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Cultural Celebration

When: 1847
Where: Copenhagen
Part of: Denmark's first railway opens from Copenhagen to Roskilde

Composer Hans Christian Lumbye created the 'Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop' to commemorate the opening of the railway.

To mark the opening of the Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line in 1847, Danish composer Hans Christian Lumbye composed the 'Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop'. This musical composition recreates the sounds of a train chugging out of a station and stopping at the next.

Sources

Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-16

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