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Tivoli   Copenhagen

Tivoli, Copenhagen

 175 Reviews  I didn't enter the Tivoli gardens. After reading review after review saying that it wasn't worth the money, I turned back after seeing the prices. Because not only do you have to pay almost 13 euros... 

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Christiania   Copenhagen

Christiania, Copenhagen

 66 Reviews  The autonomous district of Christiania is just the kind of place I would have wanted to live as an idealistic teenager. It's entirely self-run and self-regulated. Much to the annoyance of the Danish... 

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Rådhuspladsen - Town hall square   Copenhagen

Rådhuspladsen - Town hall square, Copenhagen

 97 Reviews  If Monopoly is to be believed, Radhuspladsen is the Mayfair of Copenhagen - the most expensive place on the board. It is a magnificent square. It has fantastic sculpture, like the Dragon Fountain. It... 

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Little Mermaid   Copenhagen

Little Mermaid, Copenhagen

 117 Reviews  If anyone knows anything about Copenhagen, it's probably the Little Mermaid. The star of a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, and a series of Disney Movies, there are probably few who haven't heard... 

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Amalienborg Palace   Copenhagen

Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen

 78 Reviews  Amalienborg Palace consists of an octagonal courtyard, where identical Rococo palaces were built on four of its corners. Frederick V is immortalised in a statue at the center of the courtyard. The... 

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Nyhavn   Copenhagen

Nyhavn, Copenhagen

 119 Reviews  The earthy tones of the Nyhavn facades, fronting onto the glistening canal with its bobbing wooden boats is one of the most iconic sights in Denmark, and for me the most memorable. It has in its time... 

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Canal & harbour tours   Copenhagen

Canal & harbour tours, Copenhagen

 59 Reviews  When you go to Copenhagen for the first time I think that you should start with a canal tour. There are two campanies(DFDS and Netto boats) covering the major sights of Copenhagen. It gives you a... 

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Carlsberg Brewery   Copenhagen

Carlsberg Brewery, Copenhagen

 34 Reviews  The Carlsberg Brewery was founded in 1801 by a man called Chirstian... it is named Carlsberg after his son, Carl (Carlsberg = Carl's hill). It is quite a stunningly beautiful building and I wish, I... 

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Strøget   Copenhagen

Strøget, Copenhagen

 52 Reviews  Copenhagen's Stroget is the longest pedestrianized shopping street in Europe and a major tourist attraction. The street stretches from Kongens Nytorv in the center of Copenhagen, all the way down to... 

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Rosenborg Palace & Kongens Have   Copenhagen

Rosenborg Palace & Kongens Have, Copenhagen

 73 Reviews  Built as an extravagant summer house for the Danish Royal family it quickly fell into disuse. By the 18th century it was only used twice, in emergencies such as the British naval attack during the... 

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Rundetårn   Copenhagen

Rundetårn, Copenhagen

 66 Reviews  For arguably the best views of Copenhagen, head straight for the Rundetårn. It looks like an oddly shaped church, and that look betrays its origins as a part of the Trinitatis Complex, which consisted... 

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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek   Copenhagen

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

 50 Reviews   In my opinion, The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is one of the most beautiful museums in Copenhagen and absolutely worth a visit. It was originally Brewer Carl Jacobsen’s private art collection, but to... 

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Museum Erotica   Copenhagen

Museum Erotica, Copenhagen

 11 Reviews  Museum Erotica is definitely worth a visit. It is quite explicit and I think a bit more interesting than very similar museums in Amsterdam and Paris. Opening hours: 1 May - 30 September ALL WEEK :... 

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Squares & Statues   Copenhagen

Squares & Statues, Copenhagen

 47 Reviews  I was a little surprised by the modesty of this memorial - close to the cathedral and the beautiful building of the university, it risks to pass unnoticed. I understood that Denmark had other wars,... 

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Museums   Copenhagen

Museums, Copenhagen

 48 Reviews  Copenhagen has had a strong Jewish community going back for centuries. That role in Danish life is chronicled in the Jewish Museum - the only one of its kind in the country. The museum sits in a... 

