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Frihedsmuseet
8 A WALK NORTH OF GOTHERSGADE
MAP L2 • Churchill-parken 7
• 33 47 39 21 • Closed until 2019
• www.natmus.dk Den The Little
Mermaid
The Museum of Danish Resistance Hirschsprungske Gefionspringvandet
Samling
pays tribute to, and tells the stories Statens Museum
of, the people who lived in Denmark for Kunst
during the German occupation Frihedsmuseet
(1940–45). It explores their resistance Botanisk Marmorkirken
Have
activities, from underground news­
papers and radio stations to sabo­ Rosenborg Davids Opera
Slot
House
tage and the rescue of virtually every Samling Amalienborg
Jew in Denmark from under the
noses of the Germans. The museum MORNING
is closed due to fire dam age and is
likely to reopen at the end of 2019. Start your day at the Den
Hirschsprungske Samling
Statens Museum for
9 museum, among the
Impressionistic paintings of the
Kunst
The National Gallery has a collection Danish Skagen colony of painters.
Then cross the gardens to the
of both national and international art, impressive Statens Museum for
including works by the Old Masters Kunst; take an audio guide to
and modern icons (see pp26–7). learn about the displays.
AFTERNOON
For lunch, stop at either the
museum café or the Botanisk
Have café, depending upon the
weather. The gardens are a great
place for a picnic, too. Don’t
forget to visit the Palm House.
Heading out from the gate on
Øster Voldgade, cross over to
Rosenborg Slot. You can spend a
few enjoyable hours here, visiting
the castle, the crown jewels and
strolling through the gardens.
Afterwards leave from the
Kronprinsessegade gate and
pop into Davids Samling to see
some Islamic art. Walk down
Art at the Statens Museum for Kunst Dronningens Tværgade, take a
left onto Bredgade and walk right
Designmuseum
0 up to Marmorkirken (see p77). If
you are here by 3pm, take a tour
Danmark
MAP L2 • Bredgade 68 • 33 18 56 up the tower. Right in front of the
church is Amalienborg (see p77).
56 • Open 11am–6pm Tue–Sun Take a walk through it to the
(until 9pm Wed) • Adm; free with pretty banks of the harbour and
Copenhagen Card • www.design see the Opera House (see p94)
museum.dk across the water. If you are up for
Dedicated entirely to the art of design, a 20­minute walk, head towards
this museum is housed in a splendid The Little Mermaid (see p80),
passing Gefionspringvandet
18th­century Rococo building. The (see p80) and Frihedsmuseet
collection comprises everything from (temporarily closed). To get back
Danish­designed colanders and to town, hop onto the No. 26 bus
cardboard chairs to posters, textiles from Folke Bernadottes Allé.
and Chinese decorative arts (see p44).
See map on pp76–7
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