Best Attractions in Copenhagen

Copenhagen’s grand urban living room: a historic civic square framed by City Hall, whimsical fountains, and the gateway to the pedestrian heart of the city.

Northern Europe’s largest aquarium, where striking whirlpool architecture, sharks, sea otters and a lush indoor rainforest bring the world’s oceans to Copenhagen’s shoreline.

Copenhagen’s 17th‑century spiral tower where astronomy, history, exhibitions and city‑wide views converge above the cobbled streets of the old Latin Quarter.

Scandinavia's largest Renaissance palace, where Danish royal history unfolds across ornate halls and a pristine chapel.

Denmark's oldest royal garden where four centuries of Danish heritage meet vibrant modern city life.

World-class modern art meets Danish coastal landscape in a low-slung museum where galleries, sculpture park and sea views flow seamlessly into one another.

Denmark’s past under one roof: from Stone Age sun chariots and Viking sorcerers to Arctic lifeways and playful, hands-on history in a former royal palace.

A red-brick Renaissance fortress turned museum hub, Malmö Castle weaves royal power, prison stories and Nordic culture into one moat-ringed city landmark.

Copenhagen's premier indoor food market celebrating artisanal craftsmanship, organic produce, and global cuisines.

Copenhagen’s iconic spiral‑tower church, where Baroque art, ringing carillon bells, and a vertiginous 400‑step climb reveal sweeping views over canals and harbor.

Denmark’s leading design museum in a rococo former hospital, blending iconic chairs, PH lamps and contemporary exhibitions around a tranquil Copenhagen courtyard.

Royal waterways, baroque palaces, and pacifier traditions in Copenhagen's most romantic green escape.

A historic 10-hectare oasis in central Copenhagen, where romantic landscaping, rare plants and the iconic Victorian Palm House bring the global plant kingdom to life.

UNESCO-listed Renaissance castle in Helsingør, famed as Elsinore from Shakespeare’s 'Hamlet', with iconic spires, lavish halls, and sweeping views across the Øresund Strait.

Former royal summer palace turned public garden jewel, Sofiero pairs Dutch Renaissance architecture with sweeping rhododendron ravines and Öresund sea views.

Striking harbourfront opera house pairing bold Danish architecture, superb acoustics and sweeping city views with a full calendar of world‑class performances.

Denmark’s national gallery, where a grand historic museum and light‑filled modern extension unite seven centuries of art beside Copenhagen’s Østre Anlæg park.

Industrial harbour vibes meet global street food, live events and a glowing winter ice rink at Copenhagen’s most atmospheric container village.

Copenhagen’s storybook harbour, where colourful 17th‑century houses, wooden ships and waterside cafés bring the city’s maritime history to life in one vivid canal.

A perfectly preserved 17th‑century star fortress where red barracks, a windmill and grassy ramparts create a quiet green refuge beside Copenhagen’s harbour.

Malmö’s oldest park, Kungsparken, blends English-style landscapes, myth-laced fountains and castle-side canals into a tranquil green escape in the heart of the city.

Sweden’s most visited church, Lund Cathedral blends Romanesque stone, medieval legends and a living spiritual life in the historic heart of this university city.

A historic university garden in central Lund where 7,000 plant species, classic greenhouses and calm lawns create a quietly scholarly green escape with free entry.

Scandinavia's premier conference and exhibition hub with 65,000 sqm of flexible space and direct Metro access.

A Renaissance castle turned all-in-one museum complex, where Malmö’s history, nature, art, technology and an aquarium come together beside a tranquil city moat.

Sweden’s oldest people’s park, Folkets Park Malmö blends playgrounds, cafés, events and leafy lawns into a lively, free green hub open all year round.

Touch a giant meteorite, wander glittering mineral halls, and step straight into the Botanical Garden at Denmark’s national museum of nature in central Copenhagen.

Malmö’s oldest building and a Brick Gothic masterpiece, St. Peter’s Church blends medieval architecture, Reformation history and serene light-filled interiors in the city center.

Original Viking ships, cutting-edge archaeology and a living boatyard unite on Roskilde Fjord to tell the story of how seafaring defined the Viking Age.

A small but beautifully composed waterfront garden weaving royal vistas, sculpture, and harbor views into a calm green oasis in central Copenhagen.

