Skydebanehaven

Skydebanehaven (English 'The Shooting Range Gardens') is a small public park in the heart of the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The most distinctive feature of the park is the Neo-Gothic Shooting Range Wall which was constructed in 1887 to shield traffic on Istedgade from stray bullets.

The other end of the park is bounded by the rear of the former headquarters of the Shooting Society, a Neoclassical mansion which has more recently housed the Museum of Copenhagen.

In 1887 a tall wall was constructed to shield newly established Istedgade from stray bullets from the shooting range.

In 1949 the society moved to Sølyst Manor at Klampenborg north of Copenhagen, while the city acquired the rest of the property on Vesterbrogade.

The shooting range, 1830
The Royal Copenhagen Shooting Society's building, 1888
The shooting range with the new Shooting Range Wall in the 1880s
The Shooting Range Wall seen from the park