Editing Roskilde (section)

==Cityscape==
[[File:Roskilde domkirke.JPG|thumb|Roskilde viewed from the west]]
The old town of Roskilde is centred around the main square, Stændertorvet, just south of the cathedral. The original street plan is preserved in nearby Skomagergade, Algade and Hestetorvet although most of the buildings were rebuilt after serious fires in the 18th century. The area is flanked to the north by two large parks, Byparken and Folkeparken, which stretch down to Roskilde Fjord.<ref name=dsd/>

The old town is bordered to the south by the railway and main station, beyond which there are commercial buildings and apartment blocks. The residential areas of [[Himmelev]] and Veddelev to the east and north of the city have grown up around former villages. More recently, with the establishment of Roskilde University even further to the east beyond the ring road, the district of [[Trekroner]] is in full development, expected to attain some 3,500 houses in the coming years.<ref name=dsd/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roskildekommune.dk/webtop/site.aspx?p=22257|title=Byudviklingsstrategi – Roskilde Nord|publisher=Roskilde Kommune|access-date=12 January 2015 |language=da}}</ref>

One of the most exclusive residential districts of the city, [[Sankt Jørgensbjerg]], covers the hilly area to the northwest, bordered by the fjord. Initially a fishing village dating back to the Viking era, it became part of Roskilde in 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjblokalraad.dk/om/historien-om-sankt-jorgensb.html|title=Historien om Sankt Jørgensbjerg|publisher=Sankt Jørgensbjerg Lokalråd|access-date=12 January 2015 |language=da}}</ref>

Finally, Roskilde Municipality is developing the innovative [[Musicon]] quarter to the south of the city in an area of {{convert|25|ha|abbr=on}} where a cement factory once stood.<ref name=musicon/> Located in the same district as the fairgrounds used for the Roskilde Festival, there are medium-term plans for establishing creative companies and housing for young people in the area. A large rock museum named "Ragnarock" opened in April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kultunaut.dk/perl/sted/type-nynaut/nr-1241331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216172402/http://www.kultunaut.dk/perl/sted/type-nynaut/nr-1241331|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 December 2014|title=Musicon|publisher=KulturNaut.dk|access-date=16 December 2014|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://museumragnarock.dk/en/om-os/|title=Ragnarock|publisher=mueumragnarock.dk|access-date=6 November 2019|language=en|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106090526/http://museumragnarock.dk/en/om-os/|url-status=dead}}</ref>