List of museums in and around Copenhagen
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To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.Name | Image | District/place | Municipality | Type | Summary |
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Amalienborg Museum Amalienborg Palace Amalienborg Palace is the winter home of the Danish royal family, and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of four identical classicizing palace façades with rococo interiors around an octagonal courtyard ; in the centre of the square is a monumental equestrian statue of Amalienborg's... |
Frederiksstaden Frederiksstaden Frederiksstaden is a district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century and it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in Europe.... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art, antiguities, historic site | Located in Amalienborg Palace Amalienborg Palace Amalienborg Palace is the winter home of the Danish royal family, and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of four identical classicizing palace façades with rococo interiors around an octagonal courtyard ; in the centre of the square is a monumental equestrian statue of Amalienborg's... , the down town residence of the Danish monarchs, displays the Chronological Collections of the Danish Glücksburg monarchs |
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Arken Museum of Modern Art Arken Museum of Modern Art ARKEN Museum of Modern Art is a private non-for-profit charity, state authorized, contemporary art museum near Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The museum was conceived and created by Copenhagen County.-Museum:... |
Ishøj Ishøj Ishøj Municipality is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers 26 km², with a total population of 20,687 , many of whom are Pakistani, African, Arab, or Turkish immigrants... |
Ishøj | Art | A permanent collection of modern art and large changing exhibitions | |
Assistens Cemetery | Nørrebro Nørrebro Nørrebro is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is northwest of the city centre, beyond the location of the old Northern Gate , which, until dismantled in 1856, was near the current Nørreport station.-Geography:... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art | Historic cemetery, burial place of many famous people, small museum dedicated to the artist Germin Stilling in former stables | |
Bakkehuset Bakkehuset Bakkehuset is a historic house museum in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Dating from the 1520s, it is has served a number of functions over the years, including as a farmhouse, inn, private home, psychiatric hospital and orphanage... |
Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most... |
Frederiksberg | ´Historic house | A historic house associated with the Danish Golden Age of the early 19th century | |
Brede House | Brede Brede Brede is the name for several places, among others:* the River Brede in East Sussex, England* Brede, East Sussex, a village near the River Brede* Brede, Denmark, a suburb of the Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality... |
Lyngby-Taarbæk | Historic House | A country house built in 1795 today managed by the National Museum National Museum of Denmark The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main domicile is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world,... as a historic house museum with interiors typical of its time |
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Brede works Brede works The National Museum of Denmark's new museum, Brede Works, lies in the countryside just north of Copenhagen in Denmark's largest, protected industrial plants. At the museum of Industrial culture, the visitors can be guided around by its own virtual person between old machines, hear how Denmark... |
Brede Brede Brede is the name for several places, among others:* the River Brede in East Sussex, England* Brede, East Sussex, a village near the River Brede* Brede, Denmark, a suburb of the Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality... |
Lyngby-Taarbæk | Industrial history | Located in the largest listed Danish industrial complex, permanent and special exhibitions about industrial cultural history | |
Carlsberg Museum | Carlsberg Carlsberg (district) Carlsberg is an area straddling the border of Valby and Vesterbro districts in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 33 hectares and is the former industrial site of the Carlsberg Breweries, which decommissioned their Valby brewery at the end of 2008, concentrating their production of... |
Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History | History of the Carlsberg brewery | |
Carlsberg Visitor Centre | Carlsberg Carlsberg (district) Carlsberg is an area straddling the border of Valby and Vesterbro districts in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 33 hectares and is the former industrial site of the Carlsberg Breweries, which decommissioned their Valby brewery at the end of 2008, concentrating their production of... |
Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History | Historic site, interactive experience centre | |
Charlottenborg Charlottenborg Palace Charlottenborg Palace is a large town mansion located on the corner of Kongens Nytorv and Nyhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark. Originally built as a residence for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, it has served as the base of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts since its foundation in 1754... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art | Located in a historic building, large exhibition space for modern art | |
Church of Our Saviour | Christianshavn Christianshavn Christianshavn is an artificial island neighbourhood located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in the early 17th century by Christian IV as part of his extension of the fortifications of Copenhagen. Originally it was laid out as an independent privileged merchant's town with inspiration from... |
Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Religious | Lutheran church, access to the corkscrew spire | |
