Enigma

 

The impressive post building at Øster Allé - on the south-east corner of Fælledparken and close to the football stadium - was designed by Thorvald Jørgensen and was completed in 1922. 

It has been converted into a museum of post and telecommunications and replaces the postal museum that was in the central post office in Møinichens Palæ on Købmagergade. 

There are post office counters just inside the main entrance although most of the ground floor is now a large and pleasant cafe - Enigma Kantina - with long tables where you are encouraged to talk to other people.

They also sell gifts and smaller design items as well as souvenirs related to postal services and there is a sunny courtyard to the side - presumably the yard where postal vans loaded and unloaded.

The square in front of the building has been almost completely taken over by construction works for one of the new metro mtations so it will be interesting to watch how this area changes and develops over the next few years once the extension to the metro is finished and the station opens in 2018.

Enigma, Øster Allé 1