Frederiksberg Have

Frederiksberg Have is a historic royal landscape garden beside Frederiksberg Palace on Valby Bakke, entered through the gate at Frederiksberg Runddel and extending toward Frederiksberg Allé and Copenhagen Zoo. King Frederik IV began the project in the late 1690s as the setting for his summer residence; Nicodemus Tessin the Younger proposed the original design, Hans Heinrich Scheel developed it, and Johan Cornelius Krieger shaped the formal Baroque garden. From 1795, garden designer P. Petersen transformed it into the English landscape style seen today, with winding paths, canals, lakes, small islands, grottos, waterfalls, temples, and the Chinese Summerhouse. The entrance gate dates from 1755 and was designed by Lauritz de Thurah after the earlier Prince’s House was damaged by fire, while Frederiksberg Palace now houses the Royal Danish Military Academy. The garden is open year-round, with seasonal closing times; early morning is the quietest period, and the canals and palace views are especially clear in spring and early autumn.