The Round Tower (Rundetårn) on Købmagergade - A Copenhagen viewpoint & a top attraction Copenhagen
We are at
The Round Tower (
Rundetårn) located on the
Købmagergade walking street in the
Old Town part of
Copenhagen in
Denmark. Rundetårn (or The Round Tower as it is called in
English) is one of Copenhagen´s top tourist attractions and one of the best places to get a breathtaking
360 degree view of the
City of Copenhagen (one of Copenhagen´s best, if not the best viewpoint of the city). If you continue walking down Købmagergade you will eventually reach Copenhagen´s most famous walking
Street ,
Strøget (Stroget).
Wiki write about Rundetårn, "The Rundetårn (English:
Round Tower) is a
17th-century tower located in central
Copenhagen, Denmark. One of the many architectural projects of
Christian IV, it was built as an astronomical observatory. It is most noted for its equestrian staircase, a 7.5-turn helical corridor leading to the top, and for the expansive views it affords over Copenhagen.
The tower is part of the
Trinitatis Complex which also provided the scholars of the time with a university chapel, the
Trinitatis Church, and an academic library which was the first purpose-built facilities of the
Copenhagen University Library which had been founded in 1482.
Spiral Walk
The Spiral walk leading to the top of the Round Tower is a unique piece of
European architecture. This 209 meter long spiral walk winds 7
1/2 times around Rundtårns hollow core right up to the final stone stairs that lead the visitor ono the
360 degree viewing platform. This spiral walk is the buildings only connection between the tower and the library room (exhibition hall nowadays) ringer ceiling, tower and church.
Library Room
About halfway up the tower you will arrive at the Library room.
The Library room is a huge 900 square meter hall which nowadays is used for exhibitions and other cultural events throughout the year. This is also where Rundetårn´s shop and café are located. Your admission ticket to the Round Tower also gives you (the visitor) access to the exhibition hall.
Bell Loft
The Ringer Ceiling or Bell Loft is located toward the top of The Round Tower.
The impressive original timber structure is still intact and visible on
Ringer Ceiling of the
Library Hall, where among other things you can see the big clock from 1731, and other things from the tower and church history.
The View
Rundetårn (The Round Tower) provides a spectacular 360 degree view of the City of Copenhagen. The viewing platform of the tower lies 34.8 meters above street level and from there
you can among other things look out over the old
Latin Quarter and spot the city's most famous buildings.
Observatory
The Observatory which lies at the top of Rundetårn (The Round Tower) is
Europe´s oldest functioning observatory. It was used by the
University of Copenhagen until 1861, but today anyone can visit the observatory and study the stars in the sky and planets through the telescope.
Wiki writes about
Copenhagen Denmark, "Copenhagen is the capital and most populated city of Denmark, and second largest in
Scandinavia, with an urban population of 1,246,611 and a metropolitan population of 1,975,361 (as of 1
April 2014). It is situated on the eastern coast of
Zealand, 42 km northwest of
Malmö, Sweden and 164 km northeast of
Odense. The city stretches across parts of the island of
Amager and also contains the enclave of
Frederiksberg, a municipality in its own right."
According to a
CNN International (2014) in an online article, Copenhagen is ranked as the number 1 healthiest city in the world to live, the heading being "Where
Happiness is the
Truth".
This GoPro Hero3+ action cam footage is filmed in Copenhagen, Denmark on Købmagergade and inside and on top of the Round Tower (Rundetårn), one of Copenhagen´s most impressive places to visit to get a 360 degree view of the city.
Wiki writes about GoPro
Action Cameras, "GoPro,
Inc.(formerly
Woodman Labs,
Inc) is an
American corporation that develops, manufactures and markets high-definition personal cameras, often used in extreme action video photography. They are known for being compact, lightweight, rugged, wearable or mountable in unusual places such as outside a quadcopter, planes, cars, boats, bicycle and motorcycle helmets or army tanks. The cameras capture still photos and/or video in HD through a wide-angle lens and can be configured to work automatically with minimum intervention and/or remotely
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