Assistens Cemetery
Historic garden cemetery of shaded avenues where Golden Age writers, thinkers and jazz greats lie among locals at rest.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen opens on a strange detail: the grave in front of you was never meant for the man whose name is carved on it. It traces how Hans Christian Andersen, a cobbler's son who spent his life chasing a place in Copenhagen's literary world, came to be buried in a plot belonging to his closest friend's family. You'll also hear how Assistens began in 1760 as a plague cemetery for the poor before a wealthy official made burial here fashionable, and meet fellow residents like philosopher Soren Kierkegaard along the way.
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