Frederiksberg Park

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Frederiksberg Park is one of the Copenhagen’s largest and most attractive breathing holes. At the main entrance at the end of Frederiksberg Allé, King Frederick VI (statue made by Herman Wilhelm Bissen in 1858) extends a welcome to the more than 300-year-old park.

The park was originally laid out in baroque style but around 1800 the park was reconstructed in romantic style. This is the style of today’s park, with winding paths, canals and magnificent trees. In the park are two structures, the Temple of Apis built in 1802, and the Chinese Folly built in 1799. Overlooking the park is Frederiksberg Palace.

In 2004 an artificial waterfall on one of the small islands in the park, that originally was part of the romanticist garden, has been recreated.

Every year on Midsummer Eve, the park is a rallying point for thousands of people who attend community singing, speeches, music and a witch-burning bonfire at the lakeside in front of the palace.

Adjacent to the park is Søndermarken, which was designed and landscaped at the same time. Søndermarken Common and Frederiksberg Park are now separated by a road, Roskildevej, but together they form one of the largest park areas in any city of Northern Europe.

In a corner of the park is the Copenhagen Zoo.