Explore Copenhagen

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.

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

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

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.

Geology collections of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, at Øster Voldgade beside the Botanical Garden in Copenhagen.

The University of Copenhagen's natural history museum, whose grounds take in the Botanical Garden, the Palm House and the butterfly house.

A museum presenting items from the 19th-century Danish banking system, including a functional historic bank branch, housed in an 18th-century merchant's house at Christianshavn.

Theatre on Nørrebro in Copenhagen where Poul Reichhardt and Poul Bundgaard played before their film careers, now part of the Københavns Teater group.

Non-profit art institution in Copenhagen featuring around eight grand-scale contemporary art exhibitions annually.

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

Chamber music hall at Islands Brygge in Copenhagen, opened in 2005 on Mogens Dahl's own initiative and home to his chamber choir.

Small theatre on Nørrebro in Copenhagen staging contemporary drama, opera and performance work.

Self-governing community house on Nørrebro, with a bicycle workshop, a library, a café, a kitchen and a sports room, run by its users.

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

Denmark's national gallery of art in Copenhagen, with admission free for visitors under 18.