The Cinameteque Danish Film Institute The Danish Film Institute is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest.... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Film | National Danish film museum with three auditoriums | |
The Cisterns Cisternerne Cisternerne - Museum for moderne Glaskunst is a museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to modern glass art. It is located in some grotto-like former water cisterns that come complete with Stalactites formed by the changing water levels... |
Søndermarken Søndermarken Søndermarken is a park in Frederiksberg on the border to Valby and the Carlsberg area in Copenhagen, Denmark. It shares much of its history with Frederiksberg Park from which it is separated only by Roskildevej... |
Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most... |
Art | Located in a complex of abandoned, underground cisterns, hosts a permanent and special exhibitions of glass art Glass art Studio glass or glass sculpture is the modern use of glass as an artistic medium to produce sculptures or three-dimensional artworks. Specific approaches include working glass at room temperature cold working, stained glass, working glass in a torch flame , glass beadmaking, glass casting, glass... |
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Copenhagen City Museum | Vesterbro | Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History | Exhibitions about the history of Copenhagen | |
Copenhagen Zoo | Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most... |
Frederiksberg | Sciense | All-round zoological garden with Elephant House designed by Norman Goster | |
Customs and Tax Museum Dahlerups Pakhus Dahlerups Pakhus , originally known as Pakhus 1 , is a former Warehouse situated on the west side of the Langelinie Pier, opposite the Middle Pier, in Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Østerbro Østerbro Østerbro is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located close to present-day Østerport Station... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History | History of customs and taxes in Denmark | |
Danish Architecture Centre Danish Architecture Centre Danish Architecture Centre , DAC, is a communication and development centre for architecture in Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Christianshavn Christianshavn Christianshavn is an artificial island neighbourhood located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in the early 17th century by Christian IV as part of his extension of the fortifications of Copenhagen. Originally it was laid out as an independent privileged merchant's town with inspiration from... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Design | Changing exhibitions about architecture and urban planning | |
Danish Design Centre Danish Design Centre Danish Design Centre is a museum in Copenhagen. It is housed in a new building designed by Henning Larsen in the very centre of the city.... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen | Design | Changing exhibitions about design | |
Danish Jewish Museum Danish Jewish Museum The Danish Jewish Museum, in Copenhagen, Denmark, sits inside the Danish Royal Library’s old Galley House and exhibits Danish Jewish historical artifacts and art. Designed by world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, the building memorializes the story of Danish Jews who were saved from Nazi... |
Slotsholmen Slotsholmen Slotsholmen is an island in the harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, and part of Copenhagen Inner City. Bishop Absalon constructed the city's first castle on the island in 1166-67 at the site where Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament lies today... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History | Based at the Royal Danish Library in galleries designed by Daniel Libeskind Daniel Libeskind Daniel Libeskind, is an American architect, artist, and set designer of Polish-Jewish descent. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect... , documenting Jewish history in Denmark |
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Danish National Gallery Statens Museum for Kunst Statens Museum for Kunst is the Danish national gallery located in Copenhagen.... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art | National collection of art from the 14th century to the present day | |
David Collection | City Centre | Copenhagen | Art, applied arts | Located in two Neo-classical town houses, extensive collection of Islamic Art Islamic art Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by culturally Islamic populations... and Danish and European fine and applied arts |
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Den Frie Udstillingsbygning | City Centre | Copenhagen | Art | Contemporary art exhibitions | |
Design Museum Denmark | Frederiksstaden Frederiksstaden Frederiksstaden is a district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century and it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in Europe.... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Design | Located in the 18th century Frederick's Hospital, Denmark's national museum for design, both modern and historic | |
DieselHouse DieselHouse DieselHouse is an interactive exhibition on diesel technology located on the grounds of the still operating H. C. Ørsted Power Station in the South Docklands of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
South Docklands Kongens Enghave Kongens Enghave , also known as Sydhavnen , is a district in southern Copenhagen. The area has historically been one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Copenhagen, dissected by major transport corridors and characterized by social problems as well as industry along the harbour-front.Since the turn... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Technology | Interactive experience centre with diesel technology Diesel engine A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber... as the main theme |
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Experimentarium | Tuborg Havn | Gentofte | Technology | Located in a former building of the Tuborg Brewery, sciense centre with interactive exhibitions, changing exhibitions | |
