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StoryThe King's Seal
In 1975 Grandma borrowed Christian IV's signet ring – and never gave it back. Follow her notes through the king's old naval harbour and find it.
One continuous story from the first stop to the last. The plot is made up – the places and the history you meet are real.
- Duration
- 70 min
- Distance
- 1.3 km
- Stops
- 6
- Difficulty
- Medium
Grandma Ingeborg was a conservator with the royal collections for forty years. Her will has one sentence for you: "I borrowed the king's seal in 1975 and hid it where it belongs. Find it and hand it back, so I can rest." Beside it lay six notes.
The trail crosses Slotsholmen, where Christian IV built everything a navy needs: beer, cannon, bread and prayer. At every stop you have to find something Grandma saw – a number on a gate, a year on a plinth, a name in bronze. Each note gives a letter, and in the end the word that shows where the ring is.
Grandma Ingeborg and the ring are made up. The buildings, the statues and the story of the king's harbour are real.
Good to know
Walk it in daylight – the puzzles are read off gates, plinths and façades. The Library Garden closes in the evening. Flat all the way, with some cobbles.
Try a puzzle
This is what the puzzles feel like
Someone has put the city's name in code. Turn the wheel until the letters make sense.
Turn the wheel until the letters become a word.
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Starting point
Christian IV's Brewhouse, by Frederiksholms Kanal
Copenhagen
Leaderboard
- 1Bare oss to50:42
- 2Svensson x455:47
- 3No Clue Crew1:05:18
- 4Oma en Opa1:07:29
- 5Søstrene Sisters1:18:08
€3
for the whole team