"Working-Class Copenhagen: The story of Industrial Era and former Red Light district

Working-Class Vesterbro, Red-Light Past

"Working-Class Copenhagen: The story of Industrial Era and former Red Light district

★ 4.81 27 reviews on GuruWalk

A Vesterbro walk about industry, workers' housing and the former red-light district, run by guide Bahadir and listed on GuruWalk.

Free pay what you want

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Listed on GuruWalk, run by an independent local guide

Takes you to the guide's GuruWalk page, where a free place is reserved directly. Nothing is paid here, and nothing is paid there either: the tip is handed to the guide in person once the walk ends.

Duration
1 hour and 30 minutes
Language
English
Meeting point
Hovedbanegården
Where it walks
Vesterbro
Guide
Bahadir
What it costs
Free, pay what you want

Bahadir leads this pay-what-you-want walk through Vesterbro, tracing the district's working-class and industrial past. The route takes in Istedgade and the former red-light quarter, the old Koedbyen Meatpacking District and Enghave Plads, ending near the modern Carlsberg Byen development. It runs about 1 hour and 30 minutes and is listed on GuruWalk, rated 4.81 out of 5 across 27 GuruWalk reviews.

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