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Christiania   Copenhagen

Christiania, Copenhagen

 14 Reviews  Years ago when WWII soldiers abandoned there "houses" near the river some hippies went to live there. And other hippies came and it is now a big hippy comuna just in the city. I have never seen... 

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Architecture   Copenhagen

Architecture, Copenhagen

 24 Reviews  I don't know if there is something alike in all the world. For me, it was the first (and last) time that I crossed a strange men's work that starts being a bridge and, suddenly dives into the sea to... 

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Roskilde   Copenhagen

Roskilde, Copenhagen

 8 Reviews  We took the train from the airport to Roskilde, which was about a 30 minute ride. The train station in Roskilde is right by the center of town. And apparently it is one of the oldest continuing... 

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Sweden   Copenhagen

Sweden, Copenhagen

 7 Reviews  Across the sea from Copenhagen, in another country, lies one of the major cities in Europe. This was a city that once was visitable only by ferry, but since the great wonder of the Oresund bridge was... 

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Dragør   Copenhagen

Dragør, Copenhagen

 7 Reviews  Dragør is situated on the south coast of the island Amager. A bus from the centre of Copenhagen will get you there in 35 minutes – a slow bicycle ride will take just under an hour. Dragør was... 

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Museums & Exibitions   Copenhagen

Museums & Exibitions, Copenhagen

 19 Reviews   Cisternerne – The Museum of Modern Glass Art - was established in August 2001 in the old water reservoirs below Søndermarken (see other tip) on Frederiksberg. The museum has a permanent collection... 

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Helsingør   Copenhagen

Helsingør, Copenhagen

 9 Reviews  An other place not to be missed is Helsingör (Elsinore) with the legendary Hamlet Castle. It is not so off the beaten path when you continue from Copenhagen to any place in Sweden a bit north of... 

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Parks & Outdoor areas   Copenhagen

Parks & Outdoor areas, Copenhagen

 17 Reviews   Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultets Have (known as "The Garden") is part of the University of Copenhagen and is a small hidden botanical garden at Bülowsvej on Frederiksberg, a few kilometres outside... 

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Inner Suburbs   Copenhagen

Inner Suburbs, Copenhagen

 9 Reviews  Countless tourists walk up and down Stroeget to shop and sure, if you've never experienced Scandinavia before, it can be fun with Illums Bolighus and all the rest, but the crowds depress me. If you... 

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Beaches   Copenhagen

Beaches, Copenhagen

 7 Reviews  My friend lives in Charlottenlund which is fife minutes from the seahore and beach there. In winter it is nice to take a stroll while in summer it must be nice to take a bath in the sea watching the... 

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Russian Orthodox Church   Copenhagen

Russian Orthodox Church, Copenhagen

 5 Reviews  We've examined Russian Orthodox church only from windows of our car. However we remembered its shape very well. In two weeks after returning home to Moscow we saw a television plot which saw many... 

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Churches   Copenhagen

Churches, Copenhagen

 11 Reviews   Grundtvigs Kirke (Grundtvig’s Church) is located on the Bispebjerg Hill in the north-western part of Copenhagen. The church was built as a national monument for the priest, hymn writer and social... 

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Dyrehaven   Copenhagen

Dyrehaven, Copenhagen

 2 Reviews  North of Copenhagen there is a large forest made by king Frederik d. III in 1669 for the purpose of parforcehunting (riding to hounds). You have a opportunity to see the wildlife from a horseback as... 

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Nyboder   Copenhagen

Nyboder, Copenhagen

 3 Reviews  Nyboder was erected between 1631 and 1641, during the reign of King Christian IV, as quarters for the permanent personnel of the Navy. The terrace houses have been rebuilt many times, but some of the... 

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Bakken   Copenhagen

Bakken, Copenhagen

 3 Reviews  Just a little train ride away from the city you find Dyrehavsbakken or just Bakken (The hill) as its normally called in Danish is situated in the southern part of the large forest Dyrehaven. Its the... 

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Rundetårn   Copenhagen

Rundetårn, Copenhagen

 3 Reviews  On the other hand, the city seen from the top of the Round Tower looked so mellow in the pastel colours of a late afternoon. The lines of the city architecture became softer and the forged iron of the... 

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Castles   Copenhagen

Castles, Copenhagen

 5 Reviews  Frederiksborg Castle is located in the middle of Hillerod and contains the national history museum. Lovely 1 day trip from Copenhagen. The history of Frederiksborg Castle starts ine the 16th century... 

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Randers

by globetrott

Randers is a small town close to Aarhus and we took a little walk through the old town with lovely architecture and interesting buildings. In general you will see wide areas of modern houses in the outskirts of danish towns, the centre is mostly full of lovely half-timbered houses.Randers is one of the small towns close to Aarhus, that we used to visit in order to search for old adresses, that we had found in the family-documents and as adresses of old letters, that my mother had in her posession. My grandmother was the youngest of 16 children, some of them immigrated to USA and some of the elder brothers never saw or met her younger sister (my grandma).Randers is in the north of Arhus : Take the highway E45, it goes directely to Randers and might make another stop-over on your way to Skagen.

