The Historian · Freja · Copenhagen
Kongens Nytorv
This square was the crown telling the medieval town to grow up. Everything grand around it faces the king on his horse.
The 'King's New Square' Christian V laid out in 1670 to drag the city into the baroque — equestrian statue, old theatre, and the mouth of Nyhavn.
— Freja, The Historian
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