Amalienborg Palace, where the Queen lives, dates back to the year 1750.
Christiansborg Palace serves as the seat of the Danish Government. The Palace's Royal Rooms are open for tourists to see on guided tours.
Reflecting a blend of Italian Renaissance and Danish architecture, the Town Hall in Copenhagen is a prominent site.
A distinct building made from yellow brick and clinker, the Grundtvig Church in Copenhagen features one of the largest organs in Scandinavia.
The National Museum in Copenhagen is especially famed for its collection detailing Danish history. The Museum is also home to the Rococo style Prince's Palace building.
The New Harbor in Copenhagen is a quaint quarter of the city. The Harbor exhibits museum ships dating back to 1885, set against a backdrop of gabled houses, restaurants and cafes.
A seasonal residence for the Royal family, Rosenborg Palace is also open to the Public as a museum. The Palace exhibits the Crown Jewels, furniture, artwork and sculpture belonging to the Royals.
Originally an observatory standing 120 feet high, the Round Tower in Copenhagen offers breathtaking views of the city.
Housed in a Dutch Renaissance Style building is Copenhagen's Stock Exchange. The building is especially well known for its green patina copper roof.
The Stroget Pedestrian Zone in the inner city is a popular shopping area in Copenhagen. Here, visitors can find trendy shops, boutiques and quaint cafes.
The bronze Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, dating back to 1913, was inspired by a charming fairy tale.
The Neoclassical style Thorvaldens Museum exhibits works by Bertel Thorvaldsen, a famous Danish sculptor.
A delightful amusement park for children, Tivoli is packed with opportunities for fun and adventure. The Park consists of numerous rides and attractions, restaurants, cafes and gardens.
The Zoological Garden in Copenhagen is the ideal tourist attraction for animal lovers. The Zoo is one of the largest in the continent and is home to a large diversity of animals in simulated natural surroundings.
The Church of the Holy Ghost, located on Strøget, was once part of a monastery.
Copenhagen University was founded in the late 15th C by Christian I. The Assembly Hall contains impressive frescoes and paintings dating from the 19th C.
In Gammel Strand in central Copenhagen, on the opposite side of the canal from the Thorvaldsen Museum, can be seen the 1940 statue of an old fishwife (Fiskerkone). Every morning by the statue fish sellers offer their wares.
Transit: Bus: 1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 28, 29, 41.
The Hirschsprung Collection features 19th C Danish paintings and sculpture.
The Dutch Renaissance style Holmen's Church, built in the 17th C for seaman, contains a fine Baroque altar, and a 1660 carved puplit.
The Kastellet dates from the early 17th C and features well restored buildings and two impressive gates; the Norwegian Gate and the Zealand Gate.
The Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek contains the private collections of Carl and Ottillia Jacobsen. The museum displays a fine collection of antiquities and modern art.
Also known as Frederik's Church, the Marble Church contains a number of important treasures.
The Museum of Applied Art was founded near the end of the 19th C. It contains fine collections of furniture and other household items.
The state museum features a file collection of 13th to 18th C European art. From the Dutch and Flemish schools are works by Rubens and Rembrandt.
By following Bredgade from the Marble Church in a northerly direction the visitor will come to the Russian Alexander Nevski Church, with its three gilded domes, and to St Ansgar's Church, the oldest Roman Catholic church in Copenhagen. On the exterior, note the beautiful sculpture of St Ansgar and those of saints above the main door.
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| Golden onion domes of Alexander Nevski Church in Kobenhavn. |
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Tårnby, the southernmost part of Copenhagen, lies on the island of Amager, which is joined to the inner city by a large lift bridge (Langebro); when a ship passes this can be raised or lowered in a very short time. On Amager is situated the "Bella Center" exhibition and congress center and Copenhagen Airport south of Kastrup.
Transit: Bus: 30, 33, 73E.
The Municipal Museum (Københavns Bymuseum), is where visitors can obtain a general idea of the city's 800 year history. Room 14 contains the Søren-Kierkegaard Collection, which was inaugurated in 1960. In summer, a model of the city of Copenhagen is displayed in front of the building.
Address:
Københavns Bymuseum, Vesterbrogade 59, DK-1620 Copenhagen, Denmark
Hours:
October 1 to April 30: 1pm-4pm; Closed: Tue
Tips: Free admission on Fridays.
Facilities: Gift shop
From here, majestic cruise ships depart for distant ports of call. While docked, these mighty ships are a spectacle for all to see.
Beautifully situated in Brede, not far from Lyngby in the Copenhagen area, is an Ethnological Museum, with a restaurant, cafetaria and cinema attached. Exhibitions are held on such subjects as "Fashion and Clothes" and "Industrialization and Society in the Molleåen Region".
The museum displays permanent exhibits of the history of Danish culture: "People and disguise" and "The cradle of industry".
Address:
Bredemuseet, I.C. Modewegs Vej
Brede, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
Hours:
March 27 to September 30: 10am-5pm; Closed: Mon
April 3 to September 30: 10am-5pm; Closed: Mon, Mon
October 1 to October 24: 10am-4pm; Closed: Mon, Mon, Mon
Discount: Wednesday
Facilities: Restaurant or food service
There are weekly race meetings all year featuring Denmark's best trotting horses.