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Royal Guard   Copenhagen

Royal Guard, Copenhagen

 31 Reviews  You dont need to buy a ticket, if you are not visiting inside the palace. The surroundings along the palace is quite peaceful. Lot many peoples were getting tan on the lawns of this palace. Sit/lie... 

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Opera House   Copenhagen

Opera House, Copenhagen

 28 Reviews  Copenhagen's striking Opera House is one of the most expensive of its kind, costing over half a billion dollars when it was finally completed in 2000. It's located on the island of Holmen, overlooking... 

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Vor Frelser Kirke - Our saviour’s church   Copenhagen

Vor Frelser Kirke - Our saviour’s church, Copenhagen

 38 Reviews   Vor Frelsers Kirke (The Church of our Saviour) is located at Christianshavn and was built in the years 1682 to 1696. The church is 32 metres high and is built in a Dutch baroque style and its... 

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Christiansborg Palace   Copenhagen

Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen

 44 Reviews  Denmark's Parliament is housed in what was once the Royal Palace. The Danish Royal Family still operate out of the same building. This makes for a unique Parliament, where all the powers of... 

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Guinness World Records   Copenhagen

Guinness World Records, Copenhagen

 19 Reviews  This museum is located at Ostergade in the Stroget district,its full of fascinating facts and figures on world records with great displays and pictures,Outside the entrance you will find the world's... 

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National Museum   Copenhagen

National Museum, Copenhagen

 30 Reviews   Nationalmuseet (The National Museum) is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history with exhibitions of Danish prehistory, Danish middle ages, the renaissance, and modern Danish history. Besides... 

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Churchill Park - St Alban´s Church - The Museum of Danish Resistance   Copenhagen

Churchill Park - St Alban´s Church - The Museum of Danish Resistance, Copenhagen

 37 Reviews  While not as famous as the French Resistance, the Danes, like most countries in Europe, actively fought the Nazi occupation of the country. The Danish involvement in World War 2 was sometimes less... 

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Marble Church - Frederiks Church   Copenhagen

Marble Church - Frederiks Church, Copenhagen

 40 Reviews  With the largest church dome in Scandinavia (and the fourth in Europe), with 12 columns covering a circle of 31 meters, this church was built during the 18th century, with a new version opened in... 

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Kastellet   Copenhagen

Kastellet, Copenhagen

 23 Reviews  Copenhagen's Kastellet is a fine example of a Star Fort, a kind of fortification that was developed to withstand the era of gunpowder. It consists of a flat structure, built from a series of... 

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Botanical Garden   Copenhagen

Botanical Garden, Copenhagen

 29 Reviews  A godsend on a cold day, the free to enter Botanical Gardens are a hot-house of flowers, plants and bushes from warmer climes. The main collection is in the very Victorian looking Palm House. This... 

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Shakespeare Comes to Danmark!

by lmkluque

Just up the coast from Copenhagen is Helsingor. The castle at Helsingor inspired Shakespeare and is the castle in his play, "Hamlet."Tours are offered but we chose to explore on our own. The snow on the ground around the shaded side of the castle surprised me. There were two moats to cross and the narrow windows--slits for guns or arrows--added to the feeling that this was well fortified place and safe to be in during an attack.The castle is called Kronborg Slot and is a bit outside of the town. However, it is full of history and not isolated to fame from Shakespeare.For more information about this historical castle see my Kronborg page.

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Ny Carlberg Glyptotek

by lmkluque

While in Danmark, a visit to Copenhagen can be quite exciting and charming. A visit to Carlsberg Glyptotek is a must. In 1888 Carl and Ottilia Jacobsen--the owners of Carlsberg Brewery--with support from the Municipality of Copenhagen built the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek which was inaugerated 1897.The conservatory with it's classical and modern collections was open 1906 and to add charm an array of tropical plants flourish all year long.This is a smallish museum that offers a wonderful bit of history and sculpture, inside and out, that I enjoyed very much. There is no charge to enter.After a tour of this museum, you might go over to the Carelsberg Brewery for a tour and a taste.Read more on my Copenhage page.

