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Copenhagen, Denmark

Things to do in Copenhagen

Everything in the Atlas for Copenhagen: places to see and things to do, in one list.

Tivoli Gardens

Opened 1843 and the second-oldest amusement park still running. Walt Disney visited twice and took notes; the wooden roller coaster still has a brakeman riding in it.

Park · half a day

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

A brewer's collection: Mediterranean antiquity downstairs, French impressionism upstairs, and a winter garden with a palm house in the middle of both.

Museum · 2–3 hours

Rosenborg Castle

A Renaissance summer house in the middle of town, holding the crown jewels in a basement that feels far too casual for what is in it.

Castle · 2 hours

Swim in the harbour

Free, supervised in summer, and the result of thirty years of cleaning up a working port.

On the water · low

Smørrebrød in the correct order

Herring first, then fish, then meat, then cheese, with aquavit between — a lunch that takes three hours and is meant to.

Food & table · moderate

This page exists because Copenhagen has at least 3 of them in the Atlas. Destinations with fewer do not have a page for this, on purpose — a facet with one or two entries is a heading with a list under it that you could have read in full on the page you came from. Back to Copenhagen.