Vor Frelsers Kirke

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  • Address
    Sankt Annæ Gade 29, Christianshavn
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  • Phone
    32 57 27 98
  • Transport
    bus: 350S, 2A, 66, 19, 47
train: Christianshavn

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Lonely Planet review

A few minutes southwest of Christiania is the 17th-century Vor Frelsers Kirke. The church has a grand interior that includes an elaborately carved pipe organ dating from 1698 and an ornate baroque altar with marble cherubs and angels.

For a soul-stirring panoramic city view make the head-spinning 400-step ascent up the church's 95m-high spiral tower - the last 150 steps run along the outside rim of the tower, narrowing to the point where they literally disappear at the top. The colourful spire was added to the church in 1752 by Lauritz de Thurah, who took his inspiration from Boromini's tower of St Ivo in Rome. It was climbed in 1752 by King Frederik V on inauguration day.

If you'd like to hear the organ, it's used in church services, including an English-language one that's held at noon on Sunday. Piped music is often played in the church anyway, making it a rather nice spot to collect your thoughts before resuming a tour of the area.