Things to Do in Downtown

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Things to Do in Downtown

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Arbejdermuseet
The vastly underrated museum chronicles the working class from...
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Børsen
This masterpiece of fantasy and architecture is the oldest stock...
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Cap Horn
Dozens of restaurants and cafés line Nyhavn. Cap Horn...
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Charlottenborg
This Dutch baroque-style castle was built by Frederik III's half...
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Christiansborg Slot
Surrounded by canals on three sides, the massive granite castle...
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Dansk Design Center
This sleek, glass-panel structure looms in sharp contrast to...
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Dansk Jødisk Museum
In a wing of the Royal Library, this national center of Jewish...
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Det Kongelige Teater
The stoic, pillared, and gallery-front theater is the country's...
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Helligaandskirken
This 18th-century church was founded by an abbey of the Holy...
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Københavns Synagoge
The contemporary architect Gustav Friedrich Hetsch borrowed from...
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Københavns Universitet
The main building of Denmark's leading institution for higher...
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Kongelige Bibliotek
The Royal Library houses the country's largest collection of...
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Kongelige Stald
Between 9 and noon, time seems to stand still while riders, elegantly...
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Kongens Nytorv
A mounted statue of Christian V dominates the square. Crafted...
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Lurblæserne
Topped by two Vikings blowing an ancient trumpet called a lur,...
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Nationalmuseet
An 18th-century royal residence, peaked by massive overhead windows...
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Nikolaj Kirken
Though the green spire of the imposing church—named for...
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Nyhavn
This harbor-front neighborhood was built 300 years ago to attract...
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Rådhus
Completed in 1905, the mock-Renaissance building dominates Rådhus...
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Rundetårn
Instead of climbing the stout Round Tower's stairs, visitors...
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Strøget
Though it is referred to by one name, the city's pedestrian spine...
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Teatermuseet
After you brush up on theater and ballet history, wander around...
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Thorvaldsens Museum
The 19th-century artist Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) is buried...
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Tøjhusmuseet
This Renaissance structure—built by King Christian IV and...
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Vor Frue Kirken
The site of this cathedral has drawn worshippers since the 13th...
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