Towers in Denmark

This bellfry was once said to be the Devil’s lair—or perhaps the home of a mischievous gnome?

A spiralling hourglass-shaped tower rises from the forests in Denmark.

A unique, modernist church tower that appears to float above the ground.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Plans for this local observation tower were debated for so long, the allocated funds lost value and the design had to be changed.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

This modernist tower was saved by a fraternity with a 500-year-old penchant for shooting at wooden parrots.

A model memorial to the original Odin Tower, the second highest tower in Europe before it was sabotaged by Danish Nazis.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.