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q Dansk Jødisk
Museum
Proviantpassagen 6. Tel 33 11 22 18.
£ København H. @ 1A, 2A, 66. 4
991, 992. Open Tue–Sun. Closed Rosh
Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Jan 1, Dec 24,
25 & 31. & 8 ∑ jewmus.dk
The Danish Jewish Museum,
located on the Slotsholmen
museum island, was designed
by Daniel Libeskind, who was
also the architect for the Jewish
Museum in Berlin. Little remains
of the original 17th-century
Royal Boat House. Libeskind’s
ultra modern architecture leads
visitors down maze-like corridors
that form the Hebrew letters of
the word Mitzvah, meaning
“good deed”. Included here are
personal stories from the lives of
Jews in Denmark spanning 400
years, including those who were
smuggled over to Sweden from
Denmark during World War II.

w Statens Museum The enchanting Rosenborg Slot, set within magnificent parkland
for Kunst
e Rosenborg Slot
Sølvgade 48–50. Tel 33 74 84 94. includes examples from the
£ Nørreport, Østerport. @ 6A, Øster Voldgade 4A. Tel 33 15 32 86. famous Flora Danica dinner
26, 184, 185, 150S. Open Tue–Sun. £ Nørreport. @ 6A. Open May–Oct: service made for 100 guests,
Closed Jan 1, Dec 24, 25 & 31. & (for daily; Nov–Apr: Tue–Sun. Closed Jan created by the Royal
special exhibitions only). 7 - 1, Dec 22–26 & 31. & 8 - = Copenhagen Porcelain factory
∑ smk.dk ∑ royalpalaces.dk between 1790 and 1803. The
colorful Glass Cabinet houses
The extensive Statens Museum Originally built by Christian IV as nearly 1,000 examples of old
for Kunst (State Art Museum) a summer residence in 1606–7, Venetian glass as well as glass
holds Danish and European art the Rosenborg Slot was inspired from the Netherlands, Bohemia,
from the 14th century to the by the Renaissance architecture England, and most of the
present. Among its many of the Netherlands. The “builder German glassworks.
artworks are paintings by Titian, king” continued to add to it over
Rubens, Rembrandt, El Greco, the next 30 years until the castle r Christiania
Picasso, and Matisse. Danish looked much as it does today –
artists are particularly well a playful version of a fortress. Bådsmandsstræde 43. £
represented in the new modern The interiors are particularly well Christianshavn. @ 66. Open daily.
art wing. There is also a vast preserved and its sumptuous 8 for pre-booked groups only.
collection of prints and drawings. chambers, halls, and ballrooms ∑ christiania.org
are full of objects
including amber Originally set up in 1971 on
chandeliers, life- the site of a former military
size silver lions, barracks, this “free town” is an
tapestries, thrones, enclave of an alternative
portraits, and lifestyle: colorful, anarchic,
gilded chairs. and self-governing. However,
Two of the 24 since 2004, there has been
rooms open to no open selling of drugs
the public are due to government pressure.
stacked from Attractions include shops (one
floor to ceiling being the famous Christiania
with porcelain Bikes), a gallery, cafés, a
and glass. The restaurant, and a concert
Modern art wing of the Statens Museum for Kunst Porcelain Cabinet venue, as well as a lake.

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