Zealand Culture and Sights

Is she gazing out over the Øresund sorrowfully, longingly or is she in love? Under the cover of darkness, vandals sawed off the head of the little mermaid in 1964. Fortunately, it was possible to cast ...

With a view of the Swedish coastline: classic pieces of modern art in a splendid setting. Louisiana is an ingenious blend of art and nature. It is the backdrop of the Øresund with a view of the coast w...

The queen waves down at her people from this balcony. Amalienborg" is the centrepiece of Friedrichsstadt, which was built by Frederiks V from 1748. If the Queen is in residence, the changing of the gua...

With a view of the Swedish coast: classic examples of modern art in a tremendous setting. Louisiana represents an ingenious blend of modern art and nature. The backdrop of Øresund with a view of the Sw...

Crooked walls, sloping corridors: in Daniel Libeskind's impressive architectural surroundings you can discover how the people of Copenhagen saved 7200 Jews. In October 1943, the people of Copenhagen sa...

A concrete ark with modern art on board. The concrete structure resembles a gigantic ship's hull on the dunes of Ishøj. This "Ark of Art" is home to a collection of predominantly modern and contemporar...

The mausoleum of the Danish royal family since the 15th century. Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, this was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and it encouraged the spread o...

An exquisite collection of Danish painting from the 19th and 20th centuries. The Hirschsprung collection features all the major figures in Danish painting from the 19th and early 20th centuries (Eckers...

Antique sculptures and a dramatic pause beneath palm trees. This building, which was established in 1888 by the brewery owner Carl Jacobsen, is home to a museum containing fascinating exhibits. Jacobse...