Copenhagen's historic green sanctuary where fortification history meets urban tranquility.

Copenhagen’s creation myth cast in bronze, the Gefion Fountain hurls goddess, oxen and water into a powerful tableau beside the harbour and Churchillparken.

An organic urban sanctuary where passionate gardeners transformed a fortress island into a thriving ecological oasis.

Historic hilltop park wrapped around the medieval Kärnan tower, offering classic gardens, playgrounds, open-air performances and sweeping views over Helsingborg and the Öresund.

Copenhagen’s Royal Danish Theatre in two acts: a gilded 19th‑century Old Stage on Kongens Nytorv and a bold waterfront Playhouse hovering above the harbor.

A towering National Romantic landmark where Copenhagen’s civic life, intricate craftsmanship and sky‑high city views come together on bustling Rådhuspladsen.

Historic royal hunting grounds turned hilly green refuge, where woodland paths, memorials and underground art unfold beside Frederiksberg Palace and Copenhagen Zoo.

Historic park at the core of Lund University, where cathedral spires, grand lecture halls, and everyday student life share a tranquil canopy of trees and lawns.

Open‑air streets, historic houses and thoughtful exhibitions come together at Kulturen in Lund, a living museum village tracing everyday life in southern Sweden.

World-class concert hall with legendary acoustics and striking modernist architecture in Copenhagen's Ørestad.

Five centuries of Danish warfare and resilience housed in King Christian IV's historic arsenal.

Historic Charlottenborg Palace turned avant‑garde kunsthal, where vast Baroque halls, canal views and an ambitious rotating program define Copenhagen’s contemporary art scene.

Denmark’s first public art museum, a colour‑rich neoclassical gem on Slotsholmen where Bertel Thorvaldsen’s sculptures, collections and tomb share a single evocative space.

Copenhagen’s living laboratory for architecture and city life, blending bold exhibitions, playful design experiences and harbourfront views inside the BLOX building.

Copenhagen’s Black Diamond blends a centuries‑old national library with bold harbourfront architecture, quiet reading rooms, exhibitions, concerts and a hidden garden oasis.

Denmark's maritime heritage rises from the depths in this award-winning underground museum.

A bold glass-and-steel cultural hub in Helsingør’s former shipyard, where landmark architecture, a renowned library, harbour views and year-round events meet by Kronborg.

Medieval church reborn as Copenhagen's most atmospheric contemporary art center, where eight centuries of history frame cutting-edge creativity.

Imaginative airplane‑ and shipwreck‑themed playground in the heart of Nørrebro’s green park belt, blending creative design, safe play areas and everyday Copenhagen life.

Bold modern theatre on Copenhagen’s Inner Harbour, where cutting-edge drama, glass-and-brick architecture and a floating wooden pier meet sweeping waterfront views.

Working royal residence on Lake Esrum, where elegant baroque architecture, grand avenues and intimate royal gardens tell 300 years of Danish court life.

A kilometre-long burst of red, black and green where global objects, bold design and everyday Nørrebro life meet in one unforgettable urban park.

Step inside Copenhagen’s historic Workers’ Assembly Hall and explore 150 years of Danish working‑class life, union struggles, everyday homes and hearty beer hall traditions.

An elegant 1887 granite bridge over Copenhagen’s inner lakes, Dronning Louises Bro is both historic gateway and lively urban hangout linking the old town with Nørrebro.

Once an anchor forge, now Denmark’s naval and royal church, Holmens Kirke hides a remarkably intact Renaissance interior beside Copenhagen’s busy canal.

Explore the extraordinary limits of human achievement in Scandinavia's premier world records museum.

A nineteenth‑century university horticultural garden where living plant collections, quiet lawns and campus life blend into one of Frederiksberg’s most inviting green oases.

A serene 1920s garden on a former naval harbor, where maritime heritage and artistic beauty create Copenhagen's most peaceful urban retreat.

Step behind the facades of Copenhagen’s royal square to explore intimate apartments, glittering gala halls and Fabergé treasures at Amalienborg Palace Museum.

A vast former cattle hall turned industrial-chic exhibition venue, Øksnehallen anchors Vesterbro’s cultural scene with big-scale fairs, art shows and conferences.

Immersive large-scale art in a vast former shipyard hall at Copenhagen’s gritty-chic harbour district, where installations, performances and design meet industrial heritage.

