Top 98 places to visit in Denmark
98 must-see places and attractions in Denmark, from famous landmarks to hidden gems, each with a map and photos.
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98 places
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1Theme park & attraction
Tivoli Gardens
Historic amusement park and pleasure garden opened in 1843, with rides, gardens and concert stages.
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2Neighbourhood & street
Nyhavn
Seventeenth-century canal harbour lined with brightly painted townhouses, old ships and cafés.
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3Castle & palace
Kronborg Castle
Renaissance castle guarding the Øresund, famed as Hamlet's Elsinore and listed by UNESCO.
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4Landmark
The Little Mermaid
Bronze statue of 1913 inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, on the Langelinie waterfront.
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5Castle & palace
Rosenborg Castle
Christian IV's Renaissance castle housing the Danish crown jewels and royal regalia.
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6Theme park & attraction
LEGOLAND Billund
The original LEGOLAND theme park, with rides and Miniland models built from LEGO bricks.
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7Castle & palace
Frederiksborg Castle
Dutch Renaissance palace on three islets, home to the Museum of National History.
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8Museum & gallery
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Modern art museum with a sculpture park overlooking the Øresund north of Copenhagen.
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9Castle & palace
Christiansborg Palace
Seat of the Danish Parliament, with royal reception rooms, ruins beneath and a free tower view.
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10Coast & beach
Grenen
Sandy spit at Denmark's northernmost tip where the Skagerrak and Kattegat seas meet.
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11Castle & palace
Amalienborg
Four identical rococo palaces around an octagonal square, the royal family's winter residence.
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12Museum & gallery
ARoS Aarhus Art Museum
Major art museum crowned by Olafur Eliasson's circular rainbow panorama walkway.
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13Old town & city
Ribe
Denmark's oldest town, founded in the Viking Age, with a Romanesque cathedral and crooked lanes.
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14Archaeological site
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
UNESCO-listed royal monuments of the tenth century, including Harald Bluetooth's rune stone.
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15Nature & national park
Møns Klint
White chalk cliffs rising over 100 metres above the Baltic, with beech forest and fossil beaches.
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16Religious site
Roskilde Cathedral
Brick Gothic cathedral and burial place of Danish monarchs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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17Museum & gallery
Viking Ship Museum
Museum displaying five eleventh-century Viking ships raised from Roskilde Fjord.
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18Museum & gallery
Den Gamle By
Open-air museum of historic Danish townhouses, shops and workshops from several centuries.
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19Museum & gallery
National Museum of Denmark
Denmark's main museum of cultural history, from the Egtved Girl to Viking treasures.
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20Museum & gallery
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Art museum of ancient sculpture and French paintings, with a palm-filled Winter Garden.
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21Neighbourhood & street
Freetown Christiania
Self-governing alternative community in former military barracks, known for murals and workshops.
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22Landmark
Round Tower
Seventeenth-century observatory tower with a spiral ramp instead of stairs leading to the top.
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23Island
Bornholm
Baltic island of rocky coasts, round churches, smokehouses and sandy southern beaches.
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24Museum & gallery
Moesgaard Museum
Archaeology museum under a sloping grass roof, home to the Iron Age Grauballe Man.
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25Castle & palace
Egeskov Castle
Moated Renaissance water castle of 1554 with gardens, mazes and vintage vehicle collections.
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26Religious site
Church of Our Saviour
Baroque church with an external spiral staircase winding up its black-and-gold spire.
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27Museum & gallery
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Denmark's largest art museum, covering Danish Golden Age painting to contemporary art.
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28Museum & gallery
Hans Christian Andersen's House
Museum devoted to the fairy-tale writer, beside the yellow house where he was born.
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29Nature & national park
Stevns Klint
UNESCO-listed chalk cliff showing the geological layer marking the dinosaur extinction.
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30Religious site
Frederik's Church
Rococo church known as the Marble Church, with one of Scandinavia's largest domes.
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31Museum & gallery
LEGO House
Hands-on experience centre by BIG architects, built to resemble stacked LEGO bricks.
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32Castle & palace
Hammershus
Ruins of Northern Europe's largest medieval castle, on a clifftop at Bornholm's northern tip.
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33Nature & national park
Wadden Sea National Park
UNESCO-listed tidal flats famed for oysters, seals and vast starling murmurations.
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34Market & shopping
Strøget
One of Europe's longest pedestrian shopping streets, running through central Copenhagen.
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35Museum & gallery
Skagens Museum
Museum of works by the Skagen Painters, who captured the town's light around 1900.
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36Landmark
Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse
Old lighthouse amid a shifting coastal dune, moved inland in 2019 to escape erosion.
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37Nature & national park
Ilulissat Icefjord
UNESCO-listed fjord where huge icebergs calve from one of the world's fastest glaciers.
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38Nature & national park
Råbjerg Mile
Denmark's largest migrating sand dune, shifting eastwards across the Skagen peninsula.
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39Nature & national park
Thy National Park
Wild North Sea coastline of dunes, heath and lakes, Denmark's first national park.
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40Archaeological site
Trelleborg Viking Fortress
UNESCO-listed circular Viking ring fortress with a reconstructed longhouse and museum.
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41Castle & palace
Fredensborg Palace
Baroque royal summer residence with extensive gardens open to the public.
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42Old town & city
Ærøskøbing
Picture-perfect eighteenth-century market town of cobbled streets on the island of Ærø.
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43Archaeological site
Lindholm Høje
Viking and Iron Age burial ground with stone ship settings on a hill above the Limfjord.
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44Park & garden
Jægersborg Dyrehave
Ancient deer park with free-roaming herds and the Hermitage hunting lodge, UNESCO-listed.
