Explore Kongens Lyngby

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

Denmark's first cultural house hosting music, theatre, film, spoken word and cross-disciplinary events.

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

Copenhagen's city hall on Rådhuspladsen, seat of the city council, holding Jens Olsen's World Clock.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Amusement park and pleasure garden in the middle of Copenhagen, open since 15 August 1843 and the second-oldest working amusement park in the world.

Ruins of the castle Bishop Absalon founded in 1167, sacked and demolished in 1369 and now excavated beneath Christiansborg Palace.

Remains of Bishop Absalon's 12th-century castle, shown in the excavations beneath Christiansborg Palace.

A historic house museum in Frederiksberg, the home where Kamma and Knud Lyne Rahbek hosted Golden Age figures such as Hans Christian Andersen, Adam Oehlenschläger and H.C. Ørsted. Temporarily closed since September 2025 because of mould; its café is open.

Danish royal palace in central Copenhagen featuring the Royal Reception Rooms, 800-year-old ruins, Bjørn Nørgaard's historic tapestries, and the palace chapel.

Museum of Copenhagen's history, covering 14,000 years of the city's story; ticket also gives access to Thorvaldsen's Museum and Nikolaj Kunsthal.

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.