Finn Juul House | Klampenborg Klampenborg Klampenborg is a northern suburb to Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located in Gentofte Municipality, directly on Øresund, between Taarbæk and Skovshoved. Like other neighbourhoods along the Øresund coast, Klampenborg is an affluent area with many large houses.... |
Gentofte | Historic house | Operated by Ordrupgaard Ordrupgaard Ordrupgaard is a state-owned art museum situated near Jægersborg Dyrehave, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The museum houses one of Northern Europe’s most considerable collections of Danish and French art from the19th and beginning of the 20th century.... , modernist house designed by Finn Juul with most of its furniture for his own use |
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Fotografisk Center Fotografisk Center Fotografisk Center is an exhibition space in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to international and Danish photographic art. Since 1 February 2011 it has been based in the Tap E building in the Carlsberg area on the border between Vesterbro and Valby.-History:... |
Carlsberg Carlsberg (district) Carlsberg is an area straddling the border of Valby and Vesterbro districts in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 33 hectares and is the former industrial site of the Carlsberg Breweries, which decommissioned their Valby brewery at the end of 2008, concentrating their production of... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Photography | Exhibition space dedicated to Danish and International art photography | |
Frederiksborg Museum Frederiksborg Palace Frederiksborg castle is a castle in Hillerød, Denmark. It was built as a royal residence for King Christian IV, and is now known as The Museum of National History. The current building replaced a previous castle erected by Frederick II, and is the largest Renaissance palace in Scandinavia... |
Hillerød Hillerød Hillerød Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden . The municipality covers an area of 191 km² , and has a total population of 46,568... |
Hillerød | Art. historic site | Located at Frederiksborg Castle, art collection illustrating Danish history combined with historic interiors | |
Frieboeshvile | Kongens Lyngby Kongens Lyngby Kongens Lyngby is the main city in the affluent Danish municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk. Just north of Copenhagen, the city lies in the northern part of Denmark's largest island, Zealand... |
Lyngby-Taarbæk | Local | A former Rococo country house, now hosting the local historic collections for Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality | |
Gammel Holtegård Gammel Holtegård Gammel Holtegård is a former country house in Rudersdal Municipality north of Copenhagen, Denmark, today operated as an art exhibition space. It was built by the Danish Baroque architect Lauritz de Thurah for his own use in 1757... |
Holte Holte Holte is a town and the northernmost suburb of Metropolitan Copenhagen located in Rudersdal municipality, Denmark. It is located between Rudersdal and the top of Geel's Hill on the shores of the Furesø lake.... |
Rudersdal Rudersdal municipality Rudersdal Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. It is situated approximately 20 kilometers north of Copenhagen... |
Art | Located in a former country house designed by architect Lauritz de Thurah Lauritz de Thurah Laurids Lauridsen de Thurah, known as Lauritz de Thurah , was a Danish architect and architectural writer. He became the most important Danish architect of the late baroque period... for his own use, changing art exhibitions |
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Hirschsprung Collection | City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art | Large collection of Danish 19th and early 20th century art with come provinence furniture | |
Nivaagaard Collection | Nivå Nivå Nivå is a town with a population of 7,869 in the municipality of Fredensborg on the island of Zealand in Denmark. Nivå is a residential town on the coast of the Øresund... |
Fredensborg Fredensborg municipality Fredensborg Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden . The municipality covers an area of 112 km2, and has a total population of 39,240... |
Art | Permanent painting collection and changing exhibitions | |
HDMS Peder Skram Peder Skram (F 352) HDMS Peder Skram was a Peder Skram class frigate in the Royal Danish Navy which was in use until 1990. It was named after Peder Skram, a 16th century Danish admiral.Today it lies at Holmen where it serves as a museum ship.-Career:... |
Holmen Holmen, Copenhagen Holmen is an area in central Copenhagen, Denmark. In spite of its name, deceptively in singular, Holmen is a congregation of small islands, forming a north-eastern extension of Christianshavn between Zealand and the northern tip of Amager.... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Ship | A decommissioned frigate of the Royal Danish Navy Royal Danish Navy The Royal Danish Navy is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese territorial waters... , now open to the public |
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HDMS Sælen HDMS Sælen (S323) HDMS Sælen is one of the three Tumleren-class small coastal submarines of the Kongelige Danske Marine .... |
Holmen Holmen, Copenhagen Holmen is an area in central Copenhagen, Denmark. In spite of its name, deceptively in singular, Holmen is a congregation of small islands, forming a north-eastern extension of Christianshavn between Zealand and the northern tip of Amager.... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Ship | A decommissioned fregate of the Royal Danish Navy Royal Danish Navy The Royal Danish Navy is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese territorial waters... , now open to the public |
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Jægerspris Castle Jægerspris Castle Jægerspris Castle, in Jægerspris on the Hornsherred peninsula west of Copenhagen, is a Danish manor house. It has belonged to the Danish monarchs for most of its history which dates back to the 13th century... |
