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Exploring Naestved

Nestled in the island of South Zealand is the city of Naestved, the region’s cultural and commercial hub. Just an hour away from Copenhagen, it is also home to about 42,000 residents where a significant percentage goes to work in the capital city but prefers to live here for the relatively lower price of housing. It is known to be a settlement as early as the Iron Age, long before the Vikings came into the area. Its foundation as a town was marked in early 12th century when the Benedictine monks were given Saint Peter’s Church and the lands surrounding it. […]

Thorvaldsens Museum

Craig Hewitt

Bertel Thorvaldsen was a prolific Danish neoclassicist sculptor who envisioned a museum building that will one day house all his works and private art collections in his native city of Copenhagen. Unfortunately he died four years before the building was completed in 1848 but it has gone down in Denmark’s cultural annals as the country’s first art museum and is today one of the city’s most visited attractions. […]

Gammeltorv

Craig Hewitt

If you’re in Copenhagen and you find yourself in Stroget – the city’s longest pedestrian and shopping street- chances are you have been to Gammeltorv. “The Old Square,” as its name says is actually the oldest square in the city. Gammeltorv dates back to the 15th century when it was already in use as a major marketplace where farmers come to sell their livestock and fresh produce. As it was the first square in the city, it also quickly became a meeting place and was the site of the town hall. […]

Kastellet

Craig Hewitt

It is hard to imagine that a serene and lovely place such as the Citadel was once the site of violent battles and sieges in Denmark. But visitors to this popular tourist attraction in Copenhagen can still see the many structures that have served to protect the city. The Kastellet was started by King Christian IV in the early 17th century and was completed by his son and the successor to the throne King Frederick III. […]

Assisten’s Cemetery

Craig Hewitt

What was originally intended to be a burial ground for Copenhagen’s lower class and by definition an area used to assist other cemeteries that were already full became by circumstance a cemetery for the country’s elite and intellectual. Today, Assisten’s Cemetery is known as the biggest burial site in the city, a public park used for picnics, open-air concerts and other purposes and a popular tourist attraction for its notable “residents.” […]

Things to do in Osterbro

Craig Hewitt

You may not find a lot of tourists scrambling to see this quiet, upscale neighborhood located north of Copenhagen’s city centre – but that is part of its charm, along with its accessibility to most parts of the city. And if you ask its residents they will tell you there is more than enough fun and entertaining things to do even if you’re just staying in the area. […]

Discovering Indre By

Craig Hewitt

The “inner city” of Copenhagen offers the best attractions for any visitor. Combining medieval charm and modern comforts, historic wonders and green areas, Indre By is the “true” heart of Copenhagen. It is where the capital city actually started and the neighboring districts have expanded from, right during King Christian IV’s reign over Denmark from the 16th to the 17th centuries. […]

Nyboder

Craig Hewitt

Tucked quietly in the Fredriksstaden district is the historic row of houses of the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy, part of Copenhagen’s colorful heritage and a tourist attraction. Amidst the unassuming neighborhood, the 17th century military barracks still stands proudly – the distinctive bright yellow houses with their red shingled rooftops are a reminder of the city’s strong naval forces and its history as a fortified city. […]

Strolling in Stroget

Craig Hewitt

“The world’s longest pedestrian street,” “the longest shopping in Europe” – if these aren’t words that would interest any visitor to Copenhagen then nothing else will. Situated between Raadhuspladsen and Kongens Nytorv is the carfree-zone of Stroget, a favorite haunt among locals and a popular site for tourists. It is said that the area has about 250,000 foot traffic per day, which peaks during the summer. […]

The David Collection

Craig Hewitt

The capital city of Denmark boasts of a number of impressive museums and one of its gems is the David Collection in Kronprinsessegade. Borne from the private art collection of one man – businessman, avid art lover and collector Christian Ludvig David – the museum holds fine and applied art from all over Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. What it is most known for however is its vast collection of Islamic art that dates from the 7th to the 19th centuries.
The neo-classical building which houses the museum has a history in itself. […]