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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.

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.

On a lovely guided tour through Østerbro and Frederiksstaden I will tell you the history of how the Catholic Church tried to return to Denmark shortly after the Reformation, and how today there is a well-established Danish Catholic minority in Copenhagen.

We will look at Copenhagen minority history from prohibition period up to today's versatile Denmark.

The guided tour begins at Saint Augustins Church, Jagtvej 183D, where we meet up and continue the tour through Klosterfælleden in Fælledparken, past Holmens Cemetery to the school Institute of Saint Joseph at Dag Hammarskjölds Alle, before the tour ends at the Cathedral Saint Ansgars Church in Bredgade.

During the tour I will tell you about the only Danish Catholic gymnasium, the first Danish school of Jesuits, The French School and the religious community Saint Joseph Sisters of Chambery as well as the sisters' significance in Denmark. In addition to this I will tell you about other significant Catholic people including Peter Schindler and Chresten Skikkild.

Lastly, I will tell you about the Catholic minority's history in Denmark after the Reformation and about the post reformation Catholic congregation in the safe haven of Fredericia.

From a medieval fishing village to a modern capital – history, hidden details and local perspectives.

Copenhagen is much more than beautiful buildings and famous landmarks. Its history is hidden in the streets, squares and small details that most visitors pass without noticing.

We begin at the statue of Absalon, the bishop and statesman who helped transform a small harbour settlement into the Danish capital. From there, we explore the historic city centre and hear stories of kings, merchants, students and ordinary Copenhageners who shaped the city over the centuries.

Along the way, we climb the Round Tower, King Christian IV’s remarkable observatory and one of the most iconic landmarks from Copenhagen’s golden age of growth and learning.

The tour ends at Torvehallerne, Copenhagen's modern food market, where the city's long traditions of trade, food and social life continue today. Here we round off the experience with a traditional Danish pastry or an ice cream, depending on the weather, and a chance to chat about the stories and places we have explored together.

This walking tour is particularly well suited to small groups looking for a relaxed and personal experience with plenty of opportunities for questions, conversation and local insights.

Discover a part of Central Copenhagen, hear about Danish beer culture – and try great beer!

Denmark has always been a beer country – from well-known Carlsberg to modern-day small breweries that experiment will all kinds of beers!

On this tour we will go to some of the bigger venues for beers – a brew-pub and a hip place with a huge selection of beers – to try beer and have a "hyggelig" time. 

If you have a small group (max 10 people), you should also look into my other beer tour that empasizes Vesterbro. 

 "A chair is only finished when someone sits in it"

Guided tour focusing on Hans Jorgen Wegner.

Denmark's international reputation as a design nation was founded in a golden period after World War II with the style known as "Danish modern". Prior to this there was a period with focus on functionality and design for everybody, containing a desire that everyone should have the right and opportunity to buy decent furniture at a reasonable price.

This concept continues even today not only in Denmark but also in the other Scandinavian countries. Out of this thinking has also great contemporary giants such as Swedish IKEA occurred.

One of the great heroes in the modern Danish design adventure is Hans Jorgen Wegner (1914-2007). He designed for example the iconic "The round chair " used in 1962 in the U.S. presidential campaign in a duel between Richard Nixon and J.F. Kennedy. By that the chair was immortalized and got the flattering epithet "the chair".

The guided tour starts at Design Museum Denmark. Here we see many examples of Wegner's furniture design and the development of ideas in collaboration with the producers.

After that we continiues to Carl Hansen & Son's flagship store (approximately 10 minutes walk).

Carl Hansen & Son is a family owned compagny establish in 1908 in Odense. The compagny is the largest producer of Wegner furniture especially known for the popular Wishbone chair. We will look at, investigate, try and talk about some of the furniture we have seen at the museum.

Book a guided tour and learn about Danish funiture. Book your guided tour with Guide Service Denmark.

Copenhagen through fire and through water

Copenhagen was born and grew up on the waterside and flames have formed the city through two great city fires, one bombardment and two fires on Christiansborg Palace.

On this city walk we will take a closer look at the oldest part of the city – on the waterside – we will explore the area near Gammel Strand, the old beach, and Slotsholmen, the castle islet, and hear about sailors and firefighters, kings and urban development, customs and practices, beer and wine.

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 philosopher Søren Kierkegaard was born in Copenhagen and lived here all his life. Therefore, we can guide an exciting city walk with a focus on both Søren Kierkegaard and 19th century Copenhagen.

This city walk in Copenhagen focuses on Kierkegaard and the city that he virtually never left in his life. On this guided tour, we will follow in Søren Kierkegaard's footsteps and, among other things, see where he was born, baptized, confirmed, went to school and studied. Kierkegaard lived at a handful of addresses in Golden Age Copenhagen, and we pass by most of them.

Søren Kierkegaard was and is an important thinker and personality in Danish history, and his thoughts on existence have influenced religion, philosophy and psychology.
On this city tour, we will experience Søren Kierkegaard as a person, as well as learn more about 19th century, and thus the Golden Age, Copenhagen.

This city walk of Copenhagen will tell the story of the Jewish community in Denmark. 


Prohibited the entry to Denmark with the reformation of the Danish church in 1536, under King Christian the III the Jews were gradually allowed to settle in Denmark in 17th century during the reign of King Christian the IV. 


We will see Slotsholmen, taking the time to discuss the history of Christianborg, the Danish Parliament and the Danish Monarchy. One of the main attractions of the tour is the Jewish Museum Mizva situated on the island. We will talk about the story that the museum tells its visitors and the message that holds its interior design.

From there we will proceed to Copenhagen's Synagoge, and will talk about the history and the architecture of the building as well as about the life of the Jewish community nowadays. We will visit the Jewish cemetery on Nørrebro and discuss the story of the Jewish community in Denmark during the Second World War. 

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.

Copenhageners have always been something special. The king's influence on the city has truly made Copenhagen a metropolis in its own right.

Yet, one cannot say that the city is particularly "Danish." It resembles a Greek polis or even ancient Rome more than anything else. And that is not at all surprising.

On this city walk, we will explore various kings' attempts to create a city filled with buildings and monuments, making it a Rome of the North.

We will look at everything from Eigtved's brilliant constructions to equestrian statues and frescoes on this guided tour through the Danish Rome of the 18th century.