Busstoppestedet ligger overfor den gamle kiosk ved broen.

Because Danish, like German, very often builds nouns as compounds written as a single word.

busstoppestedet breaks down like this:

• bus = bus
• stoppested = stopping place / stop
• -et = the definite ending for a neuter noun

So:

• et busstoppested = a bus stop
• busstoppestedet = the bus stop

The double s is just the result of joining bus and stoppested.

The ending -et is the definite article attached to a neuter noun.

In Danish, the is often added to the end of the noun:

• et busstoppested = a bus stop
• busstoppestedet = the bus stop

Danish has two grammatical genders:

• common gender nouns usually take -en in the definite singular
• neuter nouns usually take -et in the definite singular

So here, busstoppested is a neuter noun, which is why the definite form is busstoppestedet.

In Danish, ligger is very commonly used to talk about where places are located.

So:

• ligger = lies / is situated / is located

In English, we usually just say is, but Danish often prefers ligger for towns, buildings, bus stops, shops, and other physical locations.

So Busstoppestedet ligger overfor ... is very natural Danish for:

• The bus stop is located opposite ...

Using er here would usually sound less idiomatic.

No, they are different.

• overfor = opposite / across from
• foran = in front of

So in this sentence, overfor den gamle kiosk means the bus stop is across from or opposite the old kiosk.

If you used foran, it would mean the bus stop is physically in front of the kiosk, which is a different idea.

This is an important Danish pattern.

When a noun is definite and has an adjective before it, Danish usually uses:

• a separate definite article (den/det/de)
• the adjective in its definite/plural form
• the noun without the usual definite ending

So:

• en gammel kiosk = an old kiosk
• kiosken = the kiosk
• den gamle kiosk = the old kiosk

That is why you get den gamle kiosk, not den gamle kiosken.

Also:

• den is used because kiosk is a common gender noun

Because adjectives change form in Danish depending on the noun pattern.

Compare:

• en gammel kiosk = an old kiosk
• et gammelt hus = an old house
• den gamle kiosk = the old kiosk
• det gamle hus = the old house
• gamle huse = old houses

The form gamle is used:

• in the definite
• and in the plural

Since den gamle kiosk is definite, gamle is the correct form.

broen is the definite form of bro:

• en bro = a bridge
• broen = the bridge

The ending -en is the definite singular ending for a common gender noun.

So:

• ved broen = by the bridge / near the bridge

Here, ved means by, near, or next to.

So ved broen means:

• by the bridge
• near the bridge

It gives extra location information.

A useful distinction:

• på broen = on the bridge
• ved broen = by/near the bridge

So the kiosk is not on the bridge; it is near it.

Most naturally, it describes the kiosk:

• overfor den gamle kiosk ved broen = opposite the old kiosk by the bridge

Because ved broen comes right after den gamle kiosk, a listener will usually connect it to the kiosk.

But in real life, context matters. If the situation makes it obvious that the whole location is near the bridge, it could sometimes feel more general.

Still, the most straightforward reading is:

• the kiosk is by the bridge
• the bus stop is opposite that kiosk

The word order is very normal Danish main-clause word order:

• Busstoppestedet = subject
• ligger = verb
• overfor den gamle kiosk ved broen = the rest of the sentence

So the pattern is:

• Subject + verb + location

Danish is a verb-second language, which means the finite verb normally comes in the second position in a main clause.

Here, the subject is first, so the verb comes right after it.

You could also front the location phrase:

• Overfor den gamle kiosk ved broen ligger busstoppestedet.

That is also grammatical, and now ligger still stays in second position.

A rough learner-friendly version might be:

BUS-stop-steh-theth li-gor o-ver-FOHR den GAM-luh ki-OSK vel BRO-en

A few notes:

• y does not appear here, so that helps
• ligger is roughly LEE-gor or LI-gor, depending on accent
• gamle is roughly GAM-luh
• broen is often said something like BRO-en, though in natural speech the vowels may run together more smoothly
• Danish pronunciation is often much softer and less clearly spelled-out than English speakers expect

If you want, I can also give you:

• a more accurate IPA version
• a slower syllable-by-syllable pronunciation guide
• or an audio-style imitation for English speakers