Garden of the Royal Library
Hidden urban garden on a former naval harbor, with a fountain and a statue of a brooding philosopher.
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This guide to the Garden of the Royal Library in Copenhagen centers on the bronze statue of Soren Kierkegaard, seated with his eyes fixed on the spot where Regine Olsen, the woman he proposed to and then left, once lived. It follows the philosopher's engagement and the writing that grew out of it, plus the garden's earlier life as a naval harbor built for Christian the Fourth. Look for the old mooring ring still set into the stone underfoot.
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