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Church of Our Saviour

A baroque church in Christianshavn whose spiral spire has an outside staircase winding to a golden ball.

Photo: Guillaume Baviere from Helsingborg, Swe… · CC BY-SA 2.0
Open
The spire in good weather; it closes in storms and ice
Price
Paid for the spire
Time Needed
45 minutes
Address
Sankt Annæ Gade 29, 1416 CopenhagenDirections
Getting There
Christianshavn station (Metro).

Why Go

The 400 steps end with 150 on the outside of the corkscrew spire, narrowing to the top, with a view across the city and the Øresund.

Inside, the church has a grand organ held up by carved elephants.

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