The junction of Bernstorffsgade/Tietgensgade marks the border
between middle-class Copenhagen and working-class Vesterbro.
Three monumental buildings were built here in the space of just
a few years: Vestre Elektricity Works, Copenhagen Central
Station and the Central Post Office. Architect Heinrich Wenck
took care of the station and post office in continuation of each
other, as the train had become the postal services' preferred
means of transport, and the Postal Service was the Danish State
Railways' (DSB's) biggest customer. The Central Post Office
contained both the main administration and the largest post
office in the country. The style is French 17th century baroque,
and the imposing palace conceals as many floors below street
level as above. The Postal Service proudly put its new domicile
on the country's first stamp with a special motif in 1912 - the
year it was inaugurated. Every night, the basements under the
Central Post Office were a hive of activity as the bureau
carriages" stood on the railway