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COPENHAGEN - Sightseeing Highlights

The Little Mermaid
Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fairy tale about her