The six forgotten giants: review
Why the number matters here and nowhere else
A hundred and thirty-eight verified bookings at 5.0 is a different kind of statement from the same score on fourteen. At that sample size a run of bad afternoons would have shown up: a wet transfer, a guide having an off day, a group that did not gel. None has. Of the six walks on this site, this is the only one where the rating is doing real work rather than standing in for evidence that does not exist yet. The ranking of all six is built on exactly that distinction.
What the reviewers single out
The guiding, first and most often. Michelle, from Australia: “I really enjoyed this tour, our guide was fantastic. We had 5 of us and all had a great time laughing and finding the Giants.” Sergio, from Canada, more bluntly: “Simply amazing. The amount of knowledge Alex shared is incredible.” Marta, from Italy: “Wonderful experience to enjoy a slightly different side of Denmark with an extremely competent, punctual and friendly guide.”
Marta’s phrase is the useful one. A slightly different side of Denmark is what you are buying: not the harbour, not the palaces, not the pedestrian street. Melissa, from the United States, says the same thing from the other end: “Our favorite activity in Copenhagen! Nice to get outside the city and explore.” Four separate reviewers name the guide or the getting-out, and none of them names a troll. That tells you what the day is.
What you are actually doing for four hours
Finding six large wooden sculptures by Thomas Dambo, placed in green spaces around the edges of Copenhagen: Sleeping Louis, Hilltop Trine, Oscar Under the Bridge, Thomas on the Mountain, Little Tilde and Teddy Friendly. Dambo is the named artist and the reason the walk exists; he is the one proper name on this site that belongs in a headline. Private transport moves you between them, a guide talks, there is a coffee break and a meal, and the whole thing takes four hours out of a day.
The honest framing: this is a nature walk with six good reasons to stop, sold to people who have already seen the middle of Copenhagen. It has no connection to the dark-history material the rest of this site is about. It is here because it is bookable, it is in English, it is excellent, and a lot of visitors looking for a memorable Copenhagen afternoon end up on it. The best tour in Copenhagen is the wider comparison.
What works
- 138 verified bookings at 5.0, the strongest evidence on this site
- In English, on a daytime schedule, with no date-availability problem
- Transport, a guide, a coffee break and a meal are all included
- Six Thomas Dambo sculptures, which are worth the journey on their own
- It gets you out of the centre, which four reviewers mention unprompted
- Reviewers consistently name the guide rather than the itinerary
Worth knowing
- Four hours, which is half a day rather than an evening
- Not suitable for children under 12
- Nothing about it is dark, haunted or nocturnal
- It starts at Valdemarsgade in Vesterbro, not in the old centre
- Woodland and uneven ground, so footwear matters more than usual
- If you only have one free slot, it competes with the whole rest of the city
Who should book it
Second-time visitors, and first-timers with three days or more — how many days Copenhagen needs sets that out. Families with children over twelve, which is the age floor here; the ghost walk’s floor is seven. Anyone who would rather walk in woodland than queue on the pedestrian street. Photographers. Anyone travelling in June, when the evenings refuse to go dark and a daytime walk stops being a compromise.
Who should book something else. Anyone with a single evening and a wish for a ghost story, which is the guided ghost walk. Families with younger children. Anyone who cannot give up four hours, or who wants to stay inside the city — the decision table sorts that quickly. Anyone unsteady on uneven ground should read the access page first, because woodland paths are not cobbles and they are not pavement either.
Book the giants walk
Live availability is below. The meeting point is Valdemarsgade 15, 1665 Copenhagen, in a building marked VESTERBROS K.F.U.M., which is a name worth putting into your phone the night before rather than the morning of. Every meeting point on the site.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the six giants walk a ghost tour?
No. It is a four-hour daytime nature walk in English to six wooden sculptures by Thomas Dambo, with transport, coffee and a meal included. It is on this site because it is the highest-rated bookable walk in Copenhagen: all six walks.
Why does its rating count for more than the ghost walk’s?
Because 138 reviews is a sample and 14 is a start. Both sit at 5.0, but a run of poor afternoons would already have shown up in the larger file. The comparison is laid out on the reviews hub.
Can children come on the giants walk?
Not under 12. The guided ghost walk sets its limit at 7 instead, so a family with younger children has the opposite problem on each walk. Taking children along goes through both.
Where does it start?
Valdemarsgade 15, 1665 Copenhagen, at the building marked VESTERBROS K.F.U.M., in Vesterbro rather than the old centre. Where the walks start lists every meeting point precisely.