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A city walk in the name of horror and cruelty in the 18th century.We start our tour at The City Square, Rådhuspladsen, where the western city gate Vesterport once stood and was the gateway to the old walled city of Copenhagen.We continue towards Copenhagen University from the 15th century and Vor Frue Square. The anatomical theatre was located here and the executed criminals were handed over to the professors at the University who tried to understand the mystery of the human body.We walk to the City Hall and to the place where the different executions and punishments took place. Still today it's possible to see the remnants of this building. Hear about the men working in this field – bødlen og natmanden – the executioner and his fellow. You will get an insight to how life was for the people living in Copenagen in the 18th century and how law and order was upheld.At this city tour you will also hear about the Great Plague – called the Black Death and the methods that were used in finding a cure for this terrible disease that changed Copenhagen's demography drastically.You will also hear about the two huge fires in 1728 and 1795 that forever changed how the city looked!Finally you will hear one of the most tragic and horrific love stories taken place in Copenhagen in the 18th century!Welcome on this special city tour which gives you an insight to the horror and cruelty of the past!

Join me in my beautiful hometown, the fishing village of Gilleleje, and discover the lively summer town, the beautiful coastline and freshly caught fish in the charming harbour.

Gilleleje attracts guests from everywhere and is world renowned for its WWII history. In 1943 when World War II was raging, the town's fishermen smuggled Danish Jews to Sweden in the shelter of the night. We seek out the history of the little Church and Gilleleje Museum, eat a delicious dish at the harbour and walk through the town and the vicinity.

An obvious excursion from Copenhagen, only 60 km north of the capital. Meet me in the historical village

Hear the story of Copenhagen's absolutely fantastic location as guardian of the strategic entrance to the Baltic Sea, which makes Copenhagen completely unique.

Such a good location that Copenhagen was a threat to great powers such as the Hanseatic League, Holland, England and not least Sweden, who enviously watched the Danish king earn a fortune on the Øresund tax, his very personal pocket money, which he spent on a long series of fantastic buildings and castles.

Fredensborg Palace was built by Frederik the 5th in the Baroque and Rococo style and the castle park has been recreated in recent years according to the original model so that today we can experience the architect Jardin and the sculptor Wiedewelt's recreated neoclassical garden with the Nordmandsdalen, with works by his Nordic subjects.

I will tell you about the palace and the palace gardens and look forward to sharing the fantastic stories with you.

Of course, I will also tell you about what we experience and drive past on the way from Copenhagen to Fredensborg Palace.

The Danish Navy were based at Holmen, where military ships were build and fitted from 1690 to modern times. Recently the last parts of the Marine have been moved to other places. The old buildings are transformed to house businesses, architects or simply into apartments.

The area is filled with stories from dramatic times, for example from the Battle of Copenhagen when the British stole the Danish fleet in 1807 and the German occupation during WW2 where the Danish Navy sunk their own ships.

It's possible to walk to Holmen from Ny Havn harbour across one of the new bridges. It's also possible to go by the harbour-boats.

One of the things that people associate the most with Denmark is the ferocious Viking warriors familiar from films and fiction. However truth is often stranger than fiction and this tour will show you who the people known as the Vikings really were and what the truth is that lies behind these stories.

On this tour you will join a guide with huge interest in the Vikings who will take you on a journey through the mythology and lifestyle of these fearsome people.

Start at the National Museum in Copenhagen where some of the most important treasures from the Viking Age are preserved. We then head to the reconstructed Viking village in the west of Copenhagen where you will meet re-enactors and learn how the Vikings lived. From the village we will go to explore the monuments at Lejre, the old royal centre for the Danish Vikings, and the location of the hall of Heorot from the poem Beowulf.

We finish the tour by the shores of Roskilde fjord at the Viking Ship Museum before heading back to Copenhagen.

Discover the beautiful mansions in Frederikstaden in Copenhagen on a nice stroll through Copenhagen. Today Frederiksstaden, named after King Frederik is part of central Copenhagen, but once it lay outside the centre.

From the parking house at Dronningens Tværgade we have an excellent view of the area.

When we come down we see the first mansion, Moltke's Palæ. From here we walk to Frederik's Hospital, today the Design Museum, Odd Fellow-, Dehn's- and Bernstorff's Mansions.

We continue to Frederik's Church and go inside so I can reveal its stormy history. After viewing the axis towards the equestrian statue we go to the square in front of the four mansions which today form the royal palace Amalienborg.

We continue our stroll around the area and end the tour in front of an atypical mansion built of limestone.

Langelinie – Eastern Park "Østre Anlæg" – the Botanical Gardens – Rosenborg Castle – the King's Garden – the Armed Forces Historic Housing Complex "Nyboder" – Kastellet – Langelinie

This walk starts and ends at the pier of Langelinie. We walk through some of the parks that used to be part of the ramparts that surrounded and protected the old city of Copenhagen. Today the remnants are very clearly visible on a map, and one is the Botanical Gardens with beautiful greenhouses, lakes and plants at many ground levels. Here, the most vicious fighting between Danes and Swedes took place, during the Assault on Copenhagen of 1659.

