Hans Christian Andersen, Søren Kierkegaard and Copenhagen

H C Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard are two amongst maybe five best known Danish persons ever. Who were they and how was their Copenhagen in 1800-1870? Book this tour now and get acquainted with the inner life of Danish Culture as they still influence contemporary Danish Culture to a large degree. 

We start at the town hall at “Rådhuspladsen”. We take a look at the statue of H C Andersen and hear about his life and fairytales. 

We continue along H C Andersen’s Boulevard and take a peek into Tivoli and hear about it’s inspirations from H C Andersen. 

We then walk to St Petri’s Church to hear about “the story of a mother” and Vor Frue church which they both were connected to. Then we stop at Kierkegaard’s home on Nytorv. 

We then walk to : “Agnete and the seaman” in the canal and at the stork fountain. We hear about these tellings of H C Andersen. 

We walk down the the statue of Søren Kierkegaard in “bibliotekshavnen”. We hear about his life and his philosophy about how to become yourself, choices, anxiety and regrets. And we end at “den sorte diamant”. 

Also we hear about the connection between Søren Kierkegaard and H C Andersen. 

Book this tour now and get to know the inner life of Danish culture.