Discover Hellerup

Landscaped parks, changing art exhibitions, the history of care, beaches and sailing give Hellerup several distinct facets. If you’re looking for a holiday rental in Hellerup, it’s worth first deciding which themes you want to shape your stay. This lets you consider garden and park design, museums or water activities as interests in their own right.

Historic parks and gardens

Øregaard Park was opened to the public in 1918. Hellerup Beach Park has its own design history: G.N. Brandt designed it from 1912 to 1918 as Denmark’s first park based on functionalist ideas. This gives the park a clear connection to the history of Danish garden and landscape design, alongside its role as a green space. If you’re interested in designed landscapes, this historical and design context makes a particularly appealing focus.

Hellerup Beach Park includes a rose garden and a perennial garden. The perennial garden was established as part of the park in 1912 and designed by Brandt. Today, it contains around 100 different perennials, representing hardy and lush plants. The rose garden was designed by G.N. Brandt and Professor Ewald Thomsen and inaugurated in 1918. The two gardens offer a specific point of comparison: the perennial garden centres on its variety of perennials and its early establishment, while the rose garden is notable for its collaborative design and inauguration in 1918. The beach park also offers sailing activities, making water sports another possible area of interest alongside garden and landscape design history.

Art, history and architecture

Øregaard Museum presents changing special exhibitions of Danish and international art. Sankt Lukas Museum opened in 2014 with the aim of collecting and communicating the 125-year history of care. Furniture, paintings, photographs and other objects tell the story of how the Sankt Lukas Foundation developed and what it did over time. The two museums offer different cultural experiences: changing art exhibitions at one, and the history of care conveyed through specific objects at the other. If you’re interested in more than exhibitions, you can include these themes in your travel plans.

The area’s architectural history is also marked by specific dates. Hellerup Church was built in 1900 to designs by the architect Thorvald Jørgensen. The chapel at Hellerup Cemetery was designed by Andreas Clemmesen and built in 1913. The cemetery is also used as a peaceful park by the local community. Two aspects come together here: the architectural history of the chapel and the cemetery’s use as a peaceful park.

Beach and harbour

Hellerup Beach has plenty of sand, few stones, shallow water and a large playground with swings. The shoreline and playground are two specific points to consider when planning your day; for trips with children, the playground is a helpful detail, without prescribing a particular way to spend the day.

Hellerup Harbour was built in 1909–1910. Sailors from other harbours can moor there for a visit or overnight stay by paying the harbour fee. If you’re planning to stay aboard, the harbour fee is a specific part of your planning; check the current fee in advance.

Choose accommodation to suit your travel plans

If you’re looking for a holiday rental in Hellerup, first consider what you want your holiday to focus on: cultural history, park design or activities on the water. If you’d like to experience several sides of the area, you can combine different themes; if you have one clear main interest, let your own priorities guide your choice of stay.

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