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Historical Pod Walk Tour on the Slaves of Copenhagen

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Copenhagen has a dark history that few people know about... The Slaves of Copenhagen is a dramatized, historical audio tour that takes you on a walk from Nyhavn and into the area around Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen. Along the way, you will be introduced to unique Copenhagen buildings and sculptures that draw blood-red threads directly back to Denmark's time as a slave-trading nation. You will also be taken to Ghana in the year 1802. Here you will experience up close how the 14-year-old Kwame is kidnapped by slave hunters. You follow his cruel journey from the African coast across the merciless Atlantic to a new life in the New World.

  • Download of the podwalk for offline use
  • Mobile app for Android and iOS
  • Not included: Smartphone and headphones
  • Not included: Transportation
  • Not included: Food and drinks

The Slaves of Copenhagen is a self-guided, dramatized audio walk that you can complete at your own pace while visiting Copenhagen. The podwalk runs on a mobile app. We recommend that you download the app before arrival.

The podwalk will end in Bredgade, close to Amalienborg Palace, where you will see one of the historical buildings connected to the Danish slave trade.

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  1. Nyhavn n.11 is the starting point of this podwalk and of the exploration of Copenhagen's history of slave trading.

  2. The mansion of an owner of a slave plantation in Saint Croix.

  3. Today, it hosts the administration of the royal household. In the past, the house of the man with near monopoly on the transatlantic slave trade from the Gold Coast to the Danish West Indies and Copenhagen.

  4. Today it's a hotel, but in 1787 this was one of the warehouses owned by the Danish West India–Guinea Company in Copenhagen.

  5. Today, it hosts the Royal Cast Collection. But it hasn't always been like that.

  6. The statue is one of the clearest symbols of Danish colonial history.

  7. Danish-Scottish merchant Christopher MacEvoy once was the owner of this impressive building. His family was probably the largest slave-owning family in the West Indies.

Wheelchair accessible Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller Service animals allowed Public transportation options are available nearby Transportation options are wheelchair accessible Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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