Walking
Tours
Two-hour guided walks in English to various parts of the Old City
are offered by Wonderful Copenhagen Tourist Information (telephone
number: 3297 1440, website: www.visitcopenhagen.dk).
These depart (May to September) from Bernstorffsgade
and cost Dkk100. During July and August, Copenhagen
Excursions (telephone number: 3254 0606, fax number: 3257 4905,
e-mail: info@cex.dk), offers 2-hour
walking tours of the city starting from the City Hall Square
(Rådhuspladsen) for Dkk70.
During the summer, there are various specialist walking tours, information
is available from Wonderful
Copenhagen. For example, it is possible to step back in time
and walk the streets with Hans Christian Andersen (telephone
number: 3284 7435, cost: Dkk75 for 90-minute tour) or with the nightwatchman
on one of the Old Nightwatchman’s Rounds
(telephone number: 3964 4894).
Throughout the year on Saturdays and Sundays, Copenhagen Walking
Tours (e-mail: info@copenhagen-walkingtours.dk,
website: www.copenhagen-walkingtours.dk
) operate 2-hour English-language tours costing Dkk75-100. These
start from Bernstorffsgade and cover a range of interests, such
as Highlights of the Old City, Rosenborg
Castle, Historic Copenhagen or Romantic
Copenhagen. Between June and August, they also operate
on Thursdays and Fridays.
Guided tours of Christiania, the Free City of Copenhagen
(telephone number: 3257 9670, fax number: 3257 6005, website: www.christiania.org
), depart from the main gate, at 1500 hrs Saturday and Sunday only.
The tours are guided by a resident of the commune, take approximately
90 minutes and cost Dkk30 per person, group tours can be booked
at Rundvisergruppen or by fax (minimum Dkk180).
Bus
Tours
Copenhagen Excursions organises
a number of bus tours around the city, lasting from 90 minutes to
7 hours and starting at Dkk130. All tours depart from the City
Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen), next to the Palace Hotel.
They also operate the Open Top Tours, 1-hour, hop-on,
hop-off multi-lingual tours of all the main sights in the centre
of Copenhagen. From April to October, there are daily departures
also from City Hall Square every hour 0930-1700 hrs. Tickets cost
Dkk100-120 depending on route chosen.
Boat
Tours
Boat tours through the harbour and canal networks around Christianshavn
and Slotsholmen explain the importance of water
in the life and history of the city.
DFDS
Canal Tours (telephone number: 3342 3320 or 3264 0431, fax number:
3296 9350, e-mail: canal-tours@canal-tours.dk)
operates multilingual guided tours of the harbour and the canal,
boats depart every half hour daily April to October from Nyhavn
or Gammel Strand. Tours last about 50 minutes and cost Dkk50.
They also operate hop-on hop-off Waterbus tours
without guides. There are 2 routes, which both depart from Nyhavn,
a 1-day pass for both routes costs Dkk40. The same company also
offers a 2-hour 2-course Dinner Cruise taken on-board
an elegant restaurant boat, offering a 2-course menu while cruising
through historic maritime Copenhagen.
Netto
Boats (telephone number: 3254 4102) offers a 1-hour guided tour
of the harbour and canals for Dkk25. Boats depart frequently April
to October from outside Holmens Church, opposite
the Old Stock Exchange.
Bicycle
Tours
City
Safari (telephone number: 3323 9490) offers a number of themed
bicycle tours, including The Historic Copenhagen
(Dkk150, two and a half hours) and or Copenhagen by Night
(Dkk250, 3 hours).
More extensive tours include Round Carlsberg, In
the Footsteps of Hans Christian Andersen
or The Big Architecture Ride (all Dkk350 and 4
and a half hours). The tours operate May to September and they are
in Danish and English they start from the Danish Centre for Architecture
in the Gammel Dok Storehouse on Christianshavn.
The cycle taxi company, Quickshaw
(telephone number: 7020 1375, e-mail: info@quickshaw.biz),
also offers one of their four sightseeing tours (lasting o1 to 3
hours and costing Dkk100-760 for 2 people).
Other
Tours
Kayak Sightseeing (telephone number:
4050 4006, fax number: 3254 1440; e-mail: kajakole@mail.tele.dk)
offers guided tours of Copenhagen’s waterways in kayaks with
professional instructors, which depart from Gammel Strand and last
from 90 minutes to 3 hours, costing between Dkk165 and Dkk195.
Excursions for Half a Day
Bakken
Located at Dyrehavevej 62, Klampenborg, in the northern suburbs
of Copenhagen and accessed by S-train C to Klampenborg, the Bakken
amusement park (telephone number: 3963 3544, fax number: 3963
0138 ) provides an attractive and low-cost alternative to Tivoli.
The oldest amusement park in Europe is open daily 1400-2400 hrs,
from March/April to August, boasting wooded parkland and herds of
deer as well as the usual rollercoasters and various rides. Admission
to the park is free and all rides are charged at different prices,
although it is possible to get a single 1-day ‘ticket’
for all the rides in Bakken in the form of a wristband costing Dkk198.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern
Art.
This museum (telephone number: 4919 0719, fax number: 4919 3505,
e-mail: curatorial@louisiana.dk)
is set in lovely parkland, on the North Zealand coast, 35km (22
miles) north of Copenhagen. It houses a world-class collection of
modern art by artists such as Francis Bacon, Max Ernst,
Giacometti, Henry Moore, Picasso and Andy Warhol.
Humlebæk-Louisiana Station is a 36-minute train ride from
Copenhagen. Drivers can take the picturesque coastal road, ‘Strandvejen’.
The museum is open daily 1000-1700 hrs (until 2200 hrs on Wednesday)
and admission costs Dkk72.
Arken
Museum of Modern Art
Located at Skovvej 100, in the Køge Bugt Strandpark, this
museum (telephone number: 4354 0222, fax number: 4354 0522, e-mail:
reception@arken.dk) was
designed by Danish architect Søren Robert Lund
to blend into the dune landscape of Ishøj Strand.
The museum café affords beautiful views across the bay. Public
transport from Copenhagen is by S-train (to Ishøj Station)
or bus 128. Admission costs Dkk55 (concessions available) and opening
times are Tuesday to Sunday 1000-1700 hrs (until 2100 hrs on Wednesday).
For a Whole Day
Castle Tour of North Zealand
Copenhagen Excursions
(telephone number: 3254 0606, fax number: 3257 4905, e-mail: info@cex.dk)
organise this 7-hour tour for Dkk400. It includes a visit to Kronborg
Slot in Helsingør (claimed as the setting for Shakespeare’s
Hamlet) Fredensborg Slot, the royal summer residence and the Frederiksborg
Slot in Hillrød, a Renaissance palace, built by Christian
IV and now a museum.
Roskilde
Roskilde, the oldest town in Denmark, is situated about 10 kilometres
(6 miles) west of Copenhagen, a 30-minute train journey from the
city. It is famed for its Viking heritage, as the Roskilde
Museum, Sankt Ols Gade 18 (telephone number: 4631 6500) reveals.
The museum is open daily 1100-1600 hrs and admission costs Dkk25.
The local tourist information office at Gullandsstræde 15
(telephone number: 4635 2700, fax number: 4635 1474, e-mail: info@destination-roskilde.dk),
can provide details of other interesting sites, such as the
Domkirke, Ledreborg Castle and the Roskilde Fj. |
