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Which famous building did the Danish architect Jørn Utzon design?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvilken berømt bygning tegnede den danske arkitekt Jørn Utzon?

  1. aAarhus City HallAarhus Rådhus
  2. bThe Eiffel Tower in ParisEiffeltårnet i Paris
  3. cThe Sydney Opera HouseOperahuset i SydneyCorrect answer

Why?

In the late 1950s Jørn Utzon designed the opera house in Sydney, Australia. Its roof is made of large white shells that can remind you of sails or waves.

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Questions from past citizenship tests (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim in Danish with the official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the study material “Læremateriale til Indfødsretsprøven” and on Danish values. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. Current-affairs questions and questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. We are not affiliated with SIRI.

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