Copenhagen, July 2026

I had a short vacation at the end of July, so I decided to finally visit Copenhagen.

All in all, I found Copenhagen to be a wonderful city: there are so many things to do (in particular many interesting museums), and the food and drinks are really delicious (though a bit expensive, but that’s typical for all Nordic cities). I also had great weather during my stay (with the exception of a bit of rain on my last evening), so I could enjoy every moment there.

Photos from around the city

I walked around the city quite a bit, so I visited a lot of highlights. During my stay, my default bar was the Tipsy Mermaid, which is a craft beer bar on a ship. I felt a bit like a pirate while sitting there. :)

Here are various photos from around the city, including Nyhavn, the Rosenborg Castle, Christiania, and, of course, the LEGO store.

Canal tour

Since the weather was great, I also did one of the canal tours. The tour had an audio guide, which I found quite informative (for example, I could finally understand why the city canals remind me of Amsterdam). We also passed by The Little Mermaid statue, which was nice.

Here are some photos of the surroundings during the tour.

Christiansborg Palace

I visited multiple museums during my stay in Copenhagen. The first of these was the Christiansborg Palace. I had a full ticket for the museum, which means I could access the reception rooms, the ruins, the kitchen, and the stables. The whole palace was amazing, but the room with the tapestries was a particular highlight (the audio guide was really helpful to understand the design and the idea behind them).

Below are many photos from around the palace.

Thorvaldsens museum

I’d never heard of Thorvaldsen before coming to Copenhagen, but the Thorvaldsens museum had free entrance on one of the days, so I decided to use the opportunity and take a look. I was not disappointed at all: The museum has many incredible sculptures. But the part that I appreciated the most was an explanation of the sculpture making process (i.e. how Thorvaldsen was going from models to a full sculpture); there is even a room with plaster casts. I think I learned interesting things here.

Below are some pictures from around the museum.

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

On one of my days, I spent several hours in the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, which I found to be a really cool museum. It helped a lot that the weather on this day was perfect, as this meant I could enjoy both the inside of the museum and the park outside.

The things that I will remember most from my visit are the beautiful park and the sculptures within it (and generally the stunning views of the sea from the park), Sophie Calle’s exhibition (particularly the descriptions of beauty by people who were born blind as well as the collection of her unfinished projects), Lucian Freud portraits, and Kusama’s Gleaming Lights of the Soul installation.

I took quite a few pictures of different things in the museum; here they are.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

On my last day, I had several hours to kill while waiting for my return train, so I decided to spend a few of them in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. I was particularly interested in the collection of antique items, so I spent most of my time exploring those. The museum felt a bit like a smaller version of the British Museum; I think there are various similarities between the collections. It was a fun few hours.

Here are some pictures from around the museum.