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On a new square by one of the old warehouses in the Copenhagen Harbour, 'Dahlerups Pakhus', the Danish professor Bjørn Nørgaard has created a sculpture group called 'The Genetically Modified Paradise'...

Unique mechanical, astronomical clock with 12 works from 1955.

The clock is located at City Hall, and it displays local time and true solar time.

Regular tours in Danish, English, and German....

North Atlantic House is an art center where you can encounter North Atlantic culture, research and business. Here, people from the North Atlantic, Denmark, and the rest of the world meet and inspire o...

The address "Gammel Strand" (i.e. Old Beach) refers to the fact that the street formed part of the waterfront towards Øresund and the oldest harbour.

This was the location of the Copenhagen Fish Mar...

Join a licensed Danish guide from Copenhagen Walking Tours for at visit to the castle, including Treasury and Crown Jewels.

The tour is in English (or Danish if you wish). Duration approximately 2 h...

From back in the Middle Ages Danes have been burdened with taxes or other duties to be paid to their king or government. And for just as long they have shown ingenuity and imagination on how to avoid ...

Christian X, (1870-1947) was an extremely popular monarch, especially because he served as a gathering point for the Danes during the Second World War.

This monument reminds us of his daily rides thr...

In 1259 the Wendish Count Jaromar broke through the wooden palisades which formed the fortification surrounding Copenhagen at this location.

When several centuries later the city was fortified with a...

The GL STRAND Art Gallery has had a solid reputation for ground-breaking exhibitions of Danish and international art for the past 180 years. The gallery focuses on predicting future trends and offers ...

Kunsthal Charlottenborg is one of the largest spaces for contemporary art in Europe, presenting an ambitious programme of exhibitions and events with a strong international focus.

Charlottenborg mou...

Designmuseum Danmark offers displays of decorative art, crafts, and industrial designs from the Western world and Asia from the late Middle Ages and up to the present. Earlier, the museum was the firs...

Through a historical review disclosed today's laws and rules about what happens when you die, and what to consider before it happens.

Interment or funeral - what's the difference? A church funeral or...

Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) spent more than 40 years in Rome and was one of the most renowned artists among his contemporaries in Europe. In 1838, he donated his large art collectio...

When visiting the Frigate Peder Skram, the public is offered an insight into the interior of one of the Danish navy's last and also largest warships....

Denmark's National Museum in Copenhagen has exhibitions from the Stone Age, the Viking Age, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Modern Danish History.

The National Museum is located in The Prince’s ...

Workers' Museum in Copenhagen invites you to step into everyday life of the 1950's and taste Rich's infamous wartime coffee substitute or go for a slice of the rich cracker-cake kiksekage so popular i...

Tycho Brahe Planetarium is Denmark's most advanced centre for popularizing astronomy and space research and promoting knowledge on natural science.

All day long you can watch spectacular IMAX films ...

The Royal Cast Collection. More than 4000 years of the history through 2000 plaster casts of the most exquisite masterpieces of Western culture.

They are made in all sizes from temple walls to ivory...

Nyboder was built during the reign of King Christian IV to house the sailors in his navy.

In one of the original single storied houses visitors can get an impression of the humble conditions under wh...

Brønshøj Museum shows the development of a typical suburb from 1870-1950. Plus an exhibition from 1658-1660. Special exhibitions every year....

The Danish Film Institute (DFI) in Copenhagen is open to the public and also an entertainment and edutainment facility, with its cinemas, videotheque, restaurant and café, bookshop and filmmaking stud...

Only 700 meters from the Visitors Centre you find Museum of Copenhagen, housed in one of the beautiful mansions from the 1700's.

Here you can dive into the last 300 years of the Danish capital's his...

The museum is located in the 200-year-old Life Guards Barracks on Rosenborg drill ground which is still the starting point for the guard duty to the Royal Family.

The collection illustrates the deve...

