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Sacred Places: Five Churches

Sacred Places: Five Churches

Copenhagen · Denmark

5 stops
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through a sequence of five churches, each offering a distinct expression of Christian worship and dedication. You will encounter a cathedral alongside churches named for the Trinity, Saint Alban, Our Saviour, and Frederik. Pause at each church to consider how its name and identity contribute to the spiritual character of the walk. This focused route is a way to experience Copenhagen through its sacred buildings rather than through a general city tour.

The walk

  1. Church of Our Lady

    Church of Our Lady

    A cathedral rebuilt twice by disaster, now defined by Hansen’s severe classicism and Thorvaldsen’s apostles.

  2. Trinity Church

    Trinity Church

    A student church built into Christian IV’s extraordinary church, library, and observatory complex.

  3. Frederik's Church

    Frederik's Church

    A grand church that spent nearly a century and a half unfinished before becoming Copenhagen’s Marble Church.

  4. St Alban's Church

    St Alban's Church

    An English Gothic Revival church built in Copenhagen through royal Danish and British support.

  5. Church of Our Saviour

    Church of Our Saviour

    A church built in stages, crowned by a famously wrong-way spiral and a four-ton Christ.

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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