Rungsted Rungsted Rungsted is a neighborhood in the city of Hørsholm in the Hørsholm Municipality of Øresund, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The center of Hørsholm is located two kilometers west of Rungsted... |
Jægerspris Jægerspris Jægerspris is a town and a former municipality in Region Hovedstaden in the northern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 96 km², and had a total population of 9,480... |
Frederikssund | Historic house museum in Baroque manor house and former royal residence associated with King Frederick VII Frederick VII of Denmark Frederick VII was a King of Denmark. He reigned from 1848 until his death. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg and also the last king of Denmark to rule as an absolute monarch... and Countess Danner Louise Rasmussen Louise Christine Rasmussen, also known as Countess Danner , was a Danish Ballet dancer and stage actor. She was the mistress and later the morganatic spouse of King Frederick VII of Denmark... , sculpture park |
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Karen Blixen Museum Rungstedlund Rungstedlund, also known as the Karen Blixen Museum, is a country house in Rungsted on the Øresund coast just north of Copenhagen, Denmark, notable for its association with the author Karen Blixen, who lived there for most of her life... |
Rungsted Rungsted Rungsted is a neighborhood in the city of Hørsholm in the Hørsholm Municipality of Øresund, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The center of Hørsholm is located two kilometers west of Rungsted... |
Hørsholm | Biographical, historic house | Former family home of author Karen Blixen Karen Blixen Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel... , also exhibiting a collection of her paintings and drawings |
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Kastrupgård | Kastrup Kastrup Kastrup is a suburb of Copenhagen, on the east coast of Amager in the Tårnby Municipality.Kastrup is best known as the site of Copenhagen Airport. In Danish, the airport is often called Kastrup Lufthavn or Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup .Scandinavian Airlines System has its Denmark offices in Kastrup... |
Tårnby | Art, apploed arts, historic site | Permanent and changing art exhibitions, a collection of artefacts from Kastrup Værk Kastrup Værk Kastrup Værk was a pottery and tile works in Kastrup, now a suburb of Copenhagen, on the Danish island of Amager.-History:... |
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Kunstforeningen Kunstforeningen Kunstforeningen , now officially called Gammel Strand after its address, is an exhibition space and non-profit membership organization located at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen, Denmark... |
City Centre | Copenhagen | Art | Based in a Rovovo town house, changing exhibitions of Danish and International art, mainly contemporary but occasionally historical | |
Kronborg Castle Kronborg Castle Kronborg is a star fortress situated near the town of Helsingør on the extreme northeastern tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Øresund, the sound between Denmark and Sweden... |
Helsingør | Helsingør Helsingør municipality Helsingør Kommune , is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 122 km², and has a total population of 60,844... |
Historic site | Historic interiors and artefacts as well as changing exhibitions | |
Lightvessel Gedser Rev | Nyhavn Nyhavn Nyhavn is a 17th century waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Stretching from Kongens Nytorv to the harbour front just south of the Royal Playhouse, it is lined by brightly coloured 17th and early 18th century townhouses and bars, cafes and restaurants... |
Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Ship | Defunct lightvessel, now opened to the public | |
Little Mill | Christianshavn Christianshavn Christianshavn is an artificial island neighbourhood located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in the early 17th century by Christian IV as part of his extension of the fortifications of Copenhagen. Originally it was laid out as an independent privileged merchant's town with inspiration from... |
Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Historic house | Operated by National Museum National Museum of Denmark The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main domicile is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world,... , originally a windmill but transformed into a private home in 1917, intact, interiors |
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Louisiana Museum of Modern Art The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark with an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II and up... |
Humlebæk | Fredensborg-Humlebæk Fredensborg municipality Fredensborg Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden . The municipality covers an area of 112 km2, and has a total population of 39,240... |
Art | Denmark's most visited museum, large permanent and changing exhibitions and sculpture garden | |
Medical Museion Medical Museion (Copenhagen) Medical Museion is a museum and research unit in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to the history of health and disease in a cultural perspective. Part of the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Copenhagen, its principal area of interest is the recent history of the material and iconographic... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History | History of medicinefurniture | |
Museum of Hunting and Forrestry | Høresholm | Hørsholm | History | History of hunting and forrestry | |
Museum of Music | City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
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National Museum of Denmark National Museum of Denmark The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main domicile is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world,... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History, archeology | National collections of archeological finds and historic objects | |