The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum boasts an excellent selection of antique and modern weapons, ranging from beautifully ornamented princely weapons and war trophy firearms to state-of-the-art handguns.
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Since the 1860's Danish children of all ages have played with puppet theatres. The tradition of puppet theatre in this style is an important part of the Danish theatrical heritage.

The museum collec...

Rooms of 18th century playwriter J.H. Wessel. Visits can be arranged by calling +45 33 14 89 23...

The development of the scout-movement especially in Denmark.

Objects, pictures, archives, library and equipment/gear. Special tours can be arranged....

The Theatre Museum is situated in the Old Court Theatre. Its collection describes Danish theatre history from the 1700s to the present day.

In 1767 the building next to Christiansborg Palace's riding...

Exhibition on the development in radioamateurism since 1923 - visits can be arranged....

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is an art museum founded in 1888 by the brewer Carl Jacobsen (1842-1914). The museum contains two main departments of ancient and modern art, offering a unique combination of ar...

The Medical Museion, former Medical History Museum is located in the former Royal Academy of Surgeons from 1787 and presents a variety of topics from the history of medicine: epidemics, x-ray, surgery...

Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen is home to some of Denmark's greatest cultural treasures. The castle was built in 1606-1634 by Christian IV as a pleasure castle. In the basement you will find the Danis...

DieselHouse in Copenhagen is built around a mammoth-sized B&W diesel engine from 1932, which for more than 30 years was the largest diesel engine in the world.

DieselHouse tells, in an authentic envi...

Hirschsprung is an art museum in a class of its own located in Copenhagen. It stands as a unique presentation of Danish art from the 19th and early 20th centuries, spanning the period from the Danish ...

Surrounding the Marble Church are 14 statues of personalities from the History of the Danish Church - one of these is Danish philosopher/poet Søren Kierkegaard....

Not far from Kastellet in the neighbourhood of Østerbro you will find this monument named 'Funen Spring'.

It is a monument not only for the composer Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) but also for the many thi...

This memorial for the Danish poet and philosopher (1813-55) has found an adequate location in the peaceful garden of the Royal Danish Library....

In the courtyard of the Police Headquarters is a bronce statue of a young man stepping on a snake. He holds a scourge high above his head with which he seemingly intends to punish the worm of injustic...

King of Denmark 1588-1648 and son of Frederik 2. and queen Sophie of Mecklenburg....

Memorial of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) sitting with a book in his hands.

On the plinth there are various brass reliefs illustrating the Hans Christian Andersen fairy-tales 'The Ugly Ducklin...

The Dragon Fountain in Copenhagen was made from a model in 1889 and was originally intended for Amagertorv.

In 1904 a bronze basin was erected with decoration inspired by ancient Greek ornamentation ...

The Gefion Fountain is a large fountain on the harbour front. It features a large-scale group of animal figures being driven by the legendary Norse goddess, Gefjun.

It is located in Langelinie Park ...

Two Danish poets from the second half of the 18th Century....

15 meter tall Obelisque, erected in memory of the peasant reforms, June 20 1788. These reforms led to the abolition of the adscription.

The four symbolic female figures on top of the column are made...

Caritas / 'Guldæblespringvandet' was erected by King Christian IV at the same time as the third City Hall in Copenhagen (1606-1610).

Caritas means charity and refers to the sculpture group on the top...

The Stork Fountain is located on Amagertorv in central Copenhagen and is the best-known fountain in this part of the world. The fountain was inaugurated in 1894.

Since 1950 it has been a tradition th...

The statue of the Lure Players, a gift from the Carlsberg Foundation, was erected on the occasion of the centenary of the brewer J.C. Jacobsen's birthday (1811-1887).

The column was designed by Anto...

Georg Brandes was a prominent Danish literary critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century.

Brandes is seen ...

The Elias Church was designed by Martin Nyrop the same architect who built the Copenhagn City Hall.

The church, centrally located at Vesterbro Torv, was opened May 17 1908 after years of hard work to...

Consecrated 1877, restored last time in 1993. Built in Italian Romanesque style.

Situated in the middle of Nyboder, a village within the city....