Christian IV's Brewhouse
Fortress-turned-brewhouse now displaying hundreds of rescued royal stone statues.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Christian IV's Brewhouse in Copenhagen starts as a stone bastion built into the city's ramparts in 1608 to guard the harbor at Slotsholmen, and traces how it lost its military purpose within a decade and was repurposed to brew beer for the king's troops. You'll hear about the fire of 1632 that it survived and rebuilt from, and the far worse blaze on a May night in 1767 that finally drove the brewers out for good. Copper kettles and hop vats once filled the cobbled floors where you're standing.
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