On the way back we cross Rosenborg Castle, the barracks of the Royal Guard and the King's Garden, a small but very popular park for recreational activities such as picnics and sunbathing. We walk through "Nyboder", the Armed Forces Historic Housing Complex with its charming yellow townhouses dedicated to people serving the navy or military forces. We finish with a walk around "Kastellet", – which still holds part of the military administration, and is one of the most well preserved examples of 17th-18th century fortifications in Europe. From the top of the ramparts we have a fine view over the busy harbour as well as the city, and we can enjoy the fine old red buildings.

If time allows – and the church is open – we will stop to take a look. Shortly after we are back at the cruise ships pier.

Do you want to know what a plant hunter is, do you want to use your senses and do you want to hear about "Dead Man's Finger"? Then join me on a guided tour of Haveselskabets Garden in Frederiksberg.

On the tour, I talk about the garden, its history and connection to Frederiksberg Castle. We meet at Frederiksberg Runddel, at the entrance to the garden, where I briefly tell about the garden's beginnings.

Then I take you around the garden, past its buildings and various garden spaces, while I talk about the ideas behind and highlight different plantings. We pass by the garden's parade house and get an insight into the cultural history of various plants.

If you want to expand the experience further, I can also guide you in Frederiksberg Garden.

Roskilde Cathedral was originally built of wood by Harald Bluetooth around 980. The current building is from the 13th century. The church is the funeral church of the Danish kings and queens, although the tradition was only seriously cemented with Queen Margaret I, who died in 1412.

Probably right where the towers stand today, Harold Bluetooth's grandson, Canute the Great of England, Denmark and Norway, sat playing the fatal game of chess with Wolf Earl. According to legend, Wolf was killed in front of the alter the next day.

Around 1450 Christian I built the Chapel of the Holy Three Kings and in 1620 Christian IV completed his chapel on the north side. Frederik V's chapel was built in the late 18th century, and the Glückborg Chapel in the 1920s.

The guided tour is a time travel that begins with Harald Bluetooth's life and ends with today's Queen Margaret II, a fascinating marathon through the history of the church, the kings and queens, and to a certain extent Denmark. There is so much breath of history that the experience will follow you for some time after.

Let's meet at the Kings New Square, Kongens Nytorv, in central Copenhagen and you will get the knowledge of what we have learned in connection with the building of the metro.

You will be told where bishop Absalon lived before he moved to a new castle which was a gift from king Valdemar the Great. We walk through what used to be the old harbour area to see where the castle was situated, today Christiansborg Castle with the Danish Parliament.

We continue towards the Fountain square, Vandkunsten, which presumably was a market place during the middle ages. We head towards the Old Square, Gammel Torv, where the city council and later the town hall were situated, through the pedestrian street Strøget to Amager Square where the Dutch farmers sold their vegetables.

During the reign of King Valdemar Copenhagen becomes the most important city; in that aspect the growing population prompted more houses. There were many risks and the Black Death took many lives.

The Hanseatic merchants destroyed Absalon's castle.

In 1417 the city changes from being the bishop's town to the town of the kings, and the wars against the Hanseatic merchants have a great impact on the town.

You will be told about the town, its inhabitants and their way of living.

If you wish the tour can be combined with a visit to the ruins of Absalon under the Christiansborg Castle.

Copenhagen is about much more than castles and grand old palaces. The city is also home to remarkable architectural masterpieces from a new era – many of them now around 80 years old. These buildings are highlights of the golden age of Functionalism, when form, function and modern living came together in striking new ways.

In a relatively small area around Copenhagen's lakes, many of Denmark's most celebrated architects created unique landmarks that are still well worth discovering today. Different in expression and materials, but well thought out as a whole, where furniture and even door handles were thought through. That was the Danish functionalism in its thinking. The houses and furniture are still in our everyday lives.

Vilhelm Lauritzen designed the radio house (1945) in clinker and stone lined with dark wood. On Åboulevarden, Kåre Klint squeezed in the Bethlehem Church (1938) here the motif was Gothic with brick vaults. Around the lakes, Kay Fisker and C. F. Møller built large apartment blocks in cheerful Danish red stone – the finest example is the large castle-like Vestersøhus (1939). In the street further away, Arne Jacobsen began his experiments with Curtain Wall – glass facades with hidden supporting column structures. First we see the office building for A. Jespersen and Son (1955) and a little further on is Arne Jacobsen's famous SAS Hotel.

Christiansborg: The Queen's Reception Halls, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Parliament

In 1157 King Valdemar the Great donated the fishing hamlet, Havn, with its catchment area to his foster brother, Absalon, Bishop of Roskilde. Absalon soon raised a castle on an artificial island off the shore. Our tour begins in the remnants of this castle, for the walls still stand, deep under the present castle and castle square.

Following this, we shall walk around on ​​the "Castle Island" of what would be known as the Copenhagen Castle. At the beginning of the 15th century, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark, and the castle became the center of power for the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway (including Greenland and Iceland), and Sweden-Finland.

