Arne Jacobsen’s Tanken - First and Last of 2018

Dec 3

It was the summer of 2015, when I first passed by Arne Jacobsen’s Tanken. This masterpiece of a building,designed by and named after this famous Danish architect back in 1930s and constructed in 1936 cannot be looked over. Its characteristic roof was a reason for people to call it Paddehatten (which in Danish stands for mushroom) and the white Meissen tiles give it the chic look. 80 years after construction it is still a functional gas station, located on the coast line. But now, it also serves a more social role…

Every Saturday, there is a classic cars-and-coffee meet-up – similar to the Tuesday ones at Toldboden, which I described a few times already. Although I have found out about these in late 2017, I could not make it to the spot until early October this year. Let me tell you, it is well worthy going!

Doubtlessly, Porsche was the producer of the day – there were so many 911s and 356s that I simply lost the count. Oneof the most interesting ones was a blue, race-prepared 911S. The owner is an active race driver and even finished second in his first racing season with the car! It is such a great pleasure to know cars like that are actively racing –although standing there on semi-slicks it was not any less impressive.

Porsche was the producer of the day. There were so many 911s and 356s that I lost the count.

Hands down, all the cars, which came that day were stunning automobiles, not a single doubt about that. How could anyone even argue? We are speaking here about Alfa Romeo GT Junior Zagato, Ferrari 348TS, two Porsches 356 Spider, Porsche 914-6, TVR 3000M, Mercedes 190SL, Lotus Europa, few E-Types and even an MG driven by a German Shepherd. See it all in pictures!