Top 10 Copenhagen by DK Travel

Author:DK Travel
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780241421000
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

9. Nationalmuseet

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The National Museum (see Nationalmuseet) is housed inside a former royal residence, dating from the 18th century. The exhibits trace Danish history , from ancient times to the present, including some amazing ethnographic collections. The most popular exhibits at the museum chart the history of Danes from the Ice Age to the Viking campaigns.

10. Kongens Nytorv and Nyhavn

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At the top of Nyhavn stands Kongens Nytorv or the King’s New Square, an elegant area surrounded by fashionable 18th-century mansions that house upmarket department stores, banks and hotels. The picturesque square is flanked by a number of prominent institutions such as Charlottenborg Slot (now an exhibition space and home to the academy of art) and Det Kongelige Teater or Royal Theatre. Nyhavn (meaning “new harbour”) is a lively area filled with restaurants, cafés and old sailing boats along the canal quayside. The atmosphere here is a stark contrast to what it was in the 1670s, when sailors, traders and low-lifes frequented the area. When Hans Christian Andersen lived here it was a red-light district. Even until the 1970s, this was not a part of town that many would have visited at night.

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