Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Birkerød (Denmark). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Frederikslund, Birkerød Kunstforening, and Fredensdal. Also, be sure to include Birkerød Church in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Birkerød (Hovedstaden).
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Frederikslund
Frederikslund is a former country house now located in the middle of a neighbourhood of single-family detached homes at Frederikslundsvej 21 in Holte, Rudersdal Municipality. some 20 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was completed in 1803 to a Neoclassical design by Joseph-Jacques Ramée. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1978.
Frederikslund Skov, a small woodland between Furesø and the Hillerød rail line, takes its name after the property..[1]
Birkerød Kunstforening
Top attraction, Museum
Address: Stationsvej 32, Birkerød
Fredensdal
Building. Fredensdal is a former country house now located in a suburban setting on the sloping north side of Søllerød Lake in Øverød, Rudersdal Municipality, some 20 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. On the lakeside below the house is a small public greenspace with a grotto built over a spring known as Suhms Kilde.
The house and a detached guesthouse were both listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1983. The garden design from the 1960s and Suhm's Spring are also included in the heritage listing.[2]
Birkerød Church
Birkerød Church is a church at Birkerød, Rudersdal Municipality, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark.
Birkerød Church is one of two churches in the parish of Birkerød, the other being Høsterkøb Church (Høsterkøb Kirke) in Høsterkøb which dates to 1908. Birkerød Church is particularly noted for its Gothic frescoes (kalkmalerier).[3]
Address: Henrik Gerners Vej 2, 3460 Birkerød
Sorgenfri
Sorgenfri is a neighbourhood in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in Greater Copenhagen lying just north of Kongens Lyngby.
The neighbourhood is enclosed between the landmarks of a forest with Lyngby Åmose, Mølleådalen and Spurveskjulskoven (lit. "sparrow shelter" forest) in the south, the Furesø Lake in the west and the parklands of Sorgenfri Palace and the Open Air Museum in the east. In the north of Sorgenfri lies the town Virum - which was till the end of the First World War a village.
Lottenborg is an inn located in Sorgenfri. The building originates from the 1700s, where the town's gatekeeper (Danish: vangemanden) lived, which gave the house the nickname 'the Gatekeeper's House' (Danish: Vangehuset). The gatekeeper worked on the royal Sorgenfri Castle, and when Princess Charlotte was born in 1789 and the house was renamed to Lottenborg in her honour. Lottenberg eventually became a popular inn, and worked as inn and restaurant for many years. After the death of the owner in 1993, the house was willed to Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality. It was put on sale in 2010 and sold in 2011.[4]
Unicars
Address: Birkerød Kongevej 74, Birkerød