Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #12 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Legend
Guided Free Walking Tours
Book free guided walking tours in Copenhagen.
Guided Sightseeing Tours
Book guided sightseeing tours and activities in Copenhagen.
Tour Facts
12.9 km
184 m
Explore Copenhagen in Denmark with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in CopenhagenIndividual Sights in CopenhagenSight 1: The Concert Hall
Tivoli Concert Hall is a 1,660-capacity concert hall at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark. The building, which was designed by Frits Schlegel and Hans Hansen, was built between 1954 and 1956. The concert hall is used for classical music, Broadway musicals, and jazz musicians.
Sight 2: Kalvebod Bølge
Book Ticket*Kalvebod Wave is a harbor promenade at Kalvebod Brygge between Langebro and Bernstorffsgade in Copenhagen. The construction sum amounted to DKK 49 million.
Sight 3: Dansk Arkitektur Center
Danish Architecture Center (DAC) is an international cultural attraction for everyone who wants to explore and understand how architecture and design create the framework for our lives. They believe that architecture can change the world and that it can be part of the solution to future challenges in relation to the UN’s Global Goals.
Sight 4: Christian's Church
Christian's Church is a Rococo church in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Nicolai Eigtved, it was built 1754–59.
Sight 5: Edition Copenhagen
Edition Copenhagen lithographic workshop, it was founded in 1959. Today, the company is run and owned by three partners Rasmus Urwald, Dannie Vieten and Peter Wissing Sørensen. The workshop and gallery are located in Christianshavn in Copenhagen. Edition Copenhagen is one of the leading lithographic workshops in the world. Every year, Edition Copenhagen invites international and Danish artists to come to the workshop and work with lithography. The artists always have complete freedom to make whatever they want. The invited artists have all exhibited in renowned galleries and museums around the world.
Sight 6: Nordatlantens Brygge
North Atlantic House is a cultural centre located on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to preserve, promote and communicate culture and art from the North Atlantic area. It is made as a cooperation between Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands and includes three galleries and conference facilities. The centre also houses the Icelandic embassy and the permanent representations of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, as well as some commercial activities and enterprises related to the area.
Sight 7: Freetown Christiania
Book Ticket*Freetown Christiania, also known as Christiania or simply the Staden, is an intentional community and commune in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of the Danish capital city of Copenhagen. It began in 1971 as a squatted military base. Its Pusher Street is famous for its open trade of cannabis, which is illegal in Denmark.
Sight 8: Christianshavns Enveloppe
Christianshavns Enveloppe is a former system of outworks located in front of Christianshavns Vold and Stadsgraven, on Amager. in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its well-preserved, northern half is now part of Freetown Christiania and known as Dyssen. Its southern portion was removed in the first half of the 20th century and has now been replaced by a public park, Enveloppeparken.
Sight 9: Orlogsmuseet
The Royal Danish Naval Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of the Royal Danish Navy. The displays include a collection of naval models which dates back to late 17th century. The museum is based in Søkvæsthuset, a former naval hospice which overlooks Christianshavn Canal.
Sight 10: Church of Our Saviour, Copenhagen
The Church of Our Saviour is a baroque church in Copenhagen, Denmark, most famous for the external spiral winding staircase that can be climbed to the top, offering extensive views over central Copenhagen. It is also noted for its carillon, which plays melodies every hour from 8 am to midnight.
Sight 11: Lille Mølle
Lille Mølle is a historic house museum in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was the last windmill on the old ramparts of Christianshavn. It is a Dutch smock mill erected in 1783 on one of the bastions, replacing a post mill built in 1669. It was turned into a private home in 1916.
Sight 12: Kong Haakons Kirke
Kong Haakons kirke ligger ved Stadsgraven i København, Danmark. Sjømannskirken - norsk kirke i utlandet driver kirken.
Sight 13: Faste Batteri
Fixed battery was a military installation at Islands Brygge on the northern part of Amager. The installation was built in 1765-1770, as an essentials for the Armed Forces. The plant was not part of the Copenhagen fort. At the time of construction, the facility was located on the coast.
Sight 14: Hans Tausens Kirke
Hans Tausen's Church is a Church of Denmark parish church in the Islands Brygge neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is named after Hans Tausen, the leading theologian of the Danish Reformation.
Sight 15: Havneparken
Havneparken is a public park located directly on the waterfront in the district of Islands Brygge in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the most lively and popular places along the Copenhagen harbourfront. Located in a former dockland area, the park has retained a number of features from the area's industrial past, including disused railway tracks and an abandoned railway car used as an exhibition space, while am old ship hull turned upside-down serves as an idiosyncratic bandstand and pavilion. The park is also the location of the Islands Brygge Cultural Centre and the Islands Brygge Harbour Bath.
Sight 16: DieselHouse
DieselHouse is an interactive exhibition on diesel technology located on the grounds of the still operating H. C. Ørsted Power Station in the South Docklands of Copenhagen, Denmark. The exhibition is centred on a gigantic decommissioned Burmeister & Wain diesel engine which was the world's largest for more than 30 years.
Sight 17: Københavns Godsbanevandtårn
Copenhagen Godsbanevandtårn consists of two towers built in 1901 and 1907, respectively. The small tower, with pyramidal roof, was built at the same time as the freight station and has a capacity of 65 m3 and the tall tower, with saddle roof, has a capacity of 200 m3. The two towers are connected by an intermediate building.
Sight 18: Enghaveparken
Enghaveparken is a public park in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was laid out in the late 1920s to cater for the citizens of the expanding city. The park is completely closed off while undergoing comprehensive renovations June 2018-December 2019.
Share
Disclaimer Please be aware of your surroundings and do not enter private property. We are not liable for any damages that occur during the tours.
GPX-Download For navigation apps and GPS devices you can download the tour as a GPX file.