Some of the most trendsetting Danish post-war architects have corresponded about the small kiosk at the top of the Round Tower, where visitors have been able to buy refreshments since just before World War II.

Frogs, cats and birds hide in the ancient consoles at the foot of the Round Tower and tell of an imposing architectural plan that is now gone.

There is something about the Round Tower and lighthouses, and a couple evenings in March and April 1750 the tower even had the chance to function as one. It happened when an advanced device with 168 glass panes and 56 whale oil lamps was tested before being shipped to Skagen.

The heart is pounding with giddiness in the cinematic comedy “It Happened at the Round Tower” with the famous Danish actors Dirch Passer and Ove Sprogøe in the main roles. And surely it is a long way down. So long in fact, that a replica of the tower was built, when the film was shot in 1955.

The Round Tower has played a special role for newly minted confirmands from the churches in Copenhagen. For many years, it was a tradition that the young people climbed the tower as one of the very first things after their confirmation.

Generations of pupils have been told the story of the Danish King and the Russian Tsar that meet at the top of the Round Tower and battle over views of humanity. There is only the slight problem that the King was not in the Round Tower that day.

When the plastic storks nest in the Danish town of Solvang in the United States, it also has sentimental causes. Exactly the same ones that lie behind the construction of the town's own Round Tower, where you can step in and order a pizza.