Åsebakken Priory

#145 among destinations in Denmark

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Åsebakken Priory, or the Priory of Our Lady of Åsebakken, is a Benedictine monastery of nuns at Birkerød, about 20 km north of Copenhagen in Denmark. The priory is part of the Beuronese Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation. ()

Local name: Vor Frue Kloster Coordinates: 55°51'22"N, 12°27'58"E

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HovedstadenDenmark

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Åsebakken Priory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gammel Holtegård, Høsterkøb Kirke, Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry, Hørsholm Egns Museum.

2.7 miSE
Museum, Baroque architecture, Art museum
Gammel Holtegård, Copenhagen
70 min walk • Gammel Holtegaard is a former Manor house in Rudersdal Municipality north of Copenhagen, Denmark, today operated as an arts centre and a museum. It was built by the Danish Baroque architect Lauritz de Thurah, for his own use in 1757. Its original Baroque gardens were reconstructed in 2003.
0.9 miE
Church, Romanesque revival architecture
Høsterkøb Kirke, Hørsholm
24 min walk • Høsterkøb Church is a parish church in the village of Høsterkøb, Rudersdal Municipality, some 20 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
2 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum
Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry, Øresund Coast
51 min walk • The Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry was a state-owned museum in Hørsholm exhibiting objects connected with the history of hunting and forestry in Denmark. It is now closely associated with the UNESCO-listed Par force hunting landscape in North Zealand.
1.9 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum
Hørsholm Egns Museum, Øresund Coast
50 min walk • Hørsholm Local History Museum is a local history museum in Hørsholm, Denmark.
1.8 miNE
Park
Hørsholm Arboretum, Hørsholm
46 min walk • Hørsholm Arboretum is an arboretum located in Hørsholm, 20 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It operates as part of the University of Copenhagen's Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management.
1.9 miNE
Windmill
Hørsholm Mølle, Øresund Coast
48 min walk • Hørsholm Windmill is a smock mill located in Hørsholm to the north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The site also comprises two storage buildings. The complex is now home to a small museum of old crafts.
1.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Sjælsø
30 min walk • Sjælsø is a lake straddling the borders between the municipalities of Rudersdal, Allerød and Hørsholm in North Zealand to the north of Copenhagen, Denmark.
3 miS
Neoclassical architecture
Frederikslund, Birkerød
76 min walk • Frederikslund is a former country house now located in the middle of a neighbourhood of single-family detached homes at Frederikslundsvej 21 in Holte, Rudersdal Municipality. some 20 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was completed in 1803 to a Neoclassical design by Joseph-Jacques Ramée.
3.2 miS
Baroque architecture
Carlsminde, Skodsborg
82 min walk • Carlsminde is a Baroque-style mansion located at Søllerødvej 30 in Søllerød, Rudersdal Municipality, some 20 kilometres north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. The political party Venstre has been based in the building since 1971.
3.2 miS
Museum, Specialty museum
Mothsgården, Copenhagen
81 min walk • Mothsgården is a former country retreat in Søllerød in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It now houses the main branch of Rudersdal Museum, a local history museum for Rudersdal Municipality.
3.1 miS
City hall
Søllerød Town Hall, Copenhagen
81 min walk • Søllerød Town Hall, now renamed Rudersdal Town Hall, was built for the former Søllerød Municipality which in 2007 became part of Rudersdal Municipality, combining Søllerød and Birkerød. The building is located in Holte some 19 km to the north of Copenhagen's city centre.