Danish Jewish history in Copenhagen
Now with this hike you can make sure to keep both your body and brain moving. Take a historical walk through Danish Jewish history in Copenhagen.
On the 5 km long hike you will pass selected points of impact in Danish Jewish history. The route, which starts at the Danish Jewish Museum's unique architecture, takes you past the location of Copenhagen's first synagogue and to the atmospheric Jewish burial ground in Nørrebro. Along the way, you will meet buildings and memorials, each of which contains important stories about Jewish life in Denmark over 400 years.
Jews have lived everywhere in Denmark since Christian IV formally invited Jews to settle in Glückstadt in 1622. In a number of market towns, but especially in Copenhagen, there are still traces of a rich Jewish life. On this walking tour through Copenhagen with stops at relevant addresses, landmarks and memorials, you can experience the many facets of Danish Jewish cultural history.
Enjoy!
A Yiddish proverb reads "Az der shteyn ligt af eyn ort vert er oykh bavaksn mit groz"
Or translated into Danish "moss doesn't grow on a pebble"
The route of the hike
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The walking tour starts in front of the Danish Jewish Museum, and the tour ends at the Mosaisk Northern Cemetery on Møllegade.
The trip has a duration of approx. 2,5 hours and is 5 km long.
Below you can download a map with brief descriptions of the various stops and points on the route. The map can be printed and taken along on the hike.
In addition to the map, you can also download a historical guide to the route. Below you will find a more detailed description of the historic buildings and other memorials on the route.
→ Historical guide to the route
If you would like to follow the route online on your phone, you can find the hike here
Outdooractive.com → Outdooractive is one of the most used apps for hiking.
HistoriskAtlas.dk → HistoriskAtlas.dk is a website with interactive maps of Denmark with thousands of stories about everything from ancient monuments and listed buildings to battlefields and castles.
Danish Hiking Association → Here you can read more and find many other exciting historical walks
Collaborators
The tour is part of Historical Walks, which is a collaboration between the Danish Hiking Association, the National Museum and Denmark's Natural History Museums.
The development of the Historical Walks is supported by the Nordea Foundation.
The Danish Jewish Museum has contributed to the project with the walking route "Danish Jewish history in Copenhagen" in collaboration with the Danish Vandrelaug, Copenhagen branch.
