Bølgen (The Wave) is a nine-story residential building on Skyttehusbugten, which is located directly on the Vejlefjord not far from a marina in Vejle harbor. Because of its unusual shape, its size and the exposed location to the fjord, the building complex received several awards even before its completion and is considered a new landmark of the city. For the undulating roof, which is covered with white glazed tiles, the planners were inspired by the Sydney Opera House and the hilly landscape around Vejle.
The complex consists of five wave-shaped interconnected houses, two of which were completed by 2009. They house 115 luxury apartments on an area of 14,000 m², ranging in size from 84 to 167 m² and costing between three and 13 million Danish kroner. The most expensive condominiums are two-story penthouse apartments with a living space of 250 m². There are 10 to 20 m² balconies on both sides of the apartments, from which the fjord and the Vejlefjordbroen motorway bridge can be seen on the east side and a view of the city center on the west side.
The first groundbreaking of the hitherto “most expensive residential project west of the Great Belt” was on October 10, 2007. In 2005, the Copenhagen architects Henning Larsen Architects A / S won an architectural competition advertised by Vejle Municipality and also received the local Vejle-pris for the construction the international architecture prizes LEAF Award (2010) and the Civic Trust Award (2011), which has been awarded since 1959. The building was named Årets Byggeri (Building of the Year) in 2009 by Byggeri, a trade magazine for the Danish construction industry.