Copenhagen — Sights
Commute by bike, lunch on rye.
- Nyhavn — Candy-coloured houses and old wooden ships on a canal
- Tivoli Gardens — An 1843 amusement park that turns into a fairy tale at Halloween and Christmas
- The Little Mermaid — Andersen's mermaid, smaller than you'd think; come for the seaside walk
- Rosenborg Castle & Crown Jewels — A red-brick castle in the King's Garden, with the real crowns in the basement
- Amalienborg Palace & Changing of the Guard — The royal family's square, with a bearskin-hat guard change every noon
- Christiansborg Palace & Tower — Parliament and palace under one roof, with the city's tallest tower view for free
- The Round Tower (Rundetaarn) — A 400-year-old observatory you climb by a spiral ramp, no stairs
- Strøget — A one-kilometre shopping walk from City Hall towards Nyhavn
- Freetown Christiania — A self-governing commune founded by squatters in 1971; mind the camera
- Church of Our Saviour Spire — Climb the corkscrew stairs wrapped around the outside of the spire
- Canal Boat Tour — An hour on the water past Nyhavn, the Opera and the Mermaid
- Designmuseum Danmark — Danish design's home, with a wall of hundreds of chairs
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek — Sculptures under a palm-filled glasshouse, collected by a brewer
- CopenHill — A power plant roof turned ski slope, with a free view
- Kronborg Castle & Louisiana Museum Day Trip — Hamlet's castle and a seaside art museum on one train line
- Malmö Day Trip (Sweden) — 40 minutes over a sea bridge for a second country in a day
- Kastellet — Loop the moat and windmill of a star fort
- The National Museum of Denmark — Vikings, runestones and Danish history in one go
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark — Matisse rooms and modern installations
- Copenhagen Botanical Garden — A free city garden with a glass palm house and a lake
- Frederik's Church (The Marble Church) — A huge dome beside Amalienborg
- Visit Carlsberg — Old brewery halls, stables and a beer
- Islands Brygge Harbour Bath — Jump into the city harbour in summer
- Assistens Cemetery — A park-like cemetery with Andersen and Kierkegaard
- The Royal Library (Black Diamond) — Black glass library with a harbour-view cafe
- Superkilen — Red and black park of objects from worldwide