Explore Copenhagen

Theatre built inside the brick shell of an 1883 gasholder on Østerbro, an early work by Martin Nyrop, who later designed Copenhagen City Hall.

Sea fort at the mouth of Copenhagen harbour, part of the city's defences from 1713 until after the First World War.

Science centre in Copenhagen about energy and water, with a showroom, a waterfall and a giant toilet, and school programmes.

A hands-on science centre in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen, opened in 1991 and reopened in 2017 after a rebuild and extension designed by CEBRA.

A museum for the Danish artist Henry Heerup (1907–93) in Rødovre, showing his paintings, prints, assemblages and granite sculptures; opened in 2000 beside Rødovregaard, the last farm of the old village.

Sea fort on an artificial island in the Øresund between Copenhagen and Malmö, since 2015 the youth island Ungdomsøen, reached by ferry from Langelinie.

A museum of circus history in Hvidovre, opened in 2001 in the former commandant's building of the Avedøre barracks and built on the collection of the juggler Ølund "Barly" Jacobsen.

An art museum in Charlottenlund, north of Copenhagen, in collector Wilhelm Hansen's country house of 1916–18, with French Impressionists and Danish art of the 19th and early 20th centuries; extended by Zaha Hadid in 2005 and by Snøhetta in 2021.

Sea fort on an artificial island in the Øresund between Copenhagen and Saltholm, reached by boat, with a restaurant, guided tours and a marina.

Boat tours on Lyngby Sø, Mølleåen and Bagsværd Sø since the 1890s, from Sorgenfrivej in Kongens Lyngby. The full round trip takes 1 hour 15 minutes, and two of the six boats date from the 19th century. Sails from May to September.

A 25,000 m² classic-car centre on Kongevejen in Kongens Lyngby with about 300 cars on show, an exhibition on car design and aerodynamics, a workshop and a restaurant.

An open-air museum in Kongens Lyngby, opened in 1897: more than 100 rural buildings from 1650 to 1950, moved from across Denmark, the Faroe Islands and the former Danish lands in Sweden and Schleswig, on about 40 hectares. Part of the National Museum of Denmark.

A museum of contemporary art in Ishøj Beach Park, about 16 minutes by S-train from Copenhagen Central Station, opened in 1996 in a building by Søren Robert Lund and extended in 2008.