Popular Copenhagen Attractions

Kastrup Airport - Copenhagen: For an airport as large as it is, Copenhagen's Kastrup Airport is remarkably civilized with hardwood floors in some areas and sleek Scandinavian design throughout. Check-in and security lines can be l...

Danish Kunstindustrimuseet (Danish Museum of Art a

Definitely one of the best Copenhagen museums, this is an impressive collection of decorative arts in a former hospital backing on to tranquil lawns. Where else can you find blue-patterned drinking cu...

Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst (Modern Art)

South-west of Copenhagen, Arken is housed in an extraordinary building designed by Danish architect Søren Robert Lund, when viewed from the right spot, it resembles a ship looming out of the sea. In ...

Christiania Alternative Community

This controversial counter-culture community is not for everyone (and generally not recommended for children). In 1971, squatters took over an abandoned military barracks and declared it their own. Th...

Christianshavn

For a look at one of Copenhagen's lively and more popular residential neighborhoods that's off the tourist-trampled path, catch the Metro to Christianshavn station. In summer, canal-side restaurants o...

Det Kongelige Teater Operaen(Opera House)

Take a taxi boat from Nyhavn to Henning Larson's masterly opera house across the Oresund. It opened in 2005 on a man-made island at Dokøen, just north of Christianshavn, and is reputed to have perfec...

Madmanifesten

Daily chalkboard menu and foods made from scratch, varying by the season. Breakfast, lunch and dinner with local vegetables, organic meats and cheeses featuring prominently on the menu....

Noma

Now rated the best restaurant in the world by the UK's Restaurant Magazine, Noma offers highly refined Nordic cuisine, sourcing from the sea and land around Denmark, using sauces made from local beers...

Axel House

Located in the chic, eco friendly Axel Hotel Guldsmeden, dinner at this restaurant is open to all at a reasonable price. Flavorful, wholesome root vegetables, lentils, beans, yogurt, breads and desser...

Bike Rentals

Copenhagen is delightfully cycle-friendly, with bike lanes on most major streets. They have a free bike program where you can grab a bike from a rack, ride it across town, and leave it at a different ...

BioMio

Vegetarian friendly, low carbon footprint restaurant focused on energy and water conservation, and sustainable foods. Select and pay for your food cafeteria style, keeping the costs down and the quali...

Copenhagen Walking Tours

Richard Karpen is an American who has lived in Copenhagen more than 30 years. On summer mornings, he offers a variety of fun and lively walking tours with a dramatic flair. Routes vary from day to day...

Dansk Design Center

A light-filled, ash-floored, minimalist five-story space, part museum, part bookshop, and part temporary exhibitions to showcase the best design talent Denmark can offer. There are 14 exhibitions annu...

Emmerys on Vesterbrogade

Stop at one of the many branches of this organic bakery chain for breakfast on the go or just a pick me up pastry while sightseeing in Copenhagen. An expensive but delicious treat. Closes at 3pm on S...

F&W recommends Copenhagen

Food & Wine magazine, which in 2009 calls Copenhagen one of the world's 5 best restaurant cities, suggests great places in Copenhagen, including lunch spots, cafes, elegant French, Michelin starred ...

F&W recommends the Best in Copenhagen

Food & Wine magazine, which in 2009 calls Copenhagen one of the world's 5 best restaurant cities, finds some terrific restaurants in Copenhagen,

See web link for recommendations. To...

Karriere

Supper club, offering interesting cocktails with a nordic flavor and simple, local and organic foods and a bar and dance floor to work off your dinner on the weekends. Enjoy the unique venue, artist ...

National Museum

Denmark's National Museum is Scandinavia's largest, a vast, rambling one-time palace with a new foyer and masterly modern atrium by Anna Maria Indrio, just off Rådhuspladsen. The collection is broken...

NY Carlsberg Glyptotek (Carlsberg Collection)

An unsurpassable collection of antiquities and 19th-century French and Danish paintings donated to Copenhagen in 1897 by scions of the Carlsberg brewing dynasty. The ancient sculpture is gathered from...

Radisson SAS Royal

Copenhagen's original boutique hotel is also one of its best-known landmark. In 1956, Arne Jacobsen (1902-71), Denmark's most famous designer, had a hand in it all from the architecture (square, funct...

Restaurants - Five of Copenhagen's Best

Long established as a leader in the green foodie revolution, Copenhagen leads the way in Scandinavia with no less than 10 Michelin-starred restaurants. Newcomer to the table Restaurant Herman opened i...

The Wonderful World of Hans Christian Andersen

If you are traveling with young kids or have a keen interest in the works of Denmark's favorite storyteller, this is a good option to learn more about Andersen, with a series of tableaux illustrating ...

Tivoli Gardens

Situated around a lake that is part of the city's old moat system, Tivoli Gardens is the world's oldest amusement park. It opened in 1847.

Fun for adults as well as kids, Tivoli of...

