Copenhagen - Old Town

The busy Kongens Nytorv (King's New Market) is a large square laid out at the end of the 17th C. In the center stands an equestrian statue of King Christian V. This is an important traffic junction and Copenhagen's largest square with a dozen or so streets radiating from it.

To the northeast of Town Hall Square in central Copenhagen, Størget widens out to form Gammeltorv and Nytorv Squares, with old patrician houses of around 1800, lawns and beautiful fountains.

The Guinness Museum contains exhibits based on the famous record book. It is divided into 13 galleries in a variety of categories including sport, people, animals, and space. As well, there is a special Danish room. The museum houses several attractions including; Ripley's 'Believe it or Not', A collection of Guiness world records, and a Mystic exploratory world.

The Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum possesses a varied collection of unusual artifacts from all over the world. It has at least 18 galleries with models, statues, photos, and movies. Some highlights are the shrunken heads of Ecuador and a mermaid skeleton.

On the other side of Norregade stands one of Copenhagen's oldest churches, St Peter's, originally late Gothic and restored in 1816. It has a 78m/255ft high tower. Inside the church and in the herb garden are a number of tombs.

On the south side of King's New Market square stands the Theater Royal, erected in the Late Renaissance style in 1872-4. In front of the main entrance stand bronze memorials to the Danish comic dramatist Ludwig Holberg (1684-1754) and the tragic dramatist Adam Oehlenschläger (1779-1850).

The Tobacco Museum displays pipes from around the world in a wide variety of materials, from primitive African pipes to delicately carved meerschaums. Visitors can see smoking paraphernalia like tobacco jars, pipe stands and snuffboxes.