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The richly decorated Neoclassical facade of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek art gallery
2 Ny Carlsberg 300-step staircase to the top around AD 1000. There is also
Glyptotek of the bell tower for a view of a children’s museum and a
the city. On the way, check host of educational activities,
Dantes Plads 7. Tel 33 41 81 41.
£ København H. @ 1A, 2A. Open out the First World Clock, a all housed in the restored
Tue–Sun. Closed Jan 1, Jun 5, Dec 24 super-accurate timepiece 18th-century royal residence.
& 25. & except Tue. 7 partial. = - with a 570,000-year calendar Close by, and part of the
0 ∑ glyptoteket.com designed by Jens Olsen. It museum, is a Danish home with
took 27 years to design, and authentic interiors from the
Copenhagen’s most elegant art was completed in 1955. 1890s, complete with decorated
gallery was opened in 1897 by panels and elaborately carved
Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder furniture (view by guided tour
of the Carlsberg Brewery, to at 2pm on Saturday in summer
give more people the chance only; book in main museum).
to see classical art. Housed
in a magnificent Neoclassical 5 Christiansborg
building, the Glyptotek is best-
known for its exquisite antiquities, Palace
in particular its collections of Slotsholmen. Tel 33 92 64 92.
Etruscan and Roman art. @ 1A, 2A, 26. Open May–Sep: daily;
The main building’s collections Oct–Apr: Tue–Sun. & 8 - =
are completed with Egyptian, ∑ royalpalaces.dk Teatermuseet:
Greek, Roman, and French Christiansborg Ridebane 18. Tel 33
sculpture and works from the 11 51 76. Open Tue–Thu, Sat & Sun.
“Golden Age” of Danish painting The modern, central atrium of Denmark’s Closed Jan 1, Dec 24, 25 & 31. &
(1800–1850). A modern wing, National Museum Thorvaldsen’s Museum: Bertil
designed by acclaimed Danish Thorvaldsens Plads 2. Tel 33 32
architect Henning Larsen, 4 National Museum 15 32. Open Tue–Sun. & - =
contains Impressionist paintings Ny Vestergade 10. Tel 33 13 44 11.
by Monet, Sisley, Pissarro, £ København H. @ 1A, 2A, 14, 26. Situated on the island of
Gauguin, and works by David Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun. Closed Slotsholmen, the Christiansborg
and Bonnard. The museum also Dec 24, 25 & 31. 7 9 0 Palace has been the seat of the
has changing exhibitions. ∑ natmus.dk Danish Parliament since 1918,
and also houses the Royal
3 Rådhuset Like so many of Denmark’s Reception Rooms, the Queen’s
Library, the Supreme Court,
museums, the National Museum
Rådhuspladsen. Tel 33 66 33 66. £ contains beautifully presented and the Prime Minister’s Office.
København H. @ 2A, 5A, 6A, 14, 26 & exhibits. The extensive Built on the site of a fortress
many others. Closed Sun, public hols. ethnographic and antiquities constructed in 1167 by
8 in English with & 1pm Mon–Fri, collections detail Danish history Copenhagen’s founder, Bishop
10am Sat. 7 = from prehistoric to modern Absalon, the palace has twice
times, and include some burnt down and been rebuilt,
At the edge of the Indre By (city fascinating exhibits of Viking life. then altered and extended.
center), in the middle of a wide Many of the items on display Much of this work was carried
open square, is the Baroque- come from the Danish isles, out during the 18th century
style Rådhuset or City Hall, built such as items of jewelry, bones, under Christian VI, whose
in the early 1900s. A statue of and even several bodies found elaborate visions were realized
Copenhagen’s 11th-century preserved in peat bogs, as well both in the architecture and in
founder, Bishop Absalon, sits as imposing rune stones with the lavish interiors. The current
above the entrance. Climb the inscriptions dating from palace dates mostly from the
For hotels and restaurants see p648 and p649

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