Assistens Kirkegård
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Ready-made walk · Copenhagen

The Lakes to Nørrebro and Fælledparken

4 stops · ~1 hr 5 min · 4.3 km

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A neighbourhood walk spanning districts, from Søpavillonen, the former skating club pavilion on the Lakes, across Dronning Louises Bro into Nørrebro. Pause at Assistens Kirkegård, where Hans Christian Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard are buried, then continue to the broad lawns of Fælledparken.

The stops, in walking order

  1. Assistens Kirkegård
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    Stop 1: Assistens Kirkegård

    ~3 min here

    Assistens Kirkegård is a cemetery with an unusual social history: it opened in 1760 as a burial ground for poor people outside Copenhagen’s crowded city graveyards.

  2. Søpavillonen
    iDietmar Rabich (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    Stop 2: Søpavillonen

    ~3 min here

    Søpavillonen is a historic pavilion beside Copenhagen’s Lakes, with a story that begins on the ice.

  3. Dronning Louises Bro
    iOrf3us (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    Stop 3: Dronning Louises Bro

    ~3 min here

    Dronning Louises Bro is the broad granite crossing carrying traffic over Copenhagen’s Lakes.

  4. Fælledparken
    iStig Nygaard from Copenhagen, Denmark (CC BY 2.0)

    Stop 4: Fælledparken

    ~3 min here

    Fælledparken is a public park formed from Copenhagen’s former commons.

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