Welcome to Denmark's best known cemetery, Assistens in Copenhagen, the final resting place of famous Danes, like fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen and philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. For more than 300 years, the people of Copenhagen have buried their dead - known and unknown - at Assistens Kirkegård cemetery. Today the cemetery is one of the Nørrebro area's most interesting and lush green oases, where both locals and visitors go for a stroll. Assistens Kirkegård cemetery in Copenhagen exudes both big and small stories that represent the dead. Here, you will see thousands of gravestones of notable people from the last centuries of Danish history - Hans Christian Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard being the most famous. But also the graves of people like physicists H. C. Ørsted and Niels Bohr and - closer to our own time - the poet Michael Strunge and singer Natasja Saad make Assistens an interesting place to visit. As locals know, behind this long, yellow wall lies great beauty. Assistens Cemetery in Nørrebro is no ordinary graveyard. It is also a public park and a cultural treasure trove, where you can explore the history of Denmark, sunbathe on the lawns and relax with friends under the trees. For decades, young people from Nørrebro have studied for exams or picnicked in the company of Søren Kierkegaard, Hans Christian Andersen, Peter von Scholten and H.C. Oersted, among the cemetery’s nooks and crannies, trees, ivy, rhododendron bushes the size of houses and ancient, picturesque tombs. As soon as the sun shows its face, families with young children, joggers, retirees, cyclists and lovers flock to the cemetery’s many green corners. This unique oasis has been compared to the famous historic cemeteries of Paris and London, and with good reason. The old chapel has been converted into a culture centre that tells the story of the cemetery’s 250-year history, the many famous people buried here and its unique nature. Assistens Culture Centre organises tours of the cemetery, and its schools service provides educational resources based on the cemetery and its history. The cemetery is still in use, and the graves, both old and more recent, display highly personal touches. The cemetery is now under a conservation order, so this national treasure will be protected from new development projects and continue to fascinate visitors. Seeing the resting places of HC Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard in this peaceful cemetery was worth the walk. Assistens Cemetery isn’t just a burial area, it’s also a cultural site and public park Build in 1760 👉Six Graves to Know in Copenhagen’s Assistens Kirkegård 👉 https://www.scandinaviastandard.com/scandi-six-graves-in-assistens-kirkegard/ Thanks for the beautiful music 🙏 👉A Sad State Of Freedom by Savfk | https://www.youtube.com/savfkmusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/