Valby Park is the largest park in Copenhagen and a popular place for families to retreat to during the long bright days of summer....

The Rose Garden is situated on the edge of Valby park, the largest green space in Copenhagen. It is a public area containing a...

Vega is a Copenhagen institution situated in the heart of the old working-class district of Vesterbro. It was designed by the renowned Danish architect...

Peter Lav photo gallery is situated in the Copenhagen suburb of Valby and concentrates exclusively on contemporary photographic art. Its changing exhibitions represent Scandinavian...

The Vestre Cemetery is Scandinavia’s largest and dates from the nineteenth century. Many famous Danes are buried here. It is also the resting place...

Sct. Matthæus Church is situated on the western edge of Copenhagen City Centre, just off Vesterbrogade. It was built in the late nineteenth century...

The Carlsberg visitor centre is a popular attraction, especially among younger tourists. The Carlsberg name is synonymous with Copenhagen. The modernised visitor centre...

The Copenhagen City Museum is situated just to the north of the inner city. The displays are well-designed, modern and accessible. The building dates...

The Bakkehus Museum (meaning "house on the hill") is a literary and cultural museum situated in the pleasant suburb of Frederiksberg. It was once...

The Carlsberg Museum is housed close to the old Carlsberg brewery, which contains the new visitor centre. The museum was founded in the nineteenth...

The Øksnehallen, as its name denotes, was originally a cattle market, but it has been renovated in recent years to provide one of Copenhagen’s largest...

The IMAX Tycho Brahe Planetarium is a hugely impressive modern facility located just to the north of the old inner city within walking distance of...

Frederiksberg Palace dates from the beginning of the very beginning of the eighteenth century and was built at the behest of King Frederik IV....

The statue of Justice, also known as the "snake-killer", stands outside the police headquarters not far from the central raiway station. The police square...

The liberty column is a striking sight on the main thoroughfare of Vesterbrogade, near the city centre, though few tourists realise its history. The...

The Frederiksberg Gardens, situated by the Zoo, are one of the largest and most idyllic spaces in a Northern European city. They are designed...

The Museum of Modern Glass Art is situated in the leafy district of Frederiksberg and is highly unusual in that it is entirely underground and...

Tivoli is a Danish institution that inspires strong, and usually positive, emotion in local people. The inspiration for Disneyland, Tivoli is quite extraordinary in...

The Prince’s Palace is one of Copenhagen’s top tourist attractions and now forms part of Denmark’s National Museum. It provided the Royal Family’s home...

The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (New Carlsberg Sculpture Museum) was founded by the nineteenth century brewer Carl Jacobsen, son of the brewery’s founder. The Jacobsens...