Hellerup offers several specific reasons to stay: a history of gardens and parks with dated designs, museums covering different subjects, as well as a beach and sailing. If you’re looking for accommodation here, you can start by considering what you want your trip to focus on: art, social history or activities on the water. Hellerup Beach Park offers particularly many historical points of reference.

Park History and Gardens

Hellerup Beach Park was designed by G.N. Brandt from 1912 to 1918 as Denmark’s first park based on functionalist ideas. The design period spanned several years; its designation as Denmark’s first functionalist park gives the design a clear historical context. The perennial garden was established in 1912 as part of the beach park and was also designed by Brandt. Today, it features around 100 different perennials representing hardy and lush plants. The rose garden was designed by Brandt and Professor Ewald Thomsen and inaugurated in 1918.

Øregaard Park was opened to the public in 1918. The years therefore have different roles: the period refers to the design of the beach park, 1912 to the establishment of the perennial garden, and 1918 to the inauguration of the rose garden and the public opening of Øregaard Park. This makes it possible to distinguish design, establishment, inauguration and opening as different historical reference points. The park’s design also offers a cultural-historical perspective beyond the museums.

Art, Care and Architectural History

Øregaard Museum hosts changing special exhibitions of Danish and international art. Sankt Lukas Museum takes a different approach: it opened in 2014 with the aim of collecting and communicating the 125-year history of care. It displays furniture, paintings, photographs and objects that tell the story of how the Sankt Lukas Foundation developed and what it did over time. The cultural choice is clearly differentiated: Øregaard Museum focuses on changing art exhibitions, while Sankt Lukas Museum focuses on the history of a care institution and its collection pieces.

Sacred architecture can also be explored through specific construction dates. Hellerup Church was built in 1900 to plans by architect Thorvald Jørgensen. The chapel at Hellerup Cemetery was designed by architect Andreas Clemmesen and built in 1913. The attributions are clearly distinguished for an architectural comparison: Jørgensen is associated with the church, and Clemmesen with the cemetery chapel. The cemetery is also used as a peaceful park for the surrounding area.

Beach and Sailing

Hellerup Beach has plenty of sand, few stones, shallow water and a large playground with swings. Sailing activities are also available at Hellerup Beach Park. Sailors from other harbors can moor at Hellerup Harbor to visit and stay overnight by paying the harbor fee. These are different water-related features to consider when planning: the beach is characterized by its terrain and playground, while the harbor offers sailing and the option of an overnight stay for visiting sailors, subject to a fee. If you plan to make use of this option, factor in the harbor fee and check the latest information for visiting sailors before your trip.

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