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Children’s Attractions

Fun for the entire family on board the train at Tivoli
Tivoli
1 science, 13 galleries celebrate
strangeness, ingenuity and deter-
The best time to take kids to
Tivoli is during the day, when the mination (see p72).
atmosphere is more family-oriented.
World of H C Andersen
The park’s many fun rides include 3
cars on tracks, dragon boats on the Museum
lake, the pantomime theatre and Explore the life of Hans Christian
the trolley bus (see pp14–15). Andersen at this charming museum
(see p72). It is aimed at kids, who
2 of some of his fairy tales. The
Guinness World Records will enjoy the tableaux and recordings
Museum
This highly popular attraction brings manuscript of The Stone and the Wise
the Guinness World Records to life. Man (1858) may interest bibliophiles.
From the utterly bizarre, such as
Nationalmuseet
bicycle-eating men, to the inter- 4
nationally renowned in sport and Copenhagen’s National
Museum (see pp30–31) includes an
interesting Children’s Museum
where children are encour aged to
participate in a range of activities,
including dressing up in grandma’s
clothes to see how different they are
from today’s gar ments, or sitting in
an old Danish classroom learning
about medieval castles.
Bakken
5
MAP B2 • Dyrehavevej 62
• 39 63 35 44 • www.bakken.dk
If you go down to the woods today…
you’ll find the world’s oldest amuse-
ment park. Established in 1583,
Bakken is a real one-off: a quirky
mix of modern thrill rides and
vintage sideshows that offers free
Guinness World Records Museum entry all year round.

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