Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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1.5 km
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Explore Kongens Lyngby in Denmark with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in Kongens LyngbyIndividual Sights in Kongens LyngbySight 1: Lyngby Kirke
Lyngby Church is the oldest church in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is perched on a hill above Lyngby Hovedgade.
Sight 2: Lyngby Søndre Mølle
Lyngby Søndre Mølle, literally Lyngby Southern Mill, is a defunct watermill on Mølleåen located at Lyngby Hovedgade, Kongens Lyngby, in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The current building is from 1902. The name distinguishes it from nearby Lyngby Nordre Mølle.
Sight 3: Lyngby Nordre Mølle
Lyngby Nordre Mølle is one of the two watermills in Kongens Lyngby and is no. 24 on Lyngby Hovedgade. It was built as an extension of Lyngby Søndre Mill, possibly in 1762, modified in 1846 and 1850, and it was a hammer mill and grain mill. It is the only one of Mølleåen's turbines that is ready to run by the power of the water.
Sight 4: Frieboeshvile
Frieboeshvile is a Baroque-style country house in Kongens Lyngby north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located across the street from Sorgenfri Palace, where Lyngby Main Street meets Lyngby Kongevej. The house takes its name after Frederik Casper Conrad Frieboe who is buried in the grounds together with his wife and a few other family members. Its most notable former resident is Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz who played an important part in the Rescue of the Danish Jews during World War II.
Sight 5: Sorgenfri Slot
Sorgenfri Palace is a royal residence of the Danish monarch, located in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, on the east side of Lyngby Kongevej, in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen. The surrounding neighbourhood is called Sorgenfri after it. Only the cellar and foundations survive of the first Sorgenfri House, which was built in 1705 to design by François Dieussart. The current house was built in 1756 by Lauritz de Thurah and later adapted and extended by Peter Meyn in the 1790s. Lauritz de Thurah has also designed buildings which flank the driveway closer to the road.
Sight 6: Dansebakken
Dansebakken is a round mound in Kongens Lyngby close to Sorgenfri Castle. Rundhøjen is on the Danish Agency for Cultural Heritage's list of protected ancient monuments, where it is described as a mound from ancient times of 25 by 3.5 meters with a flat top that is approximately 10 meters across.
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