping center by railway station, which includes a library, Fakta, Netto and Spar supermarkets. The town possesses two schools; Nivå Skole Syd and Nivå Skole Nord, whilst a golf course lies to the West. Its landscape is varied and ranges from marshland to suburban habitations. 20% or more of the inhabitants have a foreign background.

History

For several hundreds of years, the town and the surrounding areas and villages, lay ground to three brickyards. Today, the landscape are marked with former clay pits, which now serves as lakes and a marina bassin.
The oldest known ring oven in the world has been preserved. It used to be a part of the oldest brickyard, Nivaagaard Brickyard. The brickyard is regularly open for visits each summer.

Music

Nivå Musiklaug holds an annual festival at the Kalvehaven: many talented young musicians play. One of the performers playing at the 2006 event was Danish singer-songwriter Tobias Trier.

Nivaagaards Malerisamling

Nivaagaards Malerisamling was opened by Johannes Hage in 1908. The house is situated in an extensive park and is full of different varieties of rhododendron.
The museum houses art from the Italian and North European renaissance and the Dutch and Danish grotesque.

Notable people