In 1733, the medieval castle was rebuilt into a dreamlike baroque castle, which, however, partially burned down in 1794. The burned-down parts were rebuilt in the classicist style by C. F. Hansen in 1828, of which the Castle Church remains, while the central parts of the castle burned again in 1884. The present castle was inaugurated in 1928.

In the last half of the tour, we shall see the Queen's reception halls and the Throne Room within the castle, which are open to the public when Her Majesty does not use them. Here we shall review the entire history of the castle and the kingdom, aided by the extraordinary tapestries.

 Time permitting, we may visit the Castle Church.

 The tour begins and ends in the Inner Courtyard of the castle.

Join me on a city walk in Copenhagen where you will see the beautiful city with the many towers. Let's meet at the stairs of the Copenhagen University in the centre of town.

You will learn bits and pieces about famous people who lived in the area in the part of the city named "the Latin quarter".

We will take a look inside the old university building, Vor Frue Plads, the square of Our Lady named after the cathedral. We'll visit the cathedral that holds the sculptures of Thorvaldsen and the residential home of the bishop.

We continue to the oldest square of the city with the famous Caritas fountain. We stroll through the narrow lanes and pass by the house where the founder of Carlsberg, brewer Jacobsen was born and where he started his production.

We walk on to the canal and look towards Christiansborg with the parliament. We enjoy the sight of all the towers and you'll get to know the city's history through what we see. 

Our city walk leads us to Højbro Square and through the pedestrian street to the Kings New Square, we pass the Royal Theatre and continue to Nyhavn, the new harbour, where we look at the old ships and where Hans Christian Andersen lived.

We walk around in the area called Frederik's City and pass the royal residens Amalienborg, and Amaliehaven the garden by the royal palace and towards the famous street Langelinie and the fountain of Gefion through the Kastellet the military defence built by Christian IV. We finish by the Little Mermaid.

The big old masters such as Kaare Klint and Mogens Koch fosters in the 1920s and 1930s the idea of functional design and design for everybody. It fails at this point but the development continues after World War II, especially with the FDB (joined Danish cooperatives) design studio for furniture controlled by Børge Mogensen.

We look at the different elements in the design process as a collaboration between joinery, furniture designer and manufacturer as seen between the Rud Rasmussen Joinery and Kaare Klint and between Carl Hansen & Son and Hans Jørgen Wegner. This also includes the importance of the relationship between good design and good business.

We will start at Design Museum Denmark, and after that we continue to the flagship store of Carl Hansen & Son in Bredgade, Cph K.

Since 1800 century Denmark has had a lot of trade and connextion to the far Middel East.

On this city walk I will take us on a guided tour from the pier that Carsten Niebuhr left from back in 1761 in order to research and investigate the norms and habits in the Middel East.

The guided tour will continue into the city centres in order to see how much influence we still have from todays Middel East in the form of shops and restaurants.

The city walk is a good way to explore a different side to Copenhagen.

Mindelunden in Copenhagen is the place where Danish resistance fighters were executed.

This is also the place where most of them were reburied and it functions as a memorial for those who died resisting Nazi rule.

I'll ensure that the dead will be honoured and remembered in quotes and narratives about their destiny.

This area was originally a military complex, though today it's a fantastic natural park with unique features and wildlife.

In the 1980's, WW2 execution grounds were discovered. We'll explore both of the locations and I'll tell you about the military heritage of the place.

I will talk about Sorø Akademi, which originally was the riches monastery in the north, owning great landmasses. The foundation of Sorø Akademi and how it has influenced the area both in past and present will be incorporated in my stories, and we will be walking along Sorø Lake – the biggest of the 3 connected lakes which surrounds the town.

My guided tour will start at Sorø Akademi, where I talk about the time when it was a monastery. After a guided tour in the astonishing garden by Sorø Akademi, where there are many special bushes and trees, we will be going for a beautiful walk along the banks of Sorø Lake. Finally, we will end up at the Church of Pedersborg, where we will be elevated and therefore have an impressive view over the 3 connecting lakes. From the Church we will also have a good view over some of the 5.000 hectars of forestry, farmlands and lakes, which is owned by the foundation of Sorø Akademi.

The guided tour can be combined with a visit in the monastery church, a boat-trip on Sorø Lake or a coffee-stop in Støvlet-Catherine’s house, where I will tell you about the lively mistress of King Christian VII.

Sorø has existed since 1142, where a monastery for the Blackfriars was built by the magnate Asser Rig. His son, Absalon, later handed it over to the White Monks, who were good estate managers. Sorø monastery's church was the north's biggest and richest monastic church in the middle ages and many kings are buried there.

In 1586 the beautiful monastery buildings were used to house the boarding school "Sorø Akademi". Today many of the students has returned to the town, where they contribute to a vigorous cultural environment.

Once upon a time in a Viking village in Copenhagen… There is not much to see of the Vikings in this big city today compared to Roskilde, Fyrkat, Jelling. However, Vikings lived 1000 years ago in what is now the old center of Copenhagen.

Archaeologists have traced the places where people were buried, built ramparts, and went out sailing in the Viking Age. All of this, as well as tasting the Viking drink, "mead", will you experience walking through the streets of Copenhagen where the Vikings lived.