Guide Service in Copenhagen

Walk through Copenhagen, from North to South. On this long hike you will get to know the green lungs of Copenhagen, and many "secret places" that most Copenhageners are not even aware of.

You have a guide and will learn about the places we walk through, but there will be longer stretches of pure walking, so you will get your physical shape tested. In all, we will walk around 13-15 kilometers, depending on your pace. On the hike, you have a chance to get to know the other particpants – or get an in-depth talk with the guide.

The tour lasts around 5 hours, and there will be a break on the way to get a ligther lunch or refreshment – or just dine from your lunch box!

The north-west part of Copenhagen has a tarnished reputation for being like a neighborhood with ethnic tensions. But this district also offers the city's best urban life, the most interesting shops and workshops for the creative industries, because of relatively low rents.

The district contains both an architecture award-winning library, small creative start-up companies and a gourmet restaurant. Once upon a time, the Northwest was a rural neighborhood and a paradise for the working population to escape the gloomy district of Nørrebro. Here you could get light and air in the exemplary architectural design, general,
social residential construction.

On this city walk through the district of diversity, I show you how life is lived here, from the first houses were erected on the fields in the early 1900s, to the young vibrant and multi-ethnic Northwest we see today.

We look at the furniture from the great Danish classic designers such as Kaare Klint, Hans Jorgen Wegner, Børge Mogensen, Finn Juhl, Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjærholm.

How were they inspired and how they developed new techniques and idioms? We are talking about the international inspiration and influence, particularly within Danish design DNA that Denmark is known for internationally. The concept of democratic design is also linked to the Scandinavian design tradition and we are looking into this.

The tour has its starting point at the Design Museum Denmark and can be continued for Carl Hansen & Son's flagship store to feel and try some of the designs we've seen.

A walk from Roskildevej in Rødovre to Utterslev Mose in Brønshøj, which is approximately half of the total rampart.

As a green belt with hundreds of picnic areas and "secret" resting or play areas, Vestvolden – the western rampart stretches 15 km around the western suburbs of Copenhagen.

The rampart is part of the fortification that was constructed around 1900 as a response to the British attack on Copenhagen in 1806. Vestvolden consists of green lanes, avenues and plains in various levels. As a natural part of the fortification there is also a moat as well as "shooting kaponieres" built in concrete.

It has in recent years been restored and re-emerged from decades of vegetation. Today it is a place for many types of physical challenges and recreational activities from walking, running, biking, picnics, role plays. Only for non-motorised traffic.

Refreshments or picnic must be supplied as there are no natural places on the route – a visit to the exhibition and information center may be possible if planned.

Experience one of Denmark's most well-preserved castles. Rosenborg is home to the Danish crown jewels, but also has a unique collection of art, furniture, and quirky items.

We will explore the favorite castle of king Christian IV, known as the great "builder king" in Danish history. We will admire the magnificent furniture and decorated rooms, while learning about the sometimes funny, sometimes sad stories of kings and queens of the past.

Experience the story of Christian IV's death and see the treasures from his legendary battle against the Swedes, which provided inspiration for one of Denmark's national anthems.

Learn about the royal scandal that resulted in the creation of the current Queen's Crown and discover the sarcastic "gift" that a king gave to his unfaithful wife.

We start the tour with a visit to Rosenborg Castle, which was previously the kings' summer house outside Copenhagen's city limits. We visit the well-preserved rooms where the royal family previously lived and see the crown jewels in the basement, which are some of Europe's oldest.

Afterwards, we will stroll through the King's Garden, greeting Hans Christian Andersen's statue along the way, and wander through king Frederik V's distinguished "City of Frederik" to Amalienborg Palace. Here you can admire one of the most beautiful palace squares in Northern Europe, admire the royal guards, and learn why the four mansions of Amalienborg jointly became the royal family's permanent Copenhagen residence.

Depending on how early you want to start the tour, we can finish by seeing the royal guard exchange at noon. The tour can also be extended to a long city walk in Copenhagen.

Join me on a coach tour to North Zealand and visit the beautiful castles and the palace still lived in by the royal family.

We drive along the coast from Copenhagen, enjoying the Erimitage Castle and I will till you about the castle which has an interesting history.

We continue going north to Helsinor for a visit at Hamlet's castle Kronborg, listed world heritage by UNESCO and a remarkable castle with a unique position by the sea.

We head towards Frederiksborg Castle which is a unique renaissance castle. We visit the palace and the church and may go for a walk in the gardens if time allows.

