DK Travel : Copenhagen : Places of interest

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Amalienborg

This royal residence consists of four palaces arranged around a square. The sovereign’s home is closed to the public. You can visit other sections during the tourist season. Queen Margrethe resides in Christian IX’s Palace and Crown Prince Frederik in Frederik VIII’s Palace. An interesting museum housed in Christian VIII’s Palace includes reconstructed rooms from the 19th century. (see Amalienborg and Frederiksstaden ).
Amalienborg

If you wish to look around inside the royal palaces, you need to visit on a weekend in summer. If you are unable to do so, you can only visit certain parts of the palace that have been set up as a museum. Either way, the Amalienborg complex is worth looking at from the outside. The palaces were built as an important part of an 18th-century aristocratic district and are very different from the narrow streets and houses of the old quarter. When it was first built, it was visually linked to the Marble Church ; the modern Opera House and the new construction across the harbour on Holmen offer a contemporary visual contrast (see Amalienborg and Frederiksstaden ).
Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst

This wonderful museum houses a rotating permanent collection of contemporary international and Danish art, along with temporary exhibitions. The white, ship-like museum building, designed by Danish architect Søren Lund, is like an exhibit in itself. It offers great views of the sand dunes and the sea at Køge Bugt.
Assistens Kirkegård

This is the cemetery where Andersen’s body was interred in Nørrebro. The stone is inscribed with inspirational lines from his poem “Oldingen” or “The Old Man” (1874) (see Assistens Kirkegård ).
Assistens Kirkegård

If you are not a devoted fan of dead famous Danes, this cemetery may not be top of your list. However, it is a wonderful place to relax or take a romantic walk. The churchyard is beautiful and is located in the trendy Nørrebro district.
Astronomical Clock

This ingenious clock, cased in a mahogany cabinet, was designed in 1872 by locksmith and watchmaker Jens Olsen. After waiting for 50 years to obtain funds, Olsen started working on the clock in 1943. He died two years later, but work continued and the clock was set in motion in 1955. Famous for its accuracy, this 14,000-part watch loses less than a second a century. It shows local time, solar time, sunrise and sunset times, sidereal time, celestial pole movement and the movement of the planets.
Axeltorv

This main square features a statue of Erik of Pomerania, the Polish prince who ruled Denmark from 1397–1439.
Bakkehusmuseet

The Bakkehus (House on the Hill) was the home of prominent literary patron Knud Rahbek and his wife Kamma Lyhne Rahbek from 1802–1830. Andersen met the couple in the early 1820s and their home soon became a meeting place for poets and authors. The museum retains a homely atmosphere and recreates the Golden Age of creativity. It also includes mementos that belonged to Andersen.
Bakkehusmuseet

Formerly, the home of 19th-century, Golden Age literary personalities, Kamma and Lyhne Rahbek, this old house is now a cultural museum. Four rooms have retained their original decor (1802–30), and two are dedicated to the Danish poets Johannes Ewald and Adam Oehlenschläger. You will also find some HC Andersen memorabilia here.
Botanisk Have

Among the prettiest outdoor spaces in the city, these gardens are studded with lakes, bridges and lovely flowerbeds. Climb the winding staircase for a great view of the exotic trees below. A geological and botanical museum are also here.