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Danish art, along with temporary
exhibitions. The white, ship-like
museum building, designed by
Danish architect Søren Lund, could
be an exhibit in itself. It offers great
views of the sea at Køge Bugt.
Frilandsmuseet
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MAP B2 • Konggevejen 100,
Kongens Lyngby • 41 20 64 55 • Open
May–mid-Oct: 10am–4pm Tue–Sun
(Jul & first 2 wks of Aug: until 5pm)
• en.natmus.dk
Part of the National museet (see
Marine life at Den Blå Planet pp30–31), Denmark’s Open Air
Museum brings history alive through
Den Blå Planet
4 working exhibits from the period
1650–1940. Explore farms, windmills
MAP C3 • Jacob Fortlingsvej 1,
Kastrup • 44 22 22 44 • Open 10am– and a cooperative village. There are
5pm daily (until 9pm Mon) • Adm; old Danish breeds of livestock,
free with Copenhagen Card • www. including pigs, sheep and geese.
denblaaplanet.dk
Frederiksborg Slot
Denmark’s national aquarium has 7
garnered much attention for its MAP B2 • DK-3400 Hillerød
architecture, a spiralling vortex • 48 26 04 39 • Museum: open Apr–
inspired by the currents of a whirlpool. Oct: 10am–5pm daily; Nov–Mar:
Inside there are 53 aquariums in 11am–3pm • Baroque gardens:
different habitats and over 20,000 open 10am–sundown daily • Adm
marine animals. (museum only) • www.dnm.dk
This copper-turreted castle stands
Arken Museum for
5 next to a lake and is surrounded by
Moderne Kunst
Baroque gardens (see p42). It was
MAP B3 • Skovvej 100, Ishøj • 43 54 built in 1602–20 for Christian IV. The
02 22; Special tours: 43 57 34 55 interior is a mix of Renaissance and
• Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun Rococo decor. After a fire in 1859,
(until 9pm Wed) • Adm; free with the castle was rescued from ruin by
Copenhagen Card • www.arken.dk J C Jacobsen (of Carlsberg fame),
This wonderful museum houses a who founded a museum here.
rotating permanent collection of
contemporary international and The Great Hall at Frederiksborg Slot

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