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The mound measures 8 metres in diameter and is 5 metres tall. It is surrounded by tall trees and is reached along a narrow stone-lined passageway. Chiselled above the entrance is the inscription: "They who set out, never to return." At the top of the
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which used to be part of Copenhagen's earliest water supply system. In 2001 they were converted into a museum for modern glass art, but since 2013 have been part of the Frederiksberg Museums, acting as a venue for
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is a metre-wide opening to let in daylight. At the centre of the room is the life-size figure of a woman who embraces her children, symbolizing Mother Denmark. Built into the wall are 9
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with the commission. After prolonged discussions, it was ultimately decided that the monument should be a mound, with an embellished inner chamber, placed in Søndermarken.
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when the programme ends in Søndermarken. The first festival took place on 2–4 August 2013, attracting some 9,000 people (day-tickets included). Music acts included
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with symbolic descriptions of the emigrants’ lives and activities abroad. In the floor is a five-pointed star representing the five continents.
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Danes. Around $ 12,000 was collected and the monument was inaugurated in 1925 with a ceremony attended by 40,000 people, including the entire
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The Memorial Mound is on a slope and was erected in 1925 to commemorate Danish immigration to America. In the 1920s,
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Vanguard Festival is an annual music festival with music acts representing different genre but with an emphasis on
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There is a statue in the central reservation at each end of Norske Allé. At the zoo end stands a statue of
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was moved to its current location in Søndermarken and placed on a new
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A committee of Danish-Americans was set up which charged the sculptor
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The necessary funds were raised through a worldwide collection among
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The memorial mound is open to the public every year on 4 July.
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Søndermarken was founded and landscaped at the same time as
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Parks and open spaces in Frederiksberg Municipality
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Frederiksberg
Copenhagen
Coordinates
55°40′08″N 12°31′30″E / 55.669°N 12.525°E / 55.669; 12.525
hectares
Danish Palaces and Properties Agency
lit.
Frederiksberg
Valby
Carlsberg area
Copenhagen
Denmark
Frederiksberg Gardens
Roskildevej
Cisternerne
cisterns

Ole Jørgen Rawert
Frederiksberg Gardens
cisterns
art exhibitions
Cisternerne
Copenhagen Zoo
fountain

Danish-Americans
memorial
counterpoint
Rebild Hills

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