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45Nature & national park
Múlafossur Waterfall
Waterfall plunging from a cliff straight into the sea beside the village of Gásadalur.
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46Historic site
Kastellet
Star-shaped seventeenth-century citadel with ramparts, windmill and red barracks.
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47Theme park & attraction
Bakken
The world's oldest operating amusement park, dating from 1583, inside the Dyrehave forest.
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48Theme park & attraction
National Aquarium Denmark – The Blue Planet
Northern Europe's largest aquarium, in a whirlpool-shaped building on the Øresund.
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49Market & shopping
Torvehallerne
Glass market halls selling fresh produce, smørrebrød and Danish specialities.
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50Museum & gallery
M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark
Underground museum built in a dry dock beside Kronborg, designed by BIG.
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51Park & garden
Frederiksberg Gardens
Romantic landscaped park with canals, pavilions and views into the elephant enclosure of the zoo.
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52Nature & national park
Mols Bjerge National Park
Hilly glacial landscape of heath, forest and coast on the Djursland peninsula.
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53Old town & city
Tinganes
Old town of turf-roofed wooden buildings on a rocky peninsula, seat of the Faroese government.
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54Religious site
Østerlars Round Church
Largest of Bornholm's four fortified medieval round churches, built around 1160.
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55Mountain & viewpoint
Himmelbjerget
Hill with a memorial tower overlooking the Silkeborg lakes and forests.
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56Landmark
Copenhagen Opera House
Waterfront opera house with a vast cantilevered roof, facing Amalienborg across the harbour.
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57Landmark
The Black Diamond
Angular black granite and glass extension of the Royal Danish Library on the harbourfront.
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58Park & garden
Copenhagen Botanical Garden
Historic botanical garden with a nineteenth-century glass Palm House.
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59Museum & gallery
Design Museum Denmark
Museum of Danish and international design, crafts and furniture in a rococo former hospital.
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60Island
Rømø
Wadden Sea island with one of Europe's widest beaches, where cars can drive on the sand.
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62Theme park & attraction
CopenHill
Waste-to-energy plant with an artificial ski slope, hiking trail and climbing wall on its roof.
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63Theme park & attraction
Copenhagen Zoo
One of Europe's oldest zoos, with an elephant house designed by Norman Foster.
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65Old town & city
Christiansfeld
Moravian Church settlement of the eighteenth century, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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66Castle & palace
Koldinghus
Restored royal castle ruin combining medieval brickwork with modern architecture.
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67Museum & gallery
Arken Museum of Contemporary Art
Ship-like contemporary art museum set among beaches and dunes south of Copenhagen.
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68Museum & gallery
Thorvaldsens Museum
Denmark's oldest museum, dedicated to the Neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.
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69Religious site
Grundtvig's Church
Expressionist yellow-brick church with a vast organ-pipe façade, completed in 1940.
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70Theme park & attraction
Knuthenborg Safari Park
Northern Europe's largest safari park, set in the grounds of a manor estate.
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71Mountain & viewpoint
Camp Adventure Forest Tower
Spiralling wooden observation tower rising above the treetops of Gisselfeld forest.
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72Historic site
Kirkjubøur
Historic village with the ruined medieval Magnus Cathedral and an ancient farmhouse.
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73Historic site
Dybbøl Banke
Battlefield of 1864 with a restored windmill, earthworks and the History Centre Dybbøl Banke.
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74Castle & palace
Sønderborg Castle
Waterfront castle museum covering the history of the Danish–German border region.
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75Religious site
Aarhus Cathedral
Denmark's longest church, with the country's largest collection of medieval frescoes.
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76Religious site
St Canute's Cathedral
Brick Gothic cathedral holding the remains of King Canute IV and a gilded altarpiece.
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77Museum & gallery
The Funen Village
Open-air museum of rural Funen farms and cottages from the time of Hans Christian Andersen.
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78Archaeological site
Ladby Ship
Tenth-century Viking chieftain's ship burial preserved inside its original mound.
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79Landmark
Man Meets the Sea
Four nine-metre white seated figures by Svend Wiig Hansen, facing the North Sea.
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80Religious site
Viborg Cathedral
Twin-towered Romanesque-style cathedral decorated with frescoes by Joakim Skovgaard.
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81Nature & national park
Rebild Bakker
Heather-covered hills bordering Rold Skov forest, venue of American Independence Day celebrations.
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82Theme park & attraction
North Sea Oceanarium
Aquarium with one of Europe's largest tanks, showing North Sea marine life.
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83Museum & gallery
Frigate Jylland
The world's longest wooden warship, a nineteenth-century screw frigate preserved in dry dock.
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84Museum & gallery
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art
Modern art museum in a building by Alvar Aalto, with a sculpture park.
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85Theme park & attraction
Djurs Sommerland
Denmark's largest amusement park outside Copenhagen, with roller coasters and a water park.
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89Old town & city
Gudhjem
Hillside fishing village of half-timbered houses and smokehouses on Bornholm's north coast.
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90Coast & beach
Dueodde Beach
Wide beach of fine white sand and dunes at the southern tip of Bornholm.
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92Historic site
Assistens Cemetery
Leafy cemetery and park where Hans Christian Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard are buried.
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93Museum & gallery
Cisternerne
Underground former water reservoir used as an atmospheric gallery for art installations.
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94Neighbourhood & street
Kødbyen
Former meatpacking district in Vesterbro, now full of restaurants, bars and galleries.
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95Coast & beach
Amager Strandpark
Artificial island beach park with a lagoon and promenade close to central Copenhagen.
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96Historic site
Goose Tower
Medieval tower of Vordingborg's royal castle ruins, topped with a golden goose.
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98Old town & city
Møgeltønder
Village with a cobbled lime-tree avenue leading to the royal Schackenborg Castle.
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