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Overandlef / Over Randlef

by globetrott

Over Randlef is a small village close to Arhus and it has many interesting old buildings and halftimbered houses in the old town-centre. It is another place of importance in the history of the danish part of my family.We were searching for tomb-stones of the Rassmussen-family there (but unfortunately the old part of the cemetery was taken away some time ago) YOU might be interested in the giant farmhouse next to the small church of Overrandlef. Just enlarge my pictures and see that great half-timbered house that is partly even thatched by straw. Everything looks so clean and beautiful and you may walk through the courtyard freely and without restrictions, the building is obviously used by the church today.Overrandlef / Over Randlef is just a few km south of Arhus : Take the road #451 to Odder, Overrandlef is the next village south of Odder.

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Dronningslund palace

by globetrott

Dronninglund, in the northern part of Danmark is the castle / palace, where the Danish royal family came from and nowadays their former palace is used as a luxury hotel. Dont miss to take a look inside the church nearby, it looks very interesting with great wooden decorations, frescos and paintings.When you start early in the morning from Arhus Dronningslund might be a good place for an early lunch, before you drive on northwards in order to get to Skagen at the tip of Danmark, where the Sakgerrak meets the Kattegat...Take the highway E45 to the north. Dronninglund is about 80km south of Skagen

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Rundetaarn / the round tower of Copenhagen

by globetrott

Christian IV had the idea to build this interesting tower in 1637. It was ment as an observation-tower and something unique is the fact, that there are absolutely no steps to climb up that tower, but instead there is a winding road going up there inside the tower, so the king was able to ride up on the horseback.Nowadays the tourists walk up there, it is easy and a lot of fun and the view is also quite nice,on a clear day you may even see the Oeresund-bridge in a distance.In combination with the round tower there is also an astronomical observatory,a library and a church.Rundetaarn / the round tower is in Koebmagergade 52aThere is an entrance-fee of 25 DK-kronenin winter the tower is open : 10.00a.m.-05.00p.m. at weedayson sunday it opens at noon !Between june 1st and september 20thit is open at the same schedule,but untill 10.00p.m.

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Vor Freslers Kirke - Church of the Saviour

by globetrott

Kopenhagen is a great place to see fancy spires - like the one of Vor Freslers Kirke - Church of the Saviour :This church in Christianshavn was built in about 1750 and 400 steps are leading to the top of the spire, where you will have a great view over the cityWhat an idea to build the stairs outside in a great spiral - no bad idea in a country with only a bit of snow falling in winter

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Fristaden Christiania / Freestate of Christiania

by globetrott

Fristaden Christiania / Freestate of Christiania started as a Hippy-colony on an empty island opposite of the cruise-port of Kopenhagen. In 1971 the empty island was occupied by some hippies and they defended their status untill 1986, when their status was officially recognized by the city of Kopenhagen. They follow their own rules of "freedom" also using drugs etc. but on the other hand this freedom does not go so far, that you are allowed to take any pics...

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Bagenkop on the island of Langeland

by globetrott

Bagenkop on the south-end of the island of Langeland is another village we visited first in 1964, having been invited there by a cousin of my mother. In the year 2000 I returned there and I think that Bagenkop might also be an interesting place to go for ordinary tourists, who care for lovely landscapes and a quiet vacation.My favorite building was the church, where you may also see a sailing-boat hanging down from the ceiling, in order to get a safe return of the fishermen of Bagenkop. The husband of our relative was one of them, beeing out on the open sea fishing for several weeks, so we actually never met him.

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Denmark on websites

by ginte

To begin your exploration of Denmark, visit the Scandinavian Tourist Board (www.scandinavia.com)the Danish Tourist Board (www.visitdenmark.com)and Wonderful Copenhagen (www.woco.dk)all of which have extensive links. Get information on Danish culture, tour suggestions, and cultural calendars at CultureNet Denmark (www.culturenet-denmark.dk).You'll find all answers to your questions at these sites.

The Carlsberg brewery

by SaurabhMitra

When you are in Copenhagen, make it a point to visit the Carlsberg brewery. Copenhagen is the birthplace of this famous beer. Their oldest factory provides a guided tours and at the end, you reach a bar, where you can sample the special beers ever. The ones that are never sold in the market, but are meant for those who visit the factory.A visit to the factory also enables you to see around the old architecture around the factory, not to miss the elephant gate.

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Mushroom hunting

by TheView

Interesting maybe not as much for the tasty mushrooms but for the closer and more observant contact with the nature your in. In all state forests its allowed to gather mushrooms for your own consumption in private forests you need the owners permission but I am sure you will never have any problems even in a private forest without a permit. You recognise that your in a state forest by a red pole or a red gate (see photos). Just bring a good mushroom book and don’t eat anything your not certain on is safe. The best period is from August to November.

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Top 3 Hotels in Denmark

Hilton Copenhagen Airport  Copenhagen

 10 Reviews and 788 Opinions  Wannabe location..close to airport and steps to subway train..this property is only for business... 

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Best Western Hotel Knudsens Gaard  Odense

 1 Review and 19 Opinions  A cosy 4 star hotel. We were glad we stayed here for the night. They have very friendly personnel.... 

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Hotel Royal  Århus

 2 Reviews and 23 Opinions  I went on a tour to Europe last year with my family. It was a great trip we had. While going to... 

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Q:  Hi everybody!I'm going to come in Denmark next August and I need some advice by the most experienced danish! I'm certainly going... 

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