On beheadings and brawls in Copenhagen, a history of violence
Beforehand we were busy beating each other up. Somehow that went out of fashion and nowadays we’d rather give each other hugs than headbutts. Illustration: Nina Søndergaard
Chess players, knights, priests and schoolteachers were violent psychopaths compared to our peaceful standards of today. The murder rate was sky high and the answer was executions on Nytorv. The news makes us think that it is very dangerous nowadays but the truth is that was much worse back in the days.
Come along on this themed city walk and hear about the fracas in the financial fraternity. A cook gets beat up and a bartender gets murdered just within a few hundred meters. We will also see some architectural details that testifies our very violent past. Come along and walk home hopefully feeling a bit more safe and happy.
The tour starts at Nikolaj Plads 32, 55.678285, 12.581247 at Admiralgade and
This corner of the church.
Fortunstræde. If you can see the restaurant ”Maven” – you are on the right spot. The tour ends at Jarmers Plads. (With a hug if you want.) Duration appr. 75 minutes according to the size and speed of the group.
There are unfortunately only few benches on the route. You can, if you must and will bother to, pull your bike along.
20€ or $25 pr. person
