Frederiksstaden to the Little Mermaid

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Amalienborg

   ~3 min here

   Amalienborg is a palace complex arranged around an octagonal courtyard, with matching façades making each side read as a separate palace.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Marmorkirken

   ~15 min here

   Marmorkirken is the church before you, celebrated for its great dome and Rococo character.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Medicinsk Museion

   ~1 hr here

   Medicinsk Museion is a museum and research unit devoted to the cultural history of health and disease.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Designmuseum Danmark

   ~1 hr here

   Designmuseum Danmark brings together Danish and international design with a broad range of crafts in a Copenhagen museum.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Den Kongelige Afstøbningssamling

   ~1 hr here

   Den Kongelige Afstøbningssamling is a museum of plaster casts housed in Vestindisk Pakhus on Toldbodgade in Copenhagen.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Gefionspringvandet

   ~3 min here

   The Gefion Fountain is a harbour-front monument of stone and flowing water, showing the Norse goddess Gefjon driving oxen as they haul a plough.

7. 7

   

   Stop 7: Den lille Havfrue

   ~3 min here

   Den lille Havfrue is a bronze statue of a mermaid in the act of becoming human, created by Edvard Eriksen and set on a rock beside the water along Copenhagen’s Langelinie promenade.

8. 8

   

   Stop 8: Kastellet

   ~3 min here

   Kastellet is a citadel shaped as a pentagonal fortress, with bastions marking its corners.

9. 9

   

   Stop 9: Nyboder

   ~3 min here

   Nyboder is a historic Copenhagen district of former naval barracks, arranged as rows of houses for Royal Danish Navy personnel and their families.

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