National Museum of Photography | City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Photography | National Danish collections of photographs, changing exhibitions | |
North Atlantic House North Atlantic House North Atlantic House is a cultural centre located on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to preserve, promote and communicate culture and art from the North Atlantic area. It is made as a cooperation between Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands and includes three... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Municipality Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art, culture | cultural historyns of cultural history from Greenland Greenland Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for... , Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population... , Feroe Islands |
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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Art | Significant collections of classical antiquities, Danish and European 19th and 20th century art, French impressionism partecularly well represented | ||
Nyboder Memorial Rooms Nyboder Nyboder is a historic row house district of former Naval barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was planned and first built by Christian IV to accommodate a need for housing for the personnel of the rapidly growing Royal Danish Navy and their families during that time... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Art | Located in the oldest preserved row of the Nyboder Nyboder Nyboder is a historic row house district of former Naval barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was planned and first built by Christian IV to accommodate a need for housing for the personnel of the rapidly growing Royal Danish Navy and their families during that time... former naval barracks, exhibition about everyday life in the houses from 1631 to the present day |
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Open Air Museum Frilandsmuseet Frilandsmuseet is an open air museum in Lyngby at the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Opened in 1897 and covering 40 hectares, it is one of the largest and oldest open-air museums in the world.... |
Kongens Lyngby Kongens Lyngby Kongens Lyngby is the main city in the affluent Danish municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk. Just north of Copenhagen, the city lies in the northern part of Denmark's largest island, Zealand... |
Lyngby-Taarbæk | Historic | A collection of more than a hundred rural buildings from around Denmark as well as reconstructed period gardens and old Danish breeds of farm animal | |
Ordrupgaard Ordrupgaard Ordrupgaard is a state-owned art museum situated near Jægersborg Dyrehave, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The museum houses one of Northern Europe’s most considerable collections of Danish and French art from the19th and beginning of the 20th century.... |
Ordtup | Gentofte | Art | Located in a historic in a former country house with an extension by Zaha Hadid Zaha Hadid Zaha Hadid, CBE is an Iraqi-British architect.-Life and career:Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.After graduating she worked... , exhibits a significant collection of Danish and French art from the 19th and early 20th century as well as changing exhibitions |
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Post & Tele Museum | City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History | Postal and telecommunications history, stamps, letters, artefacts | |
Resistance Museum | City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History | Exhibition about the Danish resistance movement Danish resistance movement The Danish resistance movement was an underground insurgency movement to resist the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Due to the unusually lenient terms given to Danish people by the Nazi occupation authority, the movement was slower to develop effective tactics on a wide scale... during World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
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Rosenborg Museum Rosenborg Castle Rosenborg Castle is a renaissance castle located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art, antiquities, historic building | A Renaissance Renaissance architecture Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance... castle built by King Christian IV Christian IV of Denmark Christian IV was the king of Denmark-Norway from 1588 until his death. With a reign of more than 59 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch of Denmark, and he is frequently remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects... , displays the Chronological Collections of the Danish Oldenburg House of Oldenburg The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden... monarchs, including the Danish Crown Regalia Danish Crown Regalia Danish Crown Regalia are the symbols of the Danish monarchy. They consist of three crowns, a sceptre , an orb , a sword of state and an ampulla.... |
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Roskilde Cathedral Roskilde Cathedral Roskilde Cathedral , in the city of Roskilde on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Denmark. The first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick, it encouraged the spread of the Brick Gothic style throughout Northern Europe... |
Roskilde Roskilde Roskilde is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.... |
Roskilde Roskilde municipality Roskilde municipality is a municipality in Region Sjælland, 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in east Denmark.... |
Religious | Lutheran ceahedral, exhibition about its history with artefacts, models and reconstructions | |
Round Tower Rundetårn The Rundetårn is a 17th-century tower located in central Copenhagen, Denmark. One of the many architectural projects of Christian IV, it was built as an astronomical observatory... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art, historic site | A 17th century observatory, changing art and other exhibitions in the attached Library Hall located above Trinity Church | |
