The neighbourhood covers approximately 0.5 km2, located between Jægersborg Dyrehave and Øresund.

The giant container ship Emma Mærsk is home-ported in Taarbæk.

On 22 May 1730, it received a royal license to brew its own beer and make its own aquavit.

[3] In 1821, local residents started working for Taarbæk to get its own school and church room.

Taarbæk became a spa town when Klampenborg Vandkuur-, Brønd- og Søbadeanstalt opened in 1845.

The new residents included the two Magasin du Nord founders Theodor Wessel and Emil Vett.

[5] Connections to Copenhagen improved even more with the opening of the Coast Line in 1884, although trevallers to and from Taarbæk still had to use Klampenborg station.

In 1909, the civil parisk of Lyngby was renamed Lyngby-Taarbæk in recognition of the growing importance of the new coastal district.

Part of the area has been turned into a small park, Cottageparken, which contains two of the buildings.