Address:
Charlottenlund Travbane, Traverbanevej 10, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
Facilities: Restaurant or food service
In addition to the entrance to Tivoli on Vesterbrogade there are three others, including one for parties on H. C. Andersens Boulevard. In the entrance building here can be found Louis Tussaud's Waxworks, with figures of Danish and foreign personalities, including King Christian IV, H. C. Andersen, Karen Blixen, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, Gandhi, ex-President Bush etc.
ATTRACTION IS CLOSED.
Address:
Louis Tussauds Wax Museum, DK-1553 Copenhagen, Denmark
This museum features a collection of historical instruments from Europe, a collection of traditional instruments from Europe, Asia, and Africa. It also houses a library and archives.
Address:
The Museum of Musical Instruments, Åbenrå 30, DK-1124 Copenhagen, Denmark
Hours:
May 2 to September 30: 1pm-3:50pm; Closed: Thu
October 1 to April 30: 1pm-3:50pm; Closed: Thu, Tue, Thu, Fri
Transit: Norreport S-train Station
A small room holds a variety of memorabilia of Niels Bohr's life as a physicist.
Address:
Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdasvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tips: Visit by previous arrangement.
The 400 year long history of Danish communication is featured in this museum close to the Holy Ghost Church.
Address:
Post and Tele Museum, Købmagergade 37, DK-1150 Copenhagen, Denmark
Hours:
10am-4pm; Sun: 12pm-4pm
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), New Year's Eve (December 31), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Tips: Free entry every day until 15th October 2011.
In Churchill Park near Copenhagen's Esplanade will be found the Freedom Museum (Frihedsmuseet), designed by the architect Hans Hansen. It contains documents relating to the Danish resistance against the Nazis from 1940 to 1945, including photographs, newspaper articles, letters, etc. Close by stands St Alban's Church, the Anglican church of the British colony in Copenhagen. Next to the church is a large fountain, the Gefion Springvandet, erected in 1908; according to legend the goddess Gefion with her oxen ploughed the island of Zealand out of Swedish soil.
Address:
Frihedsmuseet, Churchillparken, DK-1263 Copenhagen, Denmark
Hours:
May 1 to September 30: 10am-4pm; Sun: 10am-5pm; Closed: Mon
October 1 to April 30: 10am-3pm; Sun: 10am-4pm; Closed: Mon, Mon
Guides: Guided tour included with admission.
Transit: S-bane: Osterport; Bus: 1, 6, 9 or 29
On the other side of Tøjhusgade can be found the Arsenal (Tøjhus), which now houses the Military Museum (Tøjhusmuseet), with its collection of weapons, armour and uniforms.
H.W. Bissen's "Istedløven" ("Isted Lion") stands in the courtyard.
Address:
Arsenal Museum, Frederiksholms Kanal 29, DK-1214 Copenhagen, Denmark
Transit: Bus: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 31, 37, 43.
This museum houses 2000 plaster cast sculptures of some of the most famous masterpieces in Western art throughout the last 4000 years.
Address:
Royal Cast Collection, Vestindisk Pakhus 40
Toldbodgade, DK-1401 Copenhagen, Denmark
Hours:
10am-4pm; Sun: 1pm-4pm; Sat: 1pm-4pm; Closed: Mon, Tue, Wed
Tips: Children under 16: free.
Group discounts available.
By a park near Copenhagen's Arsenal stands the Royal Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek), with 1,700,000 volumes and 52,000 manuscripts. It is the National Library and also functions as a Danish book museum. Note the old reading-room.
The library museum is free for all to visit.
Address:
Det Kongelige Bibliothek, Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1, DK-1016 Copenhagen, Denmark
Hours:
9am-7pm; Sat: 10am-7pm; Closed: Sun
Facilities: Restaurant or food service
On three floors in Hans Christian Andersen Castle in central Copenhagen will be found the newly-opened Tivoli Museum. It portrays in a graphic and amusing manner the 150 years and more of the history of the world-famous leisure park.
Address:
Tivoli Museum, H.C. Andersens Boulevard 22, Copenhagen , Denmark
Hours:
April 24 to September 14: 10am-10pm
September 15 to April 25: 10am-5pm; Closed: Mon
The old Tuborg bottling plant now houses an "Experimentarium", a center for new technology. Visitors are invited to carry out their own research experiments on such subjects as aerodynamics and astronomy and natural science in general.
Address:
Eksperimentarium, Tuborg Havnevej 7, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark
Hours:
9:30am-5pm; Sun: 11am-5pm; Tue: 9:30am-9pm; Sat: 11am-5pm
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), New Year's Eve (December 31), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Transit: Bus: 6 and 650S.
From the main entrance to Tivoli it is worth making a small detour westwards via Axeltorv to Copenhagen's latest attraction, the Tycho Brahe Planetarium which opened in 1989. This planetarium is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The highly technical laser and film shows in the domed cinema with its 23m/75ft screen have proved very popular. The cylindrical building was designed by the Danish architect Knud Munk.
The theater seats 275.
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| The Copenhagen Planetarium. |
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Address:
Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Gl. Kongevej 10, DK-1610 Copenhagen, Denmark
Hours:
10:30am-8:30pm; Wed: 9:30am-8:30pm; Closed: Mon
Facilities: Gift shop, Restaurant or food service
Transit: Bus: 1, 14.
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