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Modern avantgarde theater. Play language: Danish only. Part of the interior is made by the famous Danish design companies Frits Hansen Møbler and Montana Møbler....

The historical buildings of Esrum Møllegård are today housing Centre for Nature & Environment - a centre for active and practical environmental education. The old watermill houses exhibitions on natu...

The Gjethus is built in 1761-1769 by General Classen and was a cannon foundry until 1928.The Gjethus is now art- and culture centre with theater, music and art exibitions.The café ...

Billund Museum  – the current exhibition documents the region’s unique entrepreneurial culture. From the moorland peasants of the past, who were evidently not as poor as once was thought, through indu...

Toldkammeret is a culture center centrally situated in Helsingør with about 200 arrangements every year in the area of music, art exhibitions and children's culture.

Toldkammeret (The custom house) l...

Museumsgården Karensminde/Morsbølvej 102 in Grindsted: Functioning farm museum like in the years 1920-1950. You will find cows, sheep, pigs, poultries and other old Danish livest...

Visit the best preserved mill. 
The longer you go up to the turbine, all the more magnificent is the view. 
"Karlebo Mill was built in 1835 and is thus more than 175 years old. ...

Experience Copenhagen from a new angle and get a taste of the city's history with a guided tour to the City Hall Tower.

Its 105.6 meters makes the City Hall Tower one of the tallest buildings in Cop...

In autumn 2015, the new Copenhagen Arena is expected to be ready in Ørestad Syd.
The whole area is developing rapidly and will be called the Arena District.

Copenhagen Arena will be Copenhagen's new ...

In June 2013, Maritime Museum of Denmark opens in Elsinore close to Copenhagen. The museum is entering a brand new experience oriented era in a spectacular building designed by the internationally rec...

Christian IV’s Brewery is one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings and has been closed for the public for more than 400 years. Now, it is open.

The building stands alone in the middle of the historical s...

Brede Værk used to be an old clothing factory, today it is a museum. Here you can see the evolvement of the industrialisation - and its influence on everyday life in Denmark.

At Brede Værk you are g...

Asdal Rampart (1300). Asdal Rampart was created when people dug through a foreland, Asbjerg. At the bottom of the valley runs the streem Kjulåen. There are 3 dams which can still be seen. Wi...

The history

Hirtshals' lighthouse on top of Stenbjerg is the town's beautiful landmark. The lighthouse was opened in 1863 and was constructed in King Frederik VII's time. The king's monogram adorns t...

200-year-old maritime and general store with furnishings from 1860. The shop smells of freshly ground coffee, salted fish, salami, rope and camomile soap. Purchase specialities of ...

Bymiljø Hjørring. Walk through the area around Nørregade, the oldest part of Hjørring with 3 mediaeval churches. Continue to Merchant Riis’ villa from 1790, it has housed a school and a hospital, and ...

The Kattegat Silo was originally a grain silo.In 2004 the silo was renovated and today it is a 13 stories high office building with a fitness center at the top....

Nordre SkanseThe first defensive works at Fladstrand, built by German troops 1627-29.Located by a natural harbour and still today there is a harbour for small boats, which can be used b...

Town hall of Frederikshavn
A 3 storey rectangular building with a Council Hall in a separate building.

The structure is a concrete post-and-beam system fitted out with standard concrete elements.

P...

North Jutland’s highest vantage point, 160 metres above sea level. Ice-cream kiosk and playground for the children. Paths to the forest of Vandværksskoven and the Bangsbo area.   ...

Pedestrian bridge, popularly known as the 'Valutaslangen' (currency snake) because of all the Swedish and Norwegian shoppers arriving by ferry and enter the town by using the bridge.
It meassures to...

Restaurant Møllehuset

Here you can enjoy a delicious dinner with lots of seasonal specialities.
You can experience the unspoilt atmosphere and beautiful countryside....

Fiskerklyngen is the oldest part of Frederikshavn.A cluster of fishermen's cottages, that dates back to 1568, it was originally half-timbered houses, such as the house on Strandgad...

The Mill Baunhøj Mølle is one of the cultural lighthouses of Norddjurs Municipality. The mill is also known as the town of Grenaa's landmark - located up high on Baunhøj. Apart from bei...

