Østre Anlæg
Landscaped park on former city ramparts, its old moat surviving as three tranquil lakes.
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This guide to Ostre Anlaeg in Copenhagen follows Heinrich and Pauline Hirschsprung, a tobacco manufacturer and his wife who spent decades collecting Danish art before giving the whole collection to Denmark in 1900. It traces the park's earlier life as part of Copenhagen's ring fortification, with the old moat surviving as the three lakes around you, and the museum built here on condition of the gift. Look for the lakes' curve as you walk, tracing the old fortress line beneath the park.
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