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Things to do in Copenhagen

Walk from Nyhavn's painted houses to Christiansborg and Rosenborg, climb the Round Tower, spend an evening at Tivoli and take the coast train to Kronborg.

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Amalienborg Museum

Royal rooms in one of the four palaces around Amalienborg Square, the royal family's Copenhagen home.Entry: Book an entry timeSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Food

Café Knarr, Roskilde

The Viking Ship Museum's café on Museum Island, cooking with ingredients the Vikings knew.Entry: Pay as you go
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Christiansborg Palace

Palace where you can visit the Royal Reception Rooms, the Royal Kitchen and the medieval ruins below.Entry: Buy at the door or onlineSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
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Church of Our Saviour

Christianshavn church whose serpentine spire, inaugurated in 1752, has 400 steps to the top.Entry: Book a time slotSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Neighborhood

Freetown Christiania

An alternative community founded in the early 1970s, known for homemade houses, art and green ramparts.Entry: Free to visit
Nature

King's Garden

Denmark's oldest royal garden, laid out beside Rosenborg in the early 1600s, with a rose garden and statues.Entry: Free to visitSearch tours on Tiqets
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Kronborg Castle, Helsingør

Castle on the Øresund at Helsingør, home of Hamlet, with dark casemates and a cannon tower view.Entry: Buy at the door or onlineSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Food

Louisiana Café, Humlebæk

The museum café, serving lunch from noon in rooms overlooking the sea; a museum ticket is needed.Entry: Museum ticket needed
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk

Modern art museum on the coast north of Copenhagen, with a sculpture park and views over the sea.Entry: Buy at the door or online. Closed MondaysSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Nature

Louisiana Sculpture Park, Humlebæk

The museum's lawns and sculptures between the galleries and the shore of the Øresund.Entry: Museum ticket needed. Closed MondaysSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Food

Meatpacking District (Kødbyen)

Old meat-industry halls in Vesterbro, now restaurants, bars and galleries beside working food businesses.Entry: Pay as you go
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Nyhavn

A canal lined with painted 17th-century houses, now cafés and restaurants, where canal tours start.Entry: Pay as you go
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Rosenborg Castle

Christian IV's Renaissance castle, where the treasury below holds the Danish crown jewels.Entry: Book an entry timeSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Church

Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde

Brick cathedral holding the tombs of Danish kings and queens in its royal chapels.Entry: Pay at the doorSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Viewpoint

Round Tower

A landmark tower climbed by a spiral ramp to a 360-degree view over central Copenhagen.Entry: Pay at the doorSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets
Neighborhood

Strøget

A car-free chain of shopping streets running 1.1 km from City Hall Square to Kongens Nytorv.Entry: Free to visit
Viewpoint

The Little Mermaid

Edvard Eriksen's 1913 bronze of Hans Christian Andersen's mermaid, sitting on a rock off the Langelinie pier.Entry: Free to visitSearch tours on Tiqets
Food

Tivoli Food Hall

A food hall of about 15 stalls on the edge of Tivoli, open from the street every day.Entry: Pay as you go
Neighborhood

Tivoli Gardens

Historic amusement park and gardens beside Copenhagen Central Station, open in Easter, summer, Halloween and Christmas seasons.Entry: DKK[fee] by date; open in seasons
Market

Torvehallerne

Market halls on Frederiksborggade selling fish, seasonal produce, smørrebrød and coffee, open every day.Entry: Pay as you go
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Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde

Five excavated Viking ships in a hall by Roskilde Fjord, with a boatyard building reconstructions.Entry: Buy at the door or onlineSearch tickets and tours on Tiqets

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