Royal Danish Naval Museum Royal Danish Naval Museum The Royal Danish Naval Museum is a maritime museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.-External links:*... |
Christianshavn Christianshavn Christianshavn is an artificial island neighbourhood located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in the early 17th century by Christian IV as part of his extension of the fortifications of Copenhagen. Originally it was laid out as an independent privileged merchant's town with inspiration from... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Military | History and artefacts of the Royal Danish Navy Royal Danish Navy The Royal Danish Navy is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese territorial waters... |
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Royal Cast Collection Vestindisk Pakhus Vestindisk Pakhus , located on Tolbodgade on the waterfront between Amalienborg Palace and Langelinie, is a former 18th-century warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was designed by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff and built from 1780 to 1781 for the Danish West India Company, a chartered company... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art | Located in an 18th century former warehouse of the Danish West India Company Danish West India Company The Danish West India Company or Danish West India-Guinea Company was a Danish chartered company that exploited colonies in the Danish West Indies. It was founded as the Danish Africa Company in 1659 in Glückstadt by a German Hendrik Carloff and two Dutchmen Isaac Coymans and Nicolaes Pancras.... , comprises more than 2,000 plaster casts of sculptures and reliefs from around the world |
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Royal Life Guards Museum Rosenborg Barracks Rosenborg Barracks , one of two barracks of the Royal Danish Life Guard, is located next to Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art | Located in Rosenborg Barracks Rosenborg Barracks Rosenborg Barracks , one of two barracks of the Royal Danish Life Guard, is located next to Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark... , history and artefacts of the Royal Life Guards from 1658 to the present day |
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Royal Stables and Carriage Museum | Slotsholmen Slotsholmen Slotsholmen is an island in the harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, and part of Copenhagen Inner City. Bishop Absalon constructed the city's first castle on the island in 1166-67 at the site where Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament lies today... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History | The Danish royal family's stables and collection of carriages at Christiansborg Palace Christiansborg Palace Christiansborg Palace, , on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, is the seat of the Folketing , the Danish Prime Minister's Office and the Danish Supreme Court... |
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St. Ansgar's Museum St. Ansgar's Cathedral Saint Ansgar's Cathedral in Copenhagen, Denmark is the principal church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen, which encompasses all of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland.-History:... |
Frederiksstaden Frederiksstaden Frederiksstaden is a district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century and it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in Europe.... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Religoius | Located in connection with St. Ansgar's St. Ansgar's Cathedral Saint Ansgar's Cathedral in Copenhagen, Denmark is the principal church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen, which encompasses all of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland.-History:... , the Catholic cathedral in Copenhagen, sizable collection of artefacts linked with the church and the Catholic congregation, and Liturgic artefacts |
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Storm P Museum | Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most... |
Frederiksberg | Biographical | History of Danish cartoonist, writer, animator, illustrator, painter actor and humorist Robert Storm Petersen Robert Storm Petersen Robert Storm Petersen was a Danish cartoonist, writer, animator, illustrator, painter and humorist. He is known almost exclusively by his pen name Storm P.- Biography :... and collections of his works |
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Thorvaldsens Museum Thorvaldsens Museum The Thorvaldsen Museum is a single-artist museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to the art of Danish neoclassicistic sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen , who lived and worked in Rome for most of his life . The museum is located on the small island of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen next to... |
Slotsholmen Slotsholmen Slotsholmen is an island in the harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, and part of Copenhagen Inner City. Bishop Absalon constructed the city's first castle on the island in 1166-67 at the site where Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament lies today... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Art, biographical | Purpose-built museum designed by Gottlieb Bindesbøll Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll Michael Gottlieb Birckner Bindesbøll was a Danish architect active during the Danish Golden Age in the first half of the 19th century. Most known for his design of Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen, he was a key figure in the stylistic shift in Danish architecture from late classicism to Historicism... for original models by Bertel Thorvaldsen Bertel Thorvaldsen Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old... brought home from Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... as well as his extensive collections of artefacts and paintings |
