MUSEUM OF THE HOUSE OF THE HILL (BAKKEHUSMUSEET)
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the "House on the Hill" was bought by Knud Lyne Rahbek and converted into a place dedicated to the culture of the Danish Golden Age.
The "Hill House" is a yellow house, with two wings at right angles to each other, enclosing a nice garden, in a quiet, partly pedestrian street near Carlsberg. The house, already existing in 1520, was an inn on the main road to Roskilde. It was bought in the early 19th century and transformed into a place dedicated to the culture of the Danish Golden Age by its new owner, Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760-1830).
The enlightened editor of magazines (director of the Royal Theatre and also a songwriter) and his wife Kamma had a salon here, where they entertained the beau monde of the time. Adam Oehlenschlager, Johannes Ewald, the young Hans Christian Andersen, the sculptor Thorvaldsen and the Norwegian painter J. C. Dahl were regulars in this literary and artistic circle. Avant-garde to the tips of their fingers, the couple had opened an artists' residence as well as a guest house to finance their projects!
Preserved in its original state, the house gives an idea of the life of the wealthy intellectual circles from the Enlightenment to the Romanticism. The Rahbek's apartment is in its original state but nicely restored. The garden is a haven of peace. Kamma was a passionate gardener and had laid out one of the first English gardens in the capital. The orangery serves as the museum's café, a nice place to have lunch! A restoration campaign completed in 2020 has given it back the glow of its youth!
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