The round tower is an old tower with many hidden nooks and crannies, so sometimes things are not exactly where you think they would be.
Shattered limbs and wailing people filled up the Spiral Ramp during the British bombardment in 1807, and this is not the only time that Copenhageners have sought refuge behind the thick walls of Round Tower.
The story of the planetarium begins in Paris, where the Danish astronomer Ole Rømer made the groundbreaking discovery of the speed of light.
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