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Visit Skagen Museum

by lmkluque

SKAGEN MUSEUM is the most intimate art museum I've ever experienced. A wonderful show case for some of Danmark's talented artists, such as, P.S. Kroyer, Anna Ancher, Michael Ancher, three of my favorites. They have captured the beautiful play of light in Skagen and the reality of life/death in a fishing village vulnerable to some awesome, life robbing, storms. A great many of the paintings in Skagens Musuem depict the residents of Skagen, home scenes of the artists, and the love, labor and danger that was part of life for the local fishermen. A walk through the rooms of the Skagen Museum is better than any brochure about the town.Skagen

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Two Currents Merging

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Not only was Skagen a summer colony for artists in the late 1800's, it also was a fascinating geographical site. Visit the beach of Skagen, called Grenen, at the northern most tip of Danmark, on the Island of Jutland, where the current of two seas, the Nord See and Kattegatt, can be seen to meet. It is amazing to watch the two currents overlap into each other, allowing one to see the exact spot one body of water ends and the other begins! Think of it! There are few places in the world such a sight can be seen and this is one of them.Read more about this on my Skagen page.

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Helsingør (Elsinore)

by ant1606

Driving north of København is the city of Helsingør, or Elsinore in English. Ask Hamlet or Shakespeare about it.The imposing castle overlooks the narrow strait that separates Denmark from Sweden. On the other shore lays Helsingborg, ferry service takes you there in 15 minutes.A few centuries ago the Danes were in control of the strait and imposed tolls for all vessels in transit. This strategic point was later attacked and conquered by the Swedes. It is said that they encountered little or no resistance, and it is said that the reason for this easy victory is because the Danes were drunk. In fact there was no drinking water in Helsingoer and the Danish soldiers were entitled to receive 6 liters (ax. 6 quarts) of beer per day....Still today Denmark has one among the highest per capita beer consumption in the world.

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Bike Trip to Southern Lolland

by Martin75

We took a short trip from where we live (Næstved) to Nysted, which is a little town on the southern shore of Lolland. From there you can see two of the largest offshore wind parks (Rødsand 1 & 2) in the world. The two parks consists of 162 windmills and can provide electricity to around 200.000 households.The picture is of a nearby place where you can see the secondlargest erratic in Denmark. The weight of this rock is around 700 ton.

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Copenhagen

by solopes

Copenhagen was a surprise: a joyful city, living with pleasure its integration with water. Travelling along the canals or walking along the streets, was really a great pleasure. Maybe a second visit in September... even quicker because time will be short for Bornholm.Yes, I was there again in September, in a short but very well planned visit that allowed me to have a look of a different are of the city. A few more tips are being added!

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Lindholm Høje (Lindholm Hills): Viking site

by marielexoteria

This place is full of history - viking history. Lindholm Hills is a burial site and former viking settlement. It's located at an important crossing over the Limfjord, a stretch of water dividing Jutland, and it was an important trade center due to location. Excavations on this site started in 1889 but the major ones are from 1952, revealing 682 graves and artifacts.In late June they host their viking games.They have a museum but it's been close whenever I've visited. Here they hold the Midsummer celebration with a speech from the mayor (?) and the burn of a witch built only for this purpose.Information in English is available at: Visit Aalborg and here.

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A 1000 year old Viking fortress

by Christina1881

Trelleborg in West Zealand is one of the places where the Viking period can be experienced at closest range. The remains of one of the big Viking ring fortresses constructed in about 980 AD are situated in a beautiful countryside.The fortress of Trelleborg near Slagelse in Western Zealand is part of the largest known defensive system of the vikings. Four nearly identical sites are known, clearly connected to Trelleborg, namely Aggersborg at the northern fringe of the Limfiord, Fyrkat near the city of Hobro, Nonnebakken in Odense and Trelleborg in Scania, southern Sweden. Of these, Aggersborg is by far the largest, while the Danish Trelleborg is the best preserved and the only one with a fortified outer court. The fortress of Trelleborg covers an area of approximately 15 acres. It is constructed as an inner and an outer court, situated between the Tude Stream and the Vaarby Stream, which...

Faaborg

by Sjalen

A delightful little seaside town, Faaborg in the south of Funen, is a town famous for its many artists. It is easy to see why, with the seaside light as well as hilly part of Funen nearby. The town itself is full of cheerful half timbered houses with pretty doors and from its harbour, you can catch ferries to seveal of the smaller islands to the south.

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