Copenhagen Travel Guide

When to visit Copenhagen: Summer is peak season for Copenhagen's harbor swimming, Tivoli Gardens and long Scandinavian daylight hours

When is the best time to visit Copenhagen?

Avg Temp

15–22°C

Rainfall

Moderate, ~60mm/month

Best Time

Summer is peak season for Copenhagen's harbor swimming, Tivoli Gardens and long Scandinavian daylight hours

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Noma
New Nordic · $$$$
World-renowned New Nordic restaurant led by René Redzepi, famous for foraged ingredients and fermentation-driven tasting menus, repeatedly ranked world's best.
Restaurant Kadeau
New Nordic · $$$$
Two-Michelin-star restaurant rooted in Bornholm island ingredients, offering a refined New Nordic tasting menu in Christianshavn.
Torvehallerne
Market / Danish · $$
Popular indoor food market near Nørreport station with stalls for smørrebrød, coffee, cheese and fresh seafood.
Aamanns 1921
Danish · $$$
Modernized smørrebrød restaurant credited with reviving the open sandwich as fine dining, known for its rye bread and toppings.
Reffen
Street food / international · $$
Large outdoor street-food market on Refshaleøen with dozens of stalls, a favorite summer waterfront hangout.
Restaurant Schønnemann
Danish · $$
Historic smørrebrød restaurant open since 1877, known for herring and traditional Danish lunch fare.
Tivoli Gardens
Amusement park / entertainment
Historic amusement park and pleasure garden in the city center, combining rides, concerts and illuminated gardens, open since 1843.
Culture Box
Nightclub
Leading electronic music club near Nørreport, known for techno and house nights with international DJs.
Nyhavn canal bars
Harbor bar district
Colorful 17th-century harbor front lined with bars and restaurants, one of Copenhagen's most photographed and lively evening spots.

Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
Art
Denmark's national gallery, holding Danish Golden Age painting and works by Matisse and Rubens in a park-side building.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Art / antiquities
Museum founded by the Carlsberg brewing family, with an extensive collection of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities and French Impressionists under a winter garden dome.
The Little Mermaid (Den Lille Havfrue)
Public art / landmark
Iconic bronze statue on the Langelinie promenade, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, one of Copenhagen's most-visited sights.
Christiansborg Palace
History / palace
Seat of the Danish Parliament, Supreme Court and Prime Minister's Office, with royal reception rooms and ruins beneath the palace open to visitors.
Dagmar Teatret
One of Copenhagen's oldest cinemas, showing arthouse and international films near Vesterbro.
Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Early July
One of Europe's leading jazz festivals, filling venues and streets across the city each summer.
Distortion
Late May - early June
Large street-party festival combining daytime block parties in different neighborhoods with club nights citywide.

Amager Strandpark
Urban beach · ~15 minutes from the center
Man-made beach park with a lagoon and sandy shoreline near the city, a popular summer swimming and sunbathing spot for locals.
Islands Brygge harbor bath
Harbor bath · In the city center
Public harbor swimming pool built into Copenhagen's clean inner-city canal, a summer institution for city-center swimming.

Fitness World
Gym chain
Denmark's largest gym chain with numerous branches across Copenhagen.
Kastrup Søbad (The Snail)
Sea bath · ~20 minutes from the center near the airport
Distinctive spiral-shaped wooden sea bath structure at Kastrup beach, popular for swimming in the Øresund.
Tivoli Gardens
Theme park
Historic amusement park in the city center with classic wooden roller coasters, gardens and evening illuminations, one of the world's oldest operating theme parks.
Bakken
Theme park
The world's oldest operating amusement park, set in the Deer Park forest north of the city, free entry with pay-per-ride attractions.