A sleek “kissing” bridge linking Nyhavn and Christianshavn, Inderhavnsbroen blends bold engineering, harbour views and Copenhagen’s daily river of cyclists.

Copenhagen’s past and present come together in a richly restored 1894 city museum, where interactive models, shipwrecks and everyday stories reveal 800 years of urban life.

A playful Malmö museum where 80 of the world’s most reviled dishes invite you to sniff, squirm, taste and rethink what “disgusting” food really means.

Vast, damp and echoing beneath Søndermarken Park, Cisternerne transforms a former 19th‑century water reservoir into Denmark’s only underground dripstone art space.

Copenhagen’s green-towered harbour bridge, where four centuries of crossings, functionalist design and everyday bicycle traffic meet sweeping city and canal views.

Explore a thousand years of Copenhagen's history through artifacts, interactive exhibits, and the stories of its people.

Historic seaside bathhouse on a wooden pier where Malmö’s skyline, Nordic sauna rituals and bracing Öresund dips come together in an inclusive year‑round oasis.

Bold contemporary art in a converted power station, Moderna Museet Malmö blends national collections, changing exhibitions and a relaxed café in the heart of the city.

Waterfront concert and congress hub where Malmö Symphony Orchestra, bold architecture, and a full spectrum of music and culture share one sculptural urban block.

Step off Copenhagen’s busiest square and into a theatrical journey through Hans Christian Andersen’s life and timeless fairy tales, brought to life with light, sound and storytelling.

Scandinavia’s waterfront culture house where Helsingborg’s history, bold contemporary art and live performance meet in a striking Kim Utzon–designed landmark.

Explore Malmö’s story of machines, ships and science in a vast 1960s brick hall, from a real Swedish submarine to immersive 360° dome journeys into space.

Historic surgical academy turned medical museum, where atmospheric 18th‑century interiors, anatomy collections and contemporary medical stories meet in central Copenhagen.

Denmark’s leading hands-on science centre in a former Tuborg bottling hall, where interactive exhibits, bubbles and a rooftop terrace turn learning into full‑day play.

Light‑filled landmark library on the edge of Slottsparken, blending bold glass architecture, rich multilingual collections and lively cultural programmes.

Opulent 1908 theatre straddling Vesterbro and Frederiksberg, famed for grand musicals, ornate interiors and one of Denmark’s most impressive historic stages.

Historic half-timbered granary turned free design hub, blending contemporary exhibitions, curated shopping and a relaxed café around a cobbled Malmö courtyard.

Copenhagen’s copper-domed Planetarium launches you into immersive 8K space films, interactive cosmic exhibits and centuries of Danish stargazing beside the city’s lakes.

Classic Copenhagen harbor bath with free seawater pools, diving towers and park-side sunbathing, bringing beach energy into the very heart of the city.

A relaxed recycled-wood giant lounging above Albertslund, Thomas on the Mountain pairs whimsical public art with wide views and a gentle escape into Copenhagen’s suburban nature.

A unique Lund museum where towering galleries, a sculpture park and bold architecture reveal the sketches, models and ideas behind the world’s public art.

A surreal, medieval-style townscape on the Skåne plains, Jakriborg blends Hanseatic pastiche and New Urbanism into one of Sweden’s most photogenic modern experiments.

A compact oddities museum on Rådhuspladsen where shrunken heads, vortex tunnels and record‑breaking curiosities turn everyday Copenhagen into a world of wonders.

Medieval fortress town's story told through 250 years of architecture, Nobel laureates, and aviation pioneers.

Heritage-listed wooden fish huts on Banérskajen where Malmö’s coastal traditions, fresh seafood and smoky harbor aromas come together in a colorful quay-side market.

Colourful, parrot-themed playground tucked inside historic Skydebanehaven, where Vesterbro’s former shooting range has become a lively, family-friendly urban oasis.

An intimate underground journey through Denmark’s World War II occupation, where five real lives illuminate the risks, doubts and courage behind the Danish resistance.

Small-group “social sailing” canal tours from Ofelia Plads, blending Copenhagen’s classic sights and hidden harbor districts with a relaxed, friendly onboard atmosphere.

Historic Nørrebro playhouse blending popular entertainment, contemporary theatre and facade art in a 620-seat venue at the lively heart of Copenhagen.