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This classical mansion on Kongens Nytorv, is home of several cultural institutions, like the Royal Danish school of Visual arts, and has a art exhibition space, with changing, often world class, expositions - check the schedule at their website.

Housed in one of Copenhagen’s finest rococo buildings, a former hospital. This museum is home of of one of the most important collections of Danish and Scandinavian industrial design, decorative and applied arts., The cafe is a good place for lunch does not require admission.

This museum that portraits the national history of the country, is regarded as one of the best in Europe. Apart from a huge, well laid out and informative collection of national artifacts, the most impressive being the ones from the Viking age. It also holds a collection of classical and oriental artifacts - including an Egyptian mummy - the children's museum in the basement, is a blast for the kids.

The Botanical gardens are one of several parks, dotted along the string of lakes, which used to be the old fortifications. Run by the University of Copenhagen, it hosts Denmark's largest collection of living plants, including an impressive collection of Orchids. The signature palm house is a huge greenhouse, with large tropical trees, and a sky walk in the canopy.

Amalienborg is the the Royal residence, and consists of four identical classical mansions, facing an octagonal courtyard. At the Queens birthday at the 14th of January, and at other highlights in the lives on the royal family, the square is jam packed with people waiving Danish flag, and greeting the Queen. There is a museum in the Christian's the 8th Mansion displaying exhibitions of the period 1863-1972, and four generations of the royal family. There is changing of the guards each day at noon. Marches from Rosenborg Castle barracks

Officially called Frederikskirken, this impressive church imposes a massive presence on the Copenhagen skyline, with its 31 m. diameter dome. Because of financial turmoil in the country, it took over 100 years to complete. The church takes it name from the original lower part of the structure which is made from Norwegian marble. Tours to the top of the church are currently unavailable through 2012 due to renovations.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek houses over 10,000 works, divided into two principal collections. One is of works from the Mediterranean cradle of Western culture, including classical Egyptian, Roman and Greek antiquities and Romanticist sculptures. The other of Danish and French art from the 19th and 20th centuries, which includes paintings by Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Cézanne and van Gogh, as well as several bronze sculptures by Degas. The building, completed in 1897, is quite impressive - it is an attraction in its own right, especially the sub-tropical winter garden.

Rosenborg Castle is not only a beautiful historic renaissance palace, it is also a fascinating museum of cultural history, which houses some of Denmark’s greatest cultural treasures, not least the Crown Jewels and the Danish Crown Regalia. And exhibits about the Danish monarchy through 300 years.

Art from the Islamic world, European 18th century art, and Danish early modern art. Free guided tours are only in Danish and are given in the spring and autumn.

The city hall is open to the public so you can stroll through the hallways, stairs, and study all the paintings, frescoes, etc on your own Open 7.45am-5pm Mon-Fri. Guides tours are Kr 30 for the main building in Danish, English and German at 10am to 3pm depending on time of year and language of tour and Kr 20 for the tower tour at noon Mon-Sat and 10am, 2pm from June to September. There is a nice little garden that cannot be seen from outside the city hall. The city hall is also home of Jens Olsen's World Clock - A mechanical masterpiece of a complete astronomical clock is located foyer.

Various exhibitions related to geology. Has some impressive samples of minerals, rocks and fossils from all over the world on display. Including stones from the moon were brought back to the earth by Apollo 17, dinosaur fossils, and the kids favorite; glow in the dark minerals.

Showcases Danish design in a mix of permanent and changing exhibitions on five floors, designed by world famous local architect Henning Larsen. A must-see if you are interested in Danish/Scandinavian design.

700 years of Western art and cultural history under the roof of a striking Italian renascence building, situated in a nice park. Blockbusters include; Titian, Rembrandt, Picasso, Leger, Matisse and Emil Nolde. But there are several other icons, paintings and sculptures on display.

The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum covers the history of the Danish Defence, its collection dating back to 1604. It covers the development of weapons from the introduction of firearms to the present day, and is well known for its many activities for kids - especially its medieval knight days, during the schools autumn break in week 42.

The museum presents Jewish life in Denmark through 400 years, from the first immigrants in the seventeenth century until today. The exhibition space is designed by famous architect Daniel Liebeskind, and is quite striking - with its old traditional exterior contrasted by a very modern interior.

This Neo-baroque palace, completed in 1928, after 11 years of construction - is unique in the world, housing both the executive power, the legislative power, and the judicial power of Denmark, in a single building. It is the 5th construction at the site, and the ruins of the original castle dating back to the 12th century - was excavated during the construction of the current palace, is open to the public, along with the halls of the parliament itself.

The library was founded in the 1650s and have an impressive collections of rare books and manuscripts, which includes a Gutenberg Bible, tormented philosopher Soren Kierkegaard's original manuscripts and "Out of Africa" author Karen Blixen's diaries, as well as a newer collection that includes most of the original drawings of the controversial Mohammad cartoons. Changing exhibitions of books and art, often from the libraries own collection, are displayed in a new striking building overlooking the harbor, called the black diamond.

Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844 was a Danish/Icelandic sculptor, who lived most of his live in Rome. He is one of the major internationally renowned Danish artists. The museum houses many of Thorvaldsens original models, and several marble casts makes the collection almost complete. It is big and impressive, and the building itself is a striking piece of architecture.