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Assistens Cemetery

Copenhagen, Denmark

Assistens Cemetery, Kapelvej 2, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark

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VISITOR INFORMATION

The Kierkegaard and Bohr graves are separate stops within the same public cemetery. Use the city map or cemetery signage to find each. Copenhagen lists cemetery access as 7 a.m.–7 p.m. October–March and 7 a.m.–10 p.m. April–September. Keep to public park areas when resting; the central burial area is reserved for mourners. Copenhagen identifies street parking spaces on Kapelvej near the cemetery. They are separate from the burial ground, may be paid, and can change with street works; check posted signs.

City guidance lists April–September 7 a.m.–10 p.m. and October–March 7 a.m.–7 p.m.; check current entrance notices.

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Consider May–September for more comfortable weather; confirm current access and visiting hours.

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About Assistens Cemetery

Niels Bohr and Søren Kierkegaard are buried at different graves within Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen.

The City of Copenhagen maintains the cemetery and publishes visitor guidance and a map.

History happened here at Bohr family grave, Assistens Cemetery

Established in 1760, Assistens Cemetery became Copenhagen’s burial place for notable writers, thinkers and scientists.

Kierkegaard was buried here in 1855; Bohr was buried here in the family grave in 1962.

PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE

PEOPLE AT REST HERE

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Søren Kierkegaard

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Niels Bohr

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