Cities / Copenhagen
Denmark
Copenhagen: A bishop’s harbour, a builder king, two fires, one bombardment and one rescue.
Copenhagen was a harbour before it was a capital. A historian walks Absalon’s fortress under the parliament, Christian IV’s brick city, the fires of 1728 and 1795 that gave it its shape, the British bombardment of 1807, and the October nights of 1943 when the city’s Jews were rowed to Sweden.
The timeline the walk follows
The bishop’s castle on Slotsholmen.
Rosenborg, the Exchange, Nyboder: the builder king.
A third of the city burns; a second fire in 1795.
The British fleet shells the city for three nights.
Seven thousand Danish Jews cross to Sweden in fishing boats.
Themes
Choose one, or name your own.
Two hours covers one theme well. Three hours links two.
- Absalon and the harbour city
- Christian IV’s Copenhagen
- Fires, bombardment and the classical city
- Occupation and the rescue of October 1943
- Christianshavn, Nyhavn and the working harbour
- Kierkegaard and Andersen’s Copenhagen
Private walk
Your group only, your questions, your pace.
Group walk
Schools, companies, cruise and coach groups. Larger groups split.
Your theme
A period, a person, a family story. We find the historian who knows it.
Led by
A historian from Copenhagen, from LocalBini’s vetted network
Meeting point
Central, confirmed in your booking email
Not included
Entry tickets to monuments and museums
Questions
About Copenhagen.
Bicycle or foot?
On foot, two hours. A bicycle version of three hours reaches Christianshavn and Nyboder.
Winter?
Yes, shorter, with a warm stop. Ask for the December version.
Cancellation?
Free cancellation up to 7 days before the walk. Within 7 days the walk is non refundable, since the historian has reserved the time. We reschedule for severe weather at no cost.
Walk Copenhagen with a historian.
Date, time, length and theme. We reply within a day and confirm your historian within two to three.