Rolighed (Østerbro)

[1] Rolighed (the Danish word means "tranquility" or "calmness") built around 1800 as a one-storey house with a mansard roof in a large garden.

They were known for hosting literary salons attended by some of the leading cultural figures of the Danish Golden Age.

[3] Moritz and Dorothea Melchior entertained a variety of famous guests from the late 1850s when the family business really began to prosper.

The most famous of these were certainly Hans Christian Andersen who was a frequent visitor, first in their home on Højbro Plads then increasingly at Rolighed where, in 1866, he was given his own room with a balcony overlooking the Øresund.

He relied increasingly on the care the Melchiors gave him, spending long periods at Rolighed.