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What to do and see in Hellerup, Zealand: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Discover the best top things to do in Hellerup, Denmark including Memorial Park, Tuborgflasken, St. Theresa's Kirke, Helleruplund Kirke, Hellerup Kirke.
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1. Memorial Park
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4.5 based on 43 reviews
Mindelunden in Ryvangen is the official Danish memorial cemetery for members of the Danish resistance movement who fell during the Second World War. On August 29, 1943 the military area of Ryvangen was occupied by German forces, who then used this location to execute and bury members of the resistance. After the war, 202 bodies were discovered in the area, 94 of these were executed by firing squad. Today it is possible to enter the area where the Danish resistance fighters were shot and see the burial ground where many of them are reinterred. Visitors can also experience several monuments made to honor the Danes who died fighting the occupying power. All this in a very quiet and beautiful prevented park.
Reviewed By mogensen2018 - Copenhagen Region, Denmark
A beautiful and peaceful park in memory of the Danes who died in the struggle for freedom during the Second World War. Either as resistance fighters executed by the German occupying forces, or as soldiers in Allied service fell in battle, or as sailors died while sailing in convoy service. Honored be their memory.