Together with Stokkebro, Gjerrild is one of Denmark’s ancient villages. According to the oldest historicalrecords, Torkil of Gerwillie, a priest, was authorizedin 1251 by Pope Innocens IV to hold an a...

Grenaa has been a Borough since 1445, and today it is the largest commercial centre af Djursland with all types of special shops and supermarkets. Torvet, the centre of the town, unites three pedestri...

“Den Gamle Smedje” is located on Smedestræde in Grenaa.  At the museum you can see examples of the old crafts, and the tool there over the years has bee used. . Possibility of access for groups outsid...

The oldest vicarage in Denmark(from 1593)...

Hammelev PræstegaardHammelev Pfarrhaus wurde 1760 gebaut und war ursprünglich Viereck. Es gibt jetzt nur  3 Flügel intakt. Hammelev rectory was built in 1760 and was originally qua...

The ruins of Kalø CastleThe Castle of Kalø - formerly an island, now a peninsula - was erected about 1313 by the Danish King Erik Menved.It is one of several fortresses built round Århu...

A tour of Gammel Estrup’s magnificent halls and rooms gives unique insight into 600 years of the grand life of the Danish aristocracy. The individual rooms are furnished to show how the rooms might ha...

Hornslet old prison building is the setting for Rosenholm local Archive. Rosenholm Archive, share a house with Hornslet Library. Opening hours are Hornslet library....

A vibrant commercial centre at the top

Rønde is a commercial town with specialty shops, good supermarkets and restaurants. Over the year, there are many different activities in this town. For example...

More than 6,000 years of exciting history are on display in the form of exhibitions and open storehouses with tractors and agricultural machinery. The Botanical Garden provides a good impression of th...

The town of Kolind is a small commercial centre with special shops and groceries. Swimming pool ans tennis courts are also available. Origanally Kolindsund was a bay with many settlemen...

In the southwestern part of Djursland you will find the small, attractive commercial town of Hornslet. It is easy to reach the town by train or bus,and there are excellent possibilities of experiencin...

Ebeltoft is one og the moste worth-seeing towns of Denmark with its leaning half-timbered houses, cobbled streets and hollyhocks in flower. The town war granted the municipal character in 13...

The Old Town Hall was built in 1789. Today The Old Town Hall houses a regional museum. Ticket to The Old Town Hall also gives access to Ebeltoft Museum and vice versa.
Ebeltoft Museum also houses a co...

Kaloe Manor from 1700 is very picturesque and well kept. Behind the Manor is a small hunting lodge built in 1899 by the German nobelfamily - von Jenisch, who then owned Kalø Manor. Today both the esta...

The Vicarage of FeldballeThe Vicarage was built in 1688 and is now scheduled as a historical monument. The oof and the brickwork were replaced in 1928, but the timber is still original. The thatc...

Alternative energy, pier & windmill. The Windmill Park has got 4 big windmills, which are situated on a pier at the seaside. The Windmill Park is the first in the world....

A citadel is a fortress in a fortress. A place where the defenders could retreat to make a last defensive stand.

The cannons at the Citadel had in fact the same function as those at Kronborg, which w...

The North Star (Nordstjernen) is a half-timbered house from the latter half of the 17th Century - the oldest house in Fredericia and preserved today.

Unfortunately the list of the house's owners does...

The great fortifications, which today form a peaceful and attractive background for the oldest part of Fredericia, were originally built to defend Denmark. At the time, Europe had just been through a ...

The most extensive view of Fredericia, the Ramparts and the Little Belt from the White Water Tower - built in 1908, inaugurated in 1909.
Lunch at 44 metres above sea level. Take your picnic basket wit...

Throughout the past 100 years and up till today Fanø has attracted a constant stream of artists, who more or less settled down on the island.

The collection of the art gallery is based on paintings ...

The Esbjerg Water Tower - the landmark of Esbjerg


* from 1896-97 was designed by C.H. Clausen, who has
   virtually copied the medieval residence Haus Nassau in
   Nuremberg.

* unique view of the ...

Museum street - H.C. Ørstedsgade, Esbjerg....

The Railway Station, 1904, The Station Square - an excellent example of station building "out on the track", as practised in major station towns around the turn of the century. ...

Esbjerg Performing Arts Centre - the cultural focal point of Soutwest JutlandEsbjerg Performing Arts Centre is the work of worldfamous architects Jan & ...