Explore Copenhagen

Royal collection of sculpture, stonework and plaster models, displayed in Christian IV's brewhouse on Slotsholmen.

National gallery for Danish architecture featuring exhibitions on Danish architecture, design and urban life spanning 1,000 years.

Queer-led arts organisation in Copenhagen supporting contemporary performance and socially engaged art by queer artists.

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

Denmark's largest privately-run theater, operating since 1994, hosting musicals and cultural events in a restored 1908 building with 1000+ seats.

The Danish Jewish Museum is a state-recognised cultural-history museum in Copenhagen presenting 400 years of Danish Jewish history in a building designed by Daniel Libeskind.

Exhibition space for Danish and international photographic art, in the Copenhagen Meat Packing District since 2016.

The Royal Danish Library's waterfront extension on Slotsholmen, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and opened in 1999. The building is free to enter; the exhibition ticket covers its photography exhibitions and, on Sundays, the Old Reading Room.

Historic church in central Copenhagen, serving as both a parish church and navy chapel since 1619, featuring concerts and cultural events.

Museum of working life in central Copenhagen, in the assembly hall the labour movement built for itself, with a 1950s flat and a period coffee shop.

The Danish Film Institute is the national agency for Danish film, housing the Cinemateket cinema, library and FILM-X in Copenhagen.

The Danish Film Institute's cinema on Gothersgade, screening film history and new releases, with a library and a restaurant.

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

Museum, library and archive of the Royal Life Guards, opened by Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik in January 1978.

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

Former power-station turbine hall in central Copenhagen, now used as a theatre and event venue.

Christian IV's Dutch Renaissance castle by the King's Garden, begun in 1606 as a summer house and completed by 1624, now holding the crown jewels.

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.

Church of Denmark parish church in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen, holding Sunday services and hosting concerts and cultural events.

Museum on Kronprinsessegade built around C. L. David's private collections, with one of the West's finest holdings of Islamic art. Admission is free.