Guide Service in Copenhagen

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.

A city walk of Copenhagen, looking at the beautiful buildings you can miss, when shop displays catch your attention.

During the guided tour I'll tell you about the elements of the ancient architecture there is a part of the neoclassic buildings in Copenhagen. I'll of course tell you the history and stories about the buildings. 

The tour will begin with a short introduction to classical architecture and afterwards we'll take a walk in Copenhagen looking at the beatiful neoclassic buildings.

The city walk will amongst others show you the King's New Square (Kgs. Nytorv), Christiansborg Church (Christiansborgs Slotskirke), Thorvaldsen's Museum, Church of Our Lady (Vor Frue kirke), the Court of Copenhagen (Københavns Byret, Domhuset), The Marble Church (Marmorkirken) and Copenhagen City Hall (Københavns Rådhus).

We can end the day with a little quiz.

We begin and end by Copenhagen Central Station, but this can be changed if you wish so. If you want to see a certain building, please let me know so and I can be sure to include this.

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.

The old port of Vesterbro is torn down and the city expands along Vesterbro Street. It was decided by the city counsel that all slaughtering was to take place in slaughter houses; as a consequence the stalls at Trommesalen were closed and the Brown meat market was built.

The area is expanding, life is not boring but rough! They don't lack aquavit.

We meet for the city walk at Vesterbros Torv and you will be told about the area; we are visiting court yards. We walk down Istedgade, through the Shooting Range, through an area built for the labourers at Carlsberg Brewery.

The city walk ends after having seen the surroundings at Carlsberg and hearing the history of the brewery.

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.

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.

On this two-hour walk I will tell you the history and the tales and also take you inside the beautiful Frederiksberg Gardens, former "playground" for the kings Frederik IV and Frederik VI.

The soil at Frederiksberg was not very fertile. King Christian IV destroyed the old village Solbjerg and instead he established fields to grow crops for use in the royal court. This was not a success. The Dutch were brought in as they were the experts in growing vegetables, but they had no luck either.

To turn Frederiksberg into an area of entertainment was the key to success. Of course this did not happen overnight and was not even the plan. But thanks to the royal presence it actually happened.

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.

We will start the tour at Slotsholmen, see Christiansborg, the seat of the Danish parliament and discuss the historical relevance of the site for the Danish history.

I will show you the architectonical monuments of King Christian the IV, the arsenal and the old stock exchange, Børsen.

Thereafter we will have a look at the site of the royal shipyard on Bremerholm and the Church of Holmen. We will pass by the Royal Theatre and the Royal Academy of Arts and after that we will walk to Nyhavn. From Nyhavn we will continue towards Amalienborg, where we will have the chance to discuss the Danish monarchy and the Oldenborg and Glücksborg dynasties.

The guided tour includes also the statue of the Little Mermaid, the Round Tower and much more.

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.

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.

Though Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Copenhagen was a wellknown city to him. He walked the narrow streets of Copenhagen in his achievement to proceed happiness as a writer and an actor.

This guided tour takes you by Vesterbro, the first area for Hans Christian Andersen to see in Copenhagen, leading us to the posh area of Copenhagen where the Royal Theatre is located and where Hans Christian Andersen also lived.

During the tour you will experience the different social levels which used to occur in the 19th century. The tour will also show how "every day life" was in that period of time and furthermore you will see some of the places where Hans Christian Andersen has left his own footprints.

This tour is perfect for the audience who want to know the story about the 19th century's Copenhagen, combined with curiosity about the person and fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen.

Have a fine beer at the best craft beer bars at Nørrebro and get to know more about beer styles and flavour. The fascinating story about the beer revolution in both Denmark and internationally will also be a part of the walk.

Nørrebro is the district in Copenhagen, where you are most likely to find excellent craft beer in the city of Copenhagen, which is internationally famous the quallity of craft beer bars. 

You will find around 20 craft beer bars at Nørrebro. During the walk we will visit four of the best bars: BRUS, Ølsnedkeren, Himmeriget og 1420.

We shall taste the revolution at BRUS, Ølsnedkeren, Himmeriget og 1420.

Beer ekspert, blogger, journalist og author will be your guide. 

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.

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.