Botanical Garden & Palm House
128 Gothersgade, Copenhagen, København K, 1123, Denmark
Copenhagen's Botanical Garden has existed in one form or another since 1600, making it over four centuries old, but it only settled into its current location in 1870 after two previous moves.
Gefion Fountain
Churchillparken, Copenhagen, København K, 1263, Denmark
The largest fountain in Copenhagen depicts the Norse goddess Gefjon whipping four enormous oxen forward as they drag a plough through the earth — and the mythology behind it is wonderfully dramatic.
Islands Brygge Harbour Bath
14 Islands Brygge, Amager Vest, København S, 2300, Denmark
The idea that you could swim in Copenhagen's harbour would have been laughable thirty years ago.
Kastellet
1 Kastellet, Copenhagen, København Ø, 2100, Denmark
This five-pointed star fortress is one of the best-preserved military fortifications in Northern Europe, and it is still an active military installation — the Danish Defence Intelligence Service operates from within its walls.
National Museum of Denmark
10 Ny Vestergade, Copenhagen, København K, 1471, Denmark
Denmark's largest museum of cultural history is housed in the Prince's Palace, a Rococo masterpiece designed by Nicolai Eigtved and built between 1743 and 1744 as the residence of Crown Prince Frederik, later King Frederik V.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
7 Dantes Plads, Copenhagen, København V, 1556, Denmark
Carl Jacobsen made a fortune selling beer and spent it buying art — specifically sculpture, because he believed three-dimensional art came closest to the fundamental condition of being human.
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