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Denmark is home to cultural landmarks, historic cities, and destinations cataloged across Vestigia. Explore major cities and notable points of interest below, or open the interactive map to discover places across the country.

Major Cities

11 listed

Notable POIs

10 listed
Amalienborg Palace

Amalienborg Palace

POI

The official residence for the Danish royal family, featuring four identical Classical façades and Rococo interiors surrounding an octagonal courtyard, centered by a large equestrian statue of Frederick V.

Christiansborg Palace

Christiansborg Palace

POI

Palace housing all three branches of government, making it a unique architectural complex since 1167, featuring Royal Reception Rooms, Chapel, and Stables.

Rosenborg Castle

Rosenborg Castle

POI

Dutch Renaissance-style summerhouse built in 1606 and expanded by 1624, features architectural planning by Bertel Lange and Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger.

Frederik's Church

Frederik's Church

POI

Rococo-style Evangelical Lutheran church featuring a distinctive marble exterior and located in Copenhagen's Frederiksstaden district, west of Amalienborg Palace.

Aarhus Occupation Museum

Aarhus Occupation Museum

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Museum located in the former police headquarters detailing the city's history during the German occupation of 1940 to 1945, with a primary focus on the local resistance movement and daily life under wartime conditions.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

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Art museum featuring antique sculptures from Mediterranean cultures, including Egyptian, Roman, and Greek pieces, as well as modern works by Auguste Rodin and an extensive collection of French impressionist and Post-impressionist paintings, including works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, and van Gogh.

Kongelige Bibliotek

Kongelige Bibliotek

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National library of Denmark consisting of a historic 1906 brick building and a modern granite extension known as the Black Diamond, housing the national collection of printed materials and historical manuscripts.

National Museum of Denmark

National Museum of Denmark

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Museum featuring exhibits from Greenland to South America, including archaeological and anthropological research in Greenland, while also preserving Danish cultural heritage.

Designmuseum Danmark

Designmuseum Danmark

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The museum features works by famous Danish designers Arne Jacobsen, Jacob Jensen, and Kaare Klint, who remodeled the former Frederiks Hospital into a museum in the 1920s, showcasing Chinese and German porcelain alongside Danish design.

Gefion Fountain

Gefion Fountain

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A large-scale statue of a group of oxen pulling a plow and driven by Norse goddess Gefjon, located on Copenhagen's harbour front in the Nordre Toldbod area.