• For its first 25 years, Assistens served as a paupers´ cemetery. It proved difficult to persuade the citizens of Copenhagen to use a cemetery that was...
  • Copenhagen Parks: Rosenborg Castle Gardens. Best of Copenhagen Sights →. Copenhagen Parks: Assistens Kirkegård (Assistens Cemetery).
  • A tree alley and people walking in Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen. © olli0815/Getty Images/iStock. Assistens Kirkegård.
  • Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark, is the burial site of a large number of Danish notables as well as an important greenspace in the Nørrebro district.
  • Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark, is the burial site of many Danish notables as well as an important greenspace in the Nørrebro district.
  • Assistens Cemetery has a TripExpert Score of 82 based on expert reviews in publications including On the Grid, Afar Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler and Fodor's.
  • Cemetery records are a complimentary record to the more commonly used church and civil death/burial records. The records come in several different forms from headstones...
  • ...a friend in Copenhagen for a whirlwind 40 hours, and for about an hour of that time we walked through Assistens Kirkegaard (Assistens Cemetery) in the city’s...
  • Assistens Cemetery (Danish: Assistens Kirkegård) in Copenhagen, Denmark, is the burial site of a large number of Danish notables as well as an important...
  • Assistens Cemetery (Danish: Assistens Kirkegård) in Copenhagen, Denmark, is the burial site of a large number of Danish notables as well as an important g…