Sorte Hest

Sorte Hest
The Sorte Hest in 2018
General information
Town or city	Copenhagen
Country	Denmark
Completed	1771

Sorte Hest (English: Black Horse) is the oldest building in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. A former roadside inn, then located well outside the limits of the fortified city, standing on the Vestre Landevej (Western Country Road) leading in and out of Copenhagen through the Western City Gate. It provided accommodation for travellers as well as citizens who failed to enter the city before the city gates were locked at sunset. Today it houses a bakery and café as well as apartments. The buildings date from 1770–1800. The entire complex was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1980.

The building lends its name to Teatret Sorte Hest, a theatre based in an adjacent building. The threatre's building is not related to the former inn. It is a former iron foundry founded by Heinrich Meldahl, father of the architect Ferdinand Meldahl.