Copenhagen Travel Tips

Stroget – visit this pedestrian street that begins in the City Hall and ends at the Stork Fountain. There you will find a lot of souvenir stores, but also places like Lego Store, Disney Store and H&M.

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The Round Tower – To get on top you need to walk up an spiral walk, which is fun (my daughter loved it!). Once up there, you get a nice view of the city.

View from the Round Tower

King’s Garden/Rosenborg Garden – visit this beautiful garden for a little contact with nature. It’s right by the Rosenborg Castle.

Rosenborg Castle – the castle was built by one of the most famous Scandinavian kings, Christian IV, in the early 17th century and today it is a museum.

Amaliemborg – made up of four identical buildings – Christian VII’s Palace (used as guest residence), Christian VIII’s Palace (used as guest palace for Prince Joachim and Princess Benedikte), Frederik VIII’s Palace (home of the Crown Prince family), and Christian IX’s Palace (home of the Queen and Prince Consort). Fancy, right? 🙂 One of them is open for visits.

Copenhague Street Food – on Papiroen Island – have a meal at this an indoor street food market, with cuisines from all around the world. There we ate the famous smorrebrod. And if you happen to eat the Brazilian barbecue, enjoy, but please know that’s just Brazilian inspired, our barbecues are kind of different. Oh, and take cash with you, many food stands don’t accept credit cards. (update: this place has closed but there is a new place in Copenhagen called Reffen and you should definitely check it out)

Copenhagen Street Food – Papiroen Island

Netto Boat Tour – this 1-hour boat tour will take through Copenhagen’s canals. This is a quick and easy way to visit the Little Mermaid, which is kind of far from the rest of the tourist attractions.

The Little Mermaid

Sailing through the canals

Nyhavn – The most famous area in Copenhagen (or at least, the most photographed), Nyhavn was originally a busy commercial port where ships from all over the world would dock. Today the old houses have been renovated and they hold many restaurants. We didn’t stop in any of them, so it was a quick visit to take pictures 🙂

Tivoli Gardens – one of the first amusement parks in the world. Even Walt Disney visited it to get ideas to make Disneyland in California. We had a 72 hour Copenhagen Card that allowed us 3 entrances to the park (one on each day). So guess how many times we went there? Yes, 3! Isabella loved the Rutschebanen, a roller costear built in 1914!

Den Bla Planet Aquarium – before going there what was intriguing me the most was the building’s modern architecture. It’s cool! And the aquarium is nice, but because it was open recently, expect long lines to get in. In my opinion, not worth going if you are on a tight schedule.

Den Bla Planet Aquarium

Den Bla Planet Aquarium

Torvehallerne – we love food markets so visiting them are always on our to-do list 🙂 This one has everything from fresh fish and meat to gourmet chocolate and exotic spices, as well as small places where you can have a quick bite to eat. We had some fish cakes and Isabella also had an ice cream in a place called Is à Bella 🙂

We couldn’t agree more 🙂

Carlsberg Glyptoteket – this art museum was founded in 1888 by the brewer Carl Jacobsen, the owner of Carlsberg. The museum is impressive! You will see artifacts from Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, to modern art. We had a very nice time there!

Irma – a chain of supermarkets offering nice food to take away at good prices. Perfect if you are on a budget (like us!). A little more expensive than 7 Eleven (which is everywhere) but with better quality.

Our last dinner with tasty and inexpensive food from Irma!

We stayed at Absalon Hotel, two blocks from the central station and three blocks from Tivoli Gardens. We recommend it! For more hotel options click here.

We used the 72 hour Copenhagen Card. It was worth the price considering all the places we visited and all public transportation we used (including to go to the airport).

Well, I hope you find these Copenhagen travel tips useful for your trip!

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