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What to see in Copenhagen on foot

50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.

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Copenhagen is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — historic sites, museums and galleries and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the Copenhagen pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.

Historic Sites6

  1. 1Reformationsmonument
  2. 2Mindeankeret ved NyhavnThe Memorial Anchor, located at the base of the Nyhavn canal, adjacent to Kongens Nytorv, is a maritime memorial in Copenhagen, Denmark, commemorating the civilian sailors who lost their lives at sea during the Second World War.
  3. 3Kong Christian VThe equestrian statue of Christian V, located in the centre of Kongens Nytorv, is the oldest of five equestrian statues of Danish monarchs in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  4. 4Rigskansler Peder Griffenfeld
  5. 5Corfitz Ulfeldts Skamstøtte
  6. 6Tycho Brahe

Museums & Galleries10

  1. 7TeatermuseetThe Theatre Museum in the Court Theatre is situated at Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark, above the Royal Stables, and is on the first floor of the building.
  2. 8Dansk Jødisk Museum
  3. 9Davids Samling
  4. 10Jónshús
  5. 11Kongernes Samling Rosenborg
  6. 12Kongernes Lapidarium
  7. 13Magasin du Nord Museum
  8. 14Galerie Birch
  9. 15Dansk Arkitektur CenterDanish Architecture Center is Denmark's national center for the development and dissemination of knowledge about architecture, building and urban development.
  10. 16Museum of Illusions Copenhagen

Public Art34

  1. 17H.C. Ørsted
  2. 18Løven og hesten
  3. 19Johan Herman Wessel og Johannes EwaldThe Johannes Ewald and Johan Hermann Wessel Memorial is located next to the Round Tower and Trinitatis Church, just off Købmagergade, in central Copenhagen, Denmark.
  4. 20H. C. AndersenThe Statue of Hans Christian Andersen in Rosenborg Castle Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark, is a bronze statue of the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen.
  5. 21Water ArtWater Art is a sculpture by Danish artist Anders Tinsbo that is on permanent display near Rundetårn in Copenhagen.
  6. 22Niels JuelThe Statue of Niels Juel, created by the sculptor Theobald Stein, was unveiled in 1881 at Holmens Kanal in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  7. 23Det liter möt skymning
  8. 24Agnete og HavmandenAgnete and the Merman is a group of bronze sculptures in Copenhagen, Denmark, located underwater in the Slotsholm Canal next to the Højbro Bridge.
  9. 25Absalon
  10. 26Trold, der vejrer kristenblodTrold, der vejrer kristenblod is a bronze sculpture made by Niels Hansen Jacobsen (1861–1941).
  11. 27Søren KierkegaardThe statue of Søren Kierkegaard is located in the Royal Library Garden on Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark.
  12. 28Dantesøjlen
  13. 29Grubleren
  14. 30Adam Oehlenschläger
  15. 31Anders Sandøe ØrstedThe Statue of Anders Sandøe Ørsted is located in Ørstedsparken in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  16. 32Georg Brandes
  17. 33Caroline Amalie
  18. 34Kamp med en slange
  19. 35Liden Gunver
  20. 36Frederik VIIThe Equestrian statue of Frederick VII in front of Christiansborg on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen, Denmark, was modelled by Herman Wilhelm Bissen and completed posthumously by his son Vilhelm Bissen in 1873.
  21. 37Lurblæserne
  22. 38Christian IXThe equestrian statue of Christian IX, overlooking Christiansborg Ridebane on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen, Denmark, was created by Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen.
  23. 39Natalie ZahleThe Natalie Zahle Memorial is located in Ørsted Park in Copenhagen, Denmark, close to the school that she founded in 1862.
  24. 40Ludvig HolbergThe statue of Ludvig Holberg by Theobald Stein, together with Herman Wilhelm Bissen's statue of Adam Oehlenschläger, flanks the main entrance to the Royal Danish Theatre on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  25. 41H.C. Lumbye
  26. 42Peter Wessel TordenskioldThe statue of Peter Wessel Tordenskiold, created by Herman Wilhelm Bissen in the 1860s, is a bronze statue of the Norwegian-Danish naval hero Peter Wessel Tordenskiold located in the grounds of the Church of Holmen in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  27. 43Landsoldaten med den lille hornblæser
  28. 44Døden & moderenDeath and the Mother is a sculpture created by the Danish sculptor Niels Hansen Jacobsen.
  29. 45Georg ZoëgaThe Statue of Georg Zoëga is a statue of the Danish archeologist Georg Zoëga located in the garden of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, facing Tietgensgade, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  30. 46Christian IV
  31. 47Asmus Jacob CarstensThe Statue of Asmus Jacob Carstens is a statue of German-Danish painter Asmus Jacob Carstens situated in the garden of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, facing Niels Brocks Gade, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  32. 48FiskerkonenFishwife is a 1940 granite statue of a fishwife situated at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen, Denmark, commemorating the fact that the city's principal fish market was then located at the site.
  33. 49N. F. S. GrundtvigThe Statue of N.
  34. 50Drengen med svanen

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