House of Organic Inspiration, Copenhagen

Determined to become the first carbon-neutral European capital by 2025, Copenhagen has masses of green initiatives, 200 miles of cycle lanes, plenty of organic food shops and restaurants, and a splend...

a.o.c.-aaro & co

Set in 17th century vaulted cellar, this restaurant offers a "sensory" experience, with local foods and an extensive collection of wines from around the world. Whether it's Danish mussels with strawbe...

BioM

Copenhagen's leading "ecological" restaurant, offering Scandinavian classics such as steamed trout and veal roast with seasonal vegetables at dinner, and a selection of soups, sandwiches and pasta at ...

Canal Cruises

Two competing companies offer 50-minute boat tours around the city, narrated in English, Danish, German, and occasionally other languages. It's a great, relaxing way to get a quick overview of Copenha...

Cap Horn

Located in an historic house in the gorgeous Nyhavn neighborhood, this was one one of Copenhagen's first eco-friendly restaurants. Organic ingredients, including flour, milk and eggs are used to creat...

Kongens Nytorv

If you're visiting Copenhagen in the winter, rent some ice skates and take a few spins around a royal equestrian statue. In the summer, the circular "square" leads you to Copenhagen's famous pedestria...

Madklubben Bistro

Unpretentious, Danish foods offered at reasonable prices. Grilled pork, braised veal, local vegetables and danish cheeses are regulars on the menu, which changes monthly....

Nyhavn

Built in the 17th century to connect Kongens Nytorv and the center of Copenhagen to the sea, Nyhavn is bisected by its canal and lined with crooked, brightly painted gabled houses. Once home to sailor...

Royal Copenhagen Porcelain

The world-famous porcelain factory has its flagship store right on the main pedestrian street. Check out the traditional, hand-painted blue and white porcelain. If you're lucky, a painter might be the...

Strædet

Discover the romantic tangle of narrow cobbled streets to the south of Strøget, a pedestrianized chic little area of Copenhagen crammed with unusual boutiques and bars; no chain stores here. It's the...

Strøget

At 1.8km, Europe's longest pedestrianized shopping strip is actually five streets fused into one. Going north from Rådhuspladsen, you hit Frederiksberggade, then Nygade, Vimmelskaftet, Amagertorv, an...

Emmerys on Osterbrogade

Stop at one of the many branches of this organic bakery chain for breakfast on the go or just a pick me up pastry while sightseeing in Copenhagen. An expensive but delicious treat. Closes at 3pm on S...

Langelinie

Join Copenhageners on an afternoon's promenade along Langelinie to follow the shoreline along the Øresund. A couple of hundred meters along the shore path, Edvard Eriksen's iconic statue of The Littl...

Emmerys on Norrebrogade

Stop at one of the many branches of this organic bakery chain for breakfast on the go or just a pick me up pastry while sightseeing in Copenhagen. An expensive but delicious treat. Closes at 3pm on S...

Rosenborg Slot (Rosenborg Castle)

A fairy-tale castle bang in the middle of Copenhagen, turreted and towered Rosenborg was built as the summer residence for Christian IV, who moved in around 1634. Partly designed by Hans van Steenwinc...

Statens Museum (National Gallery of Modern Art)

Spanning art from the 14th century to contemporary work, this glorious light-filled gallery began life in the 19th century and now has a simple glass extension fused on to it, linked by a narrow, plai...

Vor Frue Kirke

Copenhagen's cathedral (the Church of Our Lady) has a nave 60m long and has been the scene of several royal weddings, including Crown Prince Frederik and Mary Donaldson in 2004. Founded by Bishop Absa...

Carlsberg Visitors Center & The Jacobsen Brewhouse

Established in 1847 by Jacob Jacobsen and named after his son Carl; for years the family has been a powerful force for good within Copenhagen, building housing for their workers and donating the fabul...

Cisternerne-Museum of Modern Glass Art

Housed underneath a glass pyramid in the middle of the Søndermarken gardens, this innovative museum of modern glassware was once the underground cistern providing water to Frederiksberg Castle acros...

The Royal Cafe

Famed for its smushi, or Danish open face sandwiches prepared like sushi! Try rolled pork with spring onion, ham salad with cress, salmon with egg or stick to soups and salads. Located in the Royal Co...

Christiansborg Slot (Castle) & Slotsholmen Museums

The tiny island of Slotsholmen was the site of Bishop Absalon's Copenhagen in the 12th century and subsequent home to the Danish Royal Family in a series of ever-more flamboyant palaces. Today's palac...

Danske Jødisk Museum (Danish Jewish Museum)

Designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind, who has drawn up plans for Ground Zero, this museum occupies the Royal Boat House of Christian IV, who invited the Sephardic Jews to Denmark from Portu...

Den Sorte Diamant (Black Diamond)

Part of the same complex as the Jewish Museum, the Black Diamond houses part of the Royal Library, which with 4.5 million books is the largest in Scandinavia-there are rare manuscripts by national tre...

Thorvaldsens Museum

Bertel Thorvaldsen (c.1770-1844) was born in Denmark but spent most of his working life as a much-praised neoclassical sculptor in Rome. In 1837 he returned to Copenhagen a wealthy man and bequeathed ...

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