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The Museum of Danish Resistance
The story of Denmark’s struggle for freedom
Christiansborg Castle
Visit the centre of power. For 800 years, Slotsholmen has been the centre of power in Denmark.
The Natural History Museum of Denmark
Special guest: T. rex. This summer, you have the opportunity to meet a very special guest from the Cretaceous Period – one of the world’s most complete T. rex fossils, Tristan Otto.
50% discount
Until mid-August there will be a 50 per cent discount on the entrance fee for a number of Copenhagen’s museums and attractions. The discount is one of the government’s measures to provide financial assistance to the culture sector, as compensation for the springtime shutdown. Most of Copenhagen’s museums will be half price until August.
The Crown Jewels
The Royal Collection is located in Christian VIII’s palace in Amalienborg.
The Natural History Museum of Denmark
Special guest: T. rex. This summer, you have the opportunity to meet a very special guest from the Cretaceous Period – one of the world’s most complete T. rex fossils, Tristan Otto.
Danish War Museum
Denmark in Wartime
Copenhagen Museum
Travel back through Copenhagens history
Danish Jewish Museum
Learn about Danish-Jewish history in this beautiful museum designed by the architect Daniel Libeskind, who also designed Berlin’s Jewish Museum.
Christiansborg Castle
Visit the centre of power. For 800 years, Slotsholmen has been the centre of power in Denmark.
The Museum of Danish Resistance
The story of Denmark’s struggle for freedom
Design Museum Danmark
Thorvaldsens Museum
SMK (National Gallery of Denmark)
In various ways, a visit to the SMK (Statens Museum for Kunst, literally ‘The National Museum of Art’) is a voyage back to the Danish Golden Age.
The Viking Ship Museum
For years, the fishermen of Roskilde Fjord knew some old ships were lying on the bottom of the fjord, but only in the 1960s did anyone realise that they dated right back to the age of the Vikings.
The Botanical Garden
Venture on an expedition among live butterflies and extinct species
The Hirschsprung Collection
Anyone seeking an exclusive, intimate art experience in the heart of Copenhagen will discover the Hirschsprung Collection (Den Hirschsprungske Samling) to be a beautiful and visitor-friendly museum containing Danish art from the whole of the 19th century.
The Glyptotek Art Museum (Glyptoteket)
Glyptoteket is an oasis in the heart of Copenhagen which houses an outstanding collection of 6000 years of art.
National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet)
From ancient times, all archaeological findings in Denmark have belonged to the king, and more recently to the state. The finest of these are to be found at the National Museum of Denmark, which has a permanent Viking room containing jewellery, weapons, ritual objects and objects relating to the day-to-day lives of the Vikings.
The David Collection
Who would have thought you could find one of Europe’s finest collections of Islamic art in Copenhagen?
Kronborg – Prince Hamlet’s Castle
Visit the castle of hamlet “to be, or not to be”
Roskilde Cathedral
Imagine the best of contemporary architecture and craftsmanship from the middle of the Middle Ages up to the present day being gathered in one place, untouched and unchanged for all those centuries.
House of Amber (Ravhuset)
Amber is a mineralised resin that can be anywhere between 30 and 50 million years old. There is a solid basis in Denmark’s history for referring to amber as ‘the nordic gold’. Even way back in the stone age, people in the nordic region were collecting amber and making jewellery from it. For the vikings, amber was also one of the most important trade goods that they took with them around Europe.
Ripley’s
Believe it or not! The weirdest place in town.