Copenhagen

Further Information

There is free entrance to most museums once a week, mainly on Wednesdays.

• Amalienborg Palace - home of the royal family, changing of the guards each day at noon.
• Assistant Cemetery in Norrebro with graves of many notable Danes
• Bakkehus Museum, a cultural history museum about the Danish Golden Age of Literature and four of its most prominent figures: Kamma Rahbek, Knud Lyne Rahbek, Adam Oehlenschläger, dating back to the 1620's.
• Barbie Doll Museum, private collection of Barbie dolls from 1959 and on.
• Botanic Garden with its Palm House.
• Carlsberg Brewery Guided tours are offered twice every weekday
• Christiania the world famous commune known as the free city in Christianshavn.
• Cisternerne - Museum of Modern Glass Art, opposite the zoo in Frederiksberg. The museum is established in old water cisterns.
• Copenhagen Zoo
• The Little Mermaid, near Kastellet.
• Museum Erotica, museum about sex, eroticism and pornography.
• The Museum of Copenhagen, Vesterbro, museum about Copenhagen's history.
• National Gallery
• The National Museum
• Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek - one of the foremost collections in Europe of ancient, medieval and modern art
• Rosenborg Castle and Treasury
• Slotsholmen
• Sømods Bolcher, see candy being produced in the old-fashioned handmade tradition. A hit with the kids.
• The Workers' Museum museum about the working class and its history.

Things to do

• Climb the 400 steps to the top of the spire of Vor Frelsers Kirke in Christianshavn for panoramic views of Copenhagen.
• See a play in the Royal Theater, or the new Opera (opened January 2005)
• Tivoli, (Vesterbrogade 3), the world famous theme park in central Copenhagen. Entry 65 DKK, open 11-23 daily (longer on weekends). Main season is medio april-ultimo september. From medio november-ultimo december there is Christmas in Tivoli. In 2006 there will also be Halloween in Tivoli from 13.-22. October. Tivoli is especially beautiful at night when coloured lamps light up everywhere. Pop/rock concerts every Friday night, sometimes with internationally known names. (Be early). Some evenings end with fireworks, consult the program. Also brass bands, pantomime theater etc. on the program.
• Niels Bohr Institute. If you are a physicist or just interested in physics, come to the Institute and see the room of Niels Bohr with photos of the staff of the institute when he was the head of it, a model of the famous thought experiment weighing the clock, the archive, the photos of all the famous people who were developing the quantum theory during the so-called "golden age of physics, when even small people could do big things" and also the modern part of the institute. The people at the archive are wiling to show the institute to other people, if they are not too busy, but you should make an appointment in advance.
• Go on a harbour tour Canal tours, Netto Boats
• Fælledparken.

Annual events

• Copenhagen Jazzfestival, Held in early July, 10 days of jazz everywhere in Copenhagen. In parks, cafes, clubs, theaters etc.
• Culture Night (Kulturnatten) The last Friday before the school holiday in week 42 (mid-October). You buy a badge for DKK 70 and get access to major museums, exhibitions, churches, libraries, schools, organisations, the parliament, etc.