Gefion Fountain

This guide to the Gefion Fountain in Copenhagen tells the old Norse story cast in the bronze in front of you: a king named Gylfi, charmed by a wandering woman's company, promises her all the land she can plow in a single night, not realizing she is the goddess Gefjon in disguise. You'll hear what she does next, turning her own four sons into oxen and yoking them to a plow. The guide also covers the fountain's real-world backstory, including the brewer who funded it through his family's foundation. Stand back from the basin to take in the full scale of the oxen straining against the water.