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Copenhagen (
Danish:
København) [1] is the capital of
Denmark and what a million
Danes call home. This "friendly old girl of a town" is big enough to be a metropolis with shopping, culture and nightlife par excellence, yet still small enough to be intimate, safe and easy to navigate. Overlooking the
Øresund strait with
Sweden just minutes away, it is a cultural and geographic link between mainland
Europe and
Scandinavia. This is where old fairy tales blend with flashy new architecture and world-class design; where warm jazz mixes with cold electronica from Copenhagen's basements. You'll feel you've seen it all in a day, but could keep on discovering more for months.
See in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Entrance to most museums is free once a week, mainly on Wednesdays. You can always count on the principal attractions to be well signed in
English and
German and for these places to be generally geared towards tourists. A good tip to see whether a smaller museum caters to non-Danish speakers, is to check whether the website has an English section. If it does, this usually means the museum has at least some English information throughout its exhibitions. Of course if you have some interest in a particular subject, such museums can be interesting even if you don't understand the sign-postings. As Danes are usually fairly fluent in English, you can always try to ask staff if they could give you a brief tour
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Art
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If you are into the arts Copenhagen has a lot to offer and the natural starting
point is a visit to the
Danish National Gallery (
Statens Museum for Kunst, free entry, complementary lockers, closed on Mondays) where you can feast your eyes on blockbusters from the likes of
Rembrandt,
Picasso, and
Matisse. There are a number of paintings by Danish artists from the "
Golden Age." For more classical art, visit
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (adult 75 kr, 20 kr or €2 deposit for lockers). In addition to works by masters like Picasso,
Leger, and Matisse, this spectacular building houses a large collection of classical statues and sculptures. The winter garden here is a beautiful place to rest your legs on a rainy day. Both of these museums are conveniently located in the centre, or
Indre By area.
Thorvaldsens Museum is dedicated to the
19th-century sculptor and the art of his days. He is buried in the courtyard. It has some interesting, colourful and unique interiors, dating from around
1844, by the architect
M.G. Bindesbøll and his team.
Don´t forget the lovely collection of paintings and the archaeological items and his preserved library upstairs. The museum is free on Wednesdays. Davids Samling (
The David Collection) is an internationally renowned collection of
Islamic art, with a bit of Danish treasures too. The entrance is free.
If you are hungry for even more classic art exhibitions, an excursion north of Copenhagen to the beautiful
Ordrupgaard offers you a chance to enjoy
Monet,
Renoir,
Degas, and
Gauguin. There are several other options for classical paintings but if you are ready for a change, head south to the
Arken Museum of Modern Art for a world class exhibition of contemporary art, mostly Scandinavian, as well as hugely popular temporary exhibitions. However the arguably best and most visited museum in Denmark is the
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art located in northern
Zealand with a panoramic view across the Øresund. The museum frames the sculpture park facing the sea and the interaction between art, nature and the museum architecture is quite unique.
Louisiana is an international museum with a considerable collection of modern art, and hugely popular temporary exhibitions.
If you want to enjoy some local color on an art tour,
The Hirschsprung Collection in
Østerbro features the top-of-the-pops of Danish artists, with a particular focus on the
Skagen painters. For something quintessentially Danish, breeze through the wonderfully quirky sketches of the much-loved local personality
Storm P at the aptly named Storm P museum on
Frederiksberg.
- published: 01 Nov 2015
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