Hellerup entdecken

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Theatre on Nyropsgade in central Copenhagen, seating 648, with comedy, concerts, plays and public talks.

A Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum of oddities on the City Hall Square, with the H.C. Andersen Experience behind the same entrance; one admission covers both.

Museum on Slotsholmen for the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, built between 1838 and 1848 by Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll after a public collection raised the money.