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The Best of the Rest

Caritas Springvandet
Grand Teatret
1 7
MAP H4 • Gammel Torv
MAP H5 • Mikkel Bryggers
Dating back to 1608, the Gade 8 • 33 15 16 11 •
Charity Fountain is one www.grandteatret.dk
of the city’s oldest. A historic six-screen
cinema with some
Københavns
2 and an excellent café,
incredibly comfy seats
Museum
MAP H5 • Stormgade 18 this is the film buffs’ go-to
• See website for opening times place for international and
• Adm • www.cphmuseum. arthouse movies.
kk.dk
Statue of H C
The City Museum takes 8
visitors on a journey through Andersen
urban history, from the MAP H5 • H C Andersens
original settlers to today. Caritas Fountain Boulevard
This statue of the author
Rådhuspladsen
3 by Henry Lukow-Nielsen dates
from 1961.
MAP H5
At the end of Strøgot, the town hall
Georg Jensen Museum
square is one of the liveliest areas. 9
MAP J4 • Amagertorv 4 • 33 14
Strøget
4 02 29 • Open 10am–6pm Mon–Thu,
10am–7pm Fri, 10am–5pm Sat (Jun–
MAP H5–K4
This is the name given to the five Sep: Sun) • www.georgjensen.com
main, interconnected shopping The jewellery and homeware of the
streets of Copenhagen (see p62). famous silversmith are on display at
this wonderful museum.
Guinness World
5 Gammel Strand
Records Museum
MAP J4
MAP K4 • Østergade 16 • 33 32 31 0
31 • Open Sep–mid-Jun: 10am– This canalside street is home to
6pm daily (until 8pm Fri & Sat); mid- excellent restaurants, one of the
Jun–Aug: 10am–10pm daily • Adm city’s best flea markets and the
(combined tickets available) • www. Kunstforeningen Gammel Strand
ripleys.com/copenhagen (see p69), an admirable art museum.
As the name suggests, 500 It is also a pick-up point for Stromma
Guinness World Records are Canal Tours (see p13).
displayed here (see p52).
World of H C
6
Andersen
Museum
MAP H5 • Rådhuspladsen
57 • 33 32 31 31 • Open
Sep–mid-Jun: 10am–6pm
daily (until 8pm Fri–Sat);
mid-Jun–Aug: 10am–10pm
daily • Adm • www.ripleys.
com/copenhagen
Scenes from Andersen’s
fairy tales are found here,
plus other memorabilia. People enjoying a Stromma Canal Tour
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