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Tycho Brahe Planetarium Tycho Brahe Planetarium The Tycho Brahe Planetarium is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the southern end of Skt. Jørgens Sø. It is named after astronomer Tycho Brahe. It was designed by MAA Knud Munk and opened on November 1, 1989.... |
Vesterbro | City Centre | Planetarium | Exhibitions about astronomy Astronomy Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth... , an IMAX IMAX IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems... theatre and a star projector Planetarium projector A planetarium projector is a device used to project images of celestial objects onto the dome in a planetarium.The first modern planetarium projectors were designed and built by the Carl Zeiss Jena company in Germany between 1923 and 1925, and have since grown more complex. Smaller projectors... |
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Tøjhus Museum Tøjhus Museum The Tøjhus Museum is a museum of military history and arms on Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located in Christian IVs arsenal Tøjhuset , from which it takes its name.-History:... |
Slotsholmen Slotsholmen Slotsholmen is an island in the harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, and part of Copenhagen Inner City. Bishop Absalon constructed the city's first castle on the island in 1166-67 at the site where Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament lies today... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Military Military A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g... |
Collections of historic weapons and military artefacts | |
University Botanical Garden University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden The University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden , usually referred to simply as Copenhagen Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Copenhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
Natural history | 27 glasshouses and more than 13,000 species of plants | |
Viking Ship Museum | Roskilde Roskilde Roskilde is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.... |
Roskilde Roskilde municipality Roskilde municipality is a municipality in Region Sjælland, 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in east Denmark.... |
Maritime, history | Display of recovered remains of viking ships | |
Worker's Museum Worker's Museum (Copenhagen) The Worker's museum or Arbejdermuseet is a museum in Copenhagen. The museum was opened in 1986.-External links:*... |
City Centre Indre By Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark... |
Coepnhagen Copenhagen municipality Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.... |
History | History and artefacts relating to workers in Copenhagen | |
Øregård Museum Øregård Museum Øregård Museum is an art museum located in Hellerup in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is owned by Gentofte Municipality and holds a topographic collection of pictures from Copenhagen and the area north of the city. It also hosts special exhibitions... |
Hellerup Hellerup Hellerup is a Danish town of Region Hovedstaden, located in the Gentofte Municipality in Denmark. It is bordered to the east by the sound Øresund and to the South by Copenhagen and counted among the most affluent areas in Denmark.... |
Gentofte | Art, history, historic house | Located in a Neoclassical former country house, holds a collection of around 3,000 pictures from the Copenhagen and hosts changing art and historic exhibitions | |
Visitor numbers
Visit Denmark, the national Danish tourist organisation, publishes an annual Attractions List with visitor figures for the fifty most visited attractions in Denmark. According to it, visitor numbers for the most visited museums in and around Copenhagen in 2010 were:- Copenhagen Zoo, 1.055.593
- Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtLouisiana Museum of Modern ArtThe Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark with an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II and up...
, 557,803 - Danish National GalleryStatens Museum for KunstStatens Museum for Kunst is the Danish national gallery located in Copenhagen....
, 448,342 - National Museum of DenmarkNational Museum of DenmarkThe National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main domicile is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world,...
, 434,000 - Round TowerRundetårnThe Rundetårn is a 17th-century tower located in central Copenhagen, Denmark. One of the many architectural projects of Christian IV, it was built as an astronomical observatory...
, 391,108 - Ny Carlsberg GlyptotekNy Carlsberg GlyptotekThe Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark...
, 355.945 - Open Air MuseumFrilandsmuseetFrilandsmuseet is an open air museum in Lyngby at the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Opened in 1897 and covering 40 hectares, it is one of the largest and oldest open-air museums in the world....
, 318,667 - Experimentarium, 285,755
- Rosenborg CastleRosenborg CastleRosenborg Castle is a renaissance castle located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects...
, 238,278 - Kronborg CastleKronborg CastleKronborg is a star fortress situated near the town of Helsingør on the extreme northeastern tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Øresund, the sound between Denmark and Sweden...
, 194,704 - Tycho Brahe PlanetariumTycho Brahe PlanetariumThe Tycho Brahe Planetarium is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the southern end of Skt. Jørgens Sø. It is named after astronomer Tycho Brahe. It was designed by MAA Knud Munk and opened on November 1, 1989....
, 179,800 - Carlsberg Visitor Centre, 157,500
- Post & Tele Museum, 152.879
- Danish National Aquarium, 132,433
- The CinematequeDanish Film InstituteThe Danish Film Institute is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest....
, 116,992 - Viking Ship Museum, 111,455
- Worker's MuseumWorker's Museum (Copenhagen)The Worker's museum or Arbejdermuseet is a museum in Copenhagen. The museum was opened in 1986.-External links:*...
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Note: The list from Visit Denmark does not include parks such as Copenhagen Botanical Garden and Assistens Cemetery.