Copenhagen ghost walks reviewed
Ranked by how much is actually known
The order below is not a ranking of how good an evening you will have. It is a ranking of evidence. A walk near the top is one where enough people have been and said something for the score to carry weight; a walk near the bottom is one where the file is thin or empty. Which walk suits you is a different question, and the decision table answers it better than a list of numbers can.
The Six Forgotten Giants Hunt and Nature Walk
The only walk here with statistical weight behind it: 138 verified bookings and not a bad one on the record. It is also a daytime walk in the woods, and nothing to do with ghosts.
4 hrs, transport and coffeeRead the full review ›
Guided Ghost Walk through Haunted City
The flagship, and the only guided ghost walk in English. Fourteen reviews, all positive, which is a small file. One reviewer found a single available date in a whole month.
1 hr 30, guided in EnglishRead the full review ›
Murder Mystery Hunt by The Round Tower
A self-guided 1899 case worked on paper. Two reviews and one word between them, so the page below reviews the format rather than the sentiment.
Self-guided, start when you likeRead the full review ›
Murder Mystery Hunt by Amalienborg Palace
The same format through the harbour quarter to Nyhavn. The lowest score on the site, from three reviews, which is a sample where one lukewarm opinion moves everything.
Self-guided, valid 93 daysRead the full review ›
Nightman’s Tour in Danish
A new listing with no reviews and no rating. Seventy-five minutes in Danish on the natmænd, from the statue of Absalon. The subject is the strongest on the site; the evidence is nil.
1 hr 15, in DanishRead the full review ›
Guided Walking Tour of Folk Legends
Also new, also Danish only, also unreviewed. Ninety minutes from the University steps on the Devil in Laksegade and where Danish phrases come from.
1 hr 30, in DanishRead the full review ›What a perfect score is worth on fourteen reviews
Two walks on this page are rated 5.0. They are not the same claim. One of them has 138 people behind it and the other has 14. A hundred and thirty-eight verified bookings with no dissenting review is a pattern; fourteen is a good start. The arithmetic is unforgiving at the bottom end: on a file of two reviews, one person having a poor afternoon takes the average down by a full point, and on a file of three it takes it down by more than that. The Round Tower hunt’s 4.5 and the Amalienborg hunt’s 4.3 are separated by less than the noise in samples that size.
So the scores here are reported and then set aside. What the review pages below actually do is describe the thing: how long it runs, what language it runs in, where it starts, what it covers, and who walks away disappointed. That is information a rating cannot carry. Whether any of it is worth doing is the page for the broader question.
Two walks with nothing on file
The nightman’s walk and the folk-legends walk are new listings. There are no reviews, no ratings and no quotes, and there will be none on this site until there are some on the listing. Both run in Danish only, which removes them from most visitors’ shortlists before the question of quality arises. Both are run by the same operator as the guided ghost walk, which is a fact about provenance and not a promise about the walk. The English-language picture sets out what that leaves.
Where to start
One evening in Copenhagen, English, and you want the ghost walk: the ghost walk review, and book early, because the calendar is the weak point. An afternoon with children over twelve, or a second day in the city: the six giants review. Two to four of you, no fixed evening, and a willingness to do the work yourselves: the Round Tower hunt or the Amalienborg hunt. Fluent Danish and an interest in the parts of the city’s history nobody translates: the nightman’s walk and the folk-legends walk.
All six are listed side by side on the walks page, and the complete guide covers the rest of the evening.
Read the date list before you read the reviews. The guided ghost walk runs on set evenings and there are not many of them, and in June it does not get dark: the sun sets at 9:57 pm on 21 June and twilight runs to about 10:58 pm, against 4:35 pm on 31 October. A 5.0 on a bright June evening is a different walk from the same 5.0 in late October. When it actually gets dark.
Frequently asked questions
Which Copenhagen walk has the most reviews?
The six forgotten giants walk, with 138 at the last reading against 14 for the guided ghost walk, 3 for the Amalienborg hunt and 2 for the Round Tower hunt. It is the only one of the six with a sample large enough to lean on: the review.
Is a 5.0 rating trustworthy on 14 reviews?
It tells you nobody has reported a bad evening yet, and not much more. Fourteen verified bookings is a small file, and the site says so on every page rather than in a footnote. The guided ghost walk is still the only one of its kind in English: what runs in English.
Are there any reviews for the two Danish walks?
No. The nightman’s walk and the folk-legends walk are new listings with no reviews and no rating, and nothing on this site invents either. Their pages describe what the walks cover and who they suit: the nightman’s walk and the folk-legends walk.
Are these reviews independent?
Yes. This site runs no walks and employs no guides. It earns a commission on bookings made through its links, set out in full on the affiliate disclosure, and that has not stopped it reporting a single available date in a month, a two-review average and two listings with nothing on them.