Infinite Road
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CopenhagenHelsingør

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Narrated by The Storyteller Focus: Kronborg & maritime Denmark 46 km · about 45 min · 10 stories

Up the Danish Riviera: the bishop who founded Copenhagen, the Sound Dues — Denmark's toll booth on the Baltic that funded a kingdom — the Battle of Køge Bay, and Kronborg at Helsingør, the fortress Shakespeare renamed Elsinore without ever seeing it.

The stories

In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.

  1. 1
    København, Capital Region of Denmark

    The Bishop Who Founded Copenhagen

  2. 2
    København, Capital Region of Denmark

    The Danish East India Company

  3. 3
    Gentofte, Capital Region of Denmark

    The Sound Dues and Maritime Trade

  4. 4
    Kongens Lyngby, Capital Region of Denmark

    Geography of the Øresund Strait

  5. 5
    Holte, Capital Region of Denmark

    The Battle of Køge Bay

  6. 6
    Hørsholm, Capital Region of Denmark

    The Royal Military Textile Factory

  7. 7
    Kokkedal, Capital Region of Denmark

    The Origins of Louisiana Museum

  8. 8
    Kvistgård, Capital Region of Denmark

    Fredensborg Palace and Royal Diplomacy

  9. 9
    Espergærde, Capital Region of Denmark

    The Pleasure Palace of Marienlyst

  10. 10
    Helsingør, Capital Region of Denmark

    Kronborg Castle as Maritime Fortress

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.