Abstract: With the development of modernization process in Western capitalist society, modern metropolises appeared in succession. Many Marxists in Western countries examined the relationship between the transitions of urban space and modernity critically, but few researches have focused on the urban space of Copenhagen. Tivoli garden appeared as an innovation while rebuilding Copenhagen, which incarnated the modernity of urban space in Copenhagen. As a citizen in Copenhagen who had special individual career and religious background, Kierkegaard had established an important relationship with church, and he opened up a new way to critique modernity through theology. He argued that the authentic interior space would permit one to have the ability to return his external world, instead of imprisoning him. However, Denmark hadn't developed according to Kierkegaard's assumption; it became a democratic state leading by Grundtvigianism.

Key words: Kierkegaard, urban space, Copenhagen, modernity