Explore Charlottenlund

The University of Copenhagen's former main library, opened in 1861 to designs by Johan Daniel Herholdt and used as a library until 2009. The building is now open to visitors for exhibitions, events and guided tours.

Museum on Kongens Nytorv with amber antiques and artefacts, including insects trapped in prehistoric resin and one of the largest pieces of amber in the world.

Statue of Karen Blixen by the sculptor Rikke Raben on Sankt Annæ Plads, unveiled in April 2024 as the first public statue of her in Copenhagen: she sits cross-legged in a chair with a book in her lap.

A museum of world records on Østergade, part of Strøget, with exhibits such as a figure of the world's tallest man (272 cm), a sports gallery and an interactive game zone. Run by Ripley's, like Ripley's Believe It or Not! on the City Hall Square.

Denmark's national opera house on Holmen, home of the Royal Danish Opera, with performances on two stages.

The small public museum that Bishop Friederich Münter set up in the vestibule of the Copenhagen bishop's residence on Nørregade between 1808 and 1830, mostly of antiquities.

17th-century baroque palace on Kongens Nytorv, home of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Kunsthal Charlottenborg exhibition hall.

A museum of 20th- and 21st-century art in a listed 1807 warehouse on Toldbodgade, showing exhibitions of artists such as Warhol, Basquiat, Banksy, Haring and Hirst.

Floating theatre on an old barge in Nyhavn, whose own productions are puppet and animation theatre for adults, drawn from classical and philosophical texts.

The Royal Danish Theatre's old stage on Kongens Nytorv, opened in 1874 and still the home of the Royal Danish Ballet.

Contemporary art hall in the Charlottenborg palace on Kongens Nytorv, which has staged the annual Spring Exhibition since the nineteenth century.

Small theatre on Toldbodgade in Copenhagen, with a season of new work and guest productions.

Helligaandskirken is a parish church of the Danish National Church in the heart of Copenhagen on the Strøget pedestrian street.

17th-century canal in central Copenhagen lined with brightly coloured townhouses, cafés and historic wooden ships.

Purpose-built home for drama at the Royal Danish Theatre, on the inner harbour front, alongside the old stage of 1874 and the opera house of 2004.

Theatre annexed to the Royal Danish Theatre on Kongens Nytorv, opened in 1931 as a second stage and the first home of Danish radio, named after its box-like stage tower.

Small museum on the history of the Magasin du Nord department store, in Kong Hans' Vingård on Vingårdstræde, with free guided tours.

Contemporary art hall in Copenhagen presenting mainly Danish but also international art, housed in the former St. Nicholas Church.

A kunsthal for modern and contemporary art on the Gammel Strand canal front, run by Kunstforeningen, the art society founded in 1825, in a town house from 1750.

Guided boat tours of about an hour through Copenhagen's harbour and canals, departing from Nyhavn and Ved Stranden, with live commentary in Danish and English. The company's roots go back to 1904; it has been part of Strömma since 2011.