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Culture, design & architecture

Choose what to see — don’t try to see everything

Do not overpack museum days: fewer stops and more outdoor breaks.

Art

SMK — Statens Museum for Kunst

Denmark’s national gallery.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Sculpture, antiquities and atmospheric interiors.

Thorvaldsens Museum

Sculpture and distinctive architecture.

The Hirschsprung Collection

Danish Golden Age and Skagen painters.

The David Collection

Islamic art and European decorative arts.

Copenhagen Contemporary

Large-scale contemporary art.

Kunsthal Charlottenborg

Contemporary exhibitions.

Contemporary art in a historic exhibition building.

Experimental contemporary art.

Modern and contemporary exhibitions.

Royal Cast Collection

Sculpture casts and classical studies.

Design & architecture

Designmuseum Danmark

Danish furniture, ceramics, lighting and everyday design.

Finn Juhl’s House

Finn Juhl’s furniture, interiors and architecture.

DAC — Danish Architecture Center

Architecture, urbanism and city development.

Contemporary waterfront architecture.

Modern urban planning and experimental architecture.

History & culture

National Museum of Denmark

Vikings, Danish history and cultural heritage.

Rosenborg Castle

Royal history, treasures and the crown jewels.

Museum of Copenhagen

The city’s history and urban development.

The Workers Museum

Danish workers, everyday life and social change.

Museum of Danish Resistance

Denmark under Nazi occupation and the resistance movement.

Danish War Museum

Danish military history.

Special interest

Medical Museion

Medicine, science and the human body.

ENIGMA

Communication, postal history, telecommunications and digital culture.

Police Museum

Danish policing, investigations and real historical cases.

Evenings

Tivoli after dark

Nyhavn stroll

Reffen at sunset

Harbour bus ride

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and Ordrupgaard are outside central Copenhagen — see Beyond Copenhagen.

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