From Hillerød we pass by Fredensborg palace the summer residens of the royal family, before returning to Copenhagen.

During the tour I will reveal the history of the castles to you and I will do guided tours at the castles.

If you wish lunch can be arranged by GuideServiceDenmark

Copenhagen is rightly famous for its most renowned inhabitant the Little Mermaid but there is so much more to the city than her. On this tour I will take you around the classic Copenhagen sights and show you the heart of this fascinating city.

The tour will start at The Little Mermaid. We then pass the biggest sculpture in the city, the Gefion fountain. On to the residence of the royal family, Amalienborg. Now it is time for photos at Nyhavn, the most photographed place in Denmark. The Baltic Sea is all around  us, and we sense the maritime past.

We continue by passing the beautiful Royal Theatre, then the famous walking street Strøget with all the shops, after which we stroll by Parliament, the royal horse stables and National Museum and finish by passing the oldest street in Copenhagen and the oldest square on our way to City Hall and Tivoli.

You will get a fun and fast-paced introduction to Danish history and culture during the tour.

City walk in Copenhagen. Take a guided tour of the inner city and discover why many streets, towns and squares have such interesting street names. I explain why Cristal street, Krystalgade, has got its special name, why one street is called "shit street" (Magstræde) and the main walking street is called Købmagergade, just as I tell the story of the "Grey Brother-" and "Coal-" squares and much more.

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.

In this tour around the Sound (Øresund), we'll experience the streets of Copenhagen and afterwards cross the Sound bridge to Malmoe and Lund in Sweden.

In Copenhagen we'll see the Little Mermaid statue, the royal family's residence Amalienborg, Nyhavn, Christiansborg Castle – Denmarks centre of power, and Tivoli.

After this we'll drive to Southern Sweden over on of the longest bridges in the World. In Malmoe, one of Europe's greenest cities, we'll see its unique modern architecture such as the Turning Torso and Malmøhus at ''Museum Island'', which is one of the best-preserved Renaissance castles in Europe. On this tour we'll also pass by Malmoe's many parks.

Lund ''the city of ideas'' will be our next stop. We'll visit the researcher's park Ideon, the city's cathedral with its unique astronomical clock from the 15th century, and the cultural-historical open-air museum Kulturen, which is housed in buildings from the 17th up to the start of the 20th century.

Embark on an archaeological journey in the Viking Age and the Middle Ages.

On this city walk we will move in the oldest part of Copenhagen, towards Rådhuspladsen. I will tell you about the city's appearance and structure, its trade and the dominant Catholic religion.

We'll meet the humble peasant and merchant from Sct. Clemens Cemetery and hear stories about disease, health and everyday life in the Medieval Copenhagen. 

We'll stop at Gråbrødre square where the oldest of the city's monasteries was situated and we'll finish at Kultorvet, where archaeological findings of surgical objects can tell us more about death and medical treatment in the past.

Copenhagen anno 1857 – a timetravel.

The city is just about to go through an extreme physical, social and cultural transformation, in which the little capital will evolve into an expanding city with modern boulevards and modern city people.

In the middle of this transformation, the writer Claudius Rosenhoff guides tourists through the streets of Copenhagen in his "Illustrative Tourist Guidebook" published in 1857.

We will take a trip with the "time machine" and follow in the footsteps of Rosenhoff. Here we will discover amazing stories about how Copenhagen became a modern city in the 19th century.

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.

Join a city walk in Copenhagen and follow the footsteps of our famous fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen, the world-known philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and the theologist Grundtvig. Get to know the history of the city while doing so.

The Golden Age of Danish Art is a specifically fascinating period. Never have so many great artists and thinkers been gathered on such little space as in Copenhagen in the first half of the 1800s. Painters, writers, sculptors and scientists – they were all there. They all influenced Denmark, our way of thinking or the way our society is today. 

We pass the University of Copenhagen, we pass some of the buildings where Hans Christian Andersen lived and I'll introduce you to his Copenhagen. We visit the Cathedral of Copenhagen, Vor Frue Kirke, with the famous statue of Christ by Thorvaldsen and I show you the statues of Kierkegaard and Andersen. 

On our city walk you will also see Tivoli from the outside and heare about the founder of this famous amusement garden, Georg Carstensen who created Tivoli on parts of the ramparts of Copenhagen. Famous painters from the period are Købke and Eckersberg who are connected to Charlottenborg, where the art academy used to be. 

The tour includes a 1 hour guided visit to either the Museum of Thorvaldsen or to the Glyptotek, with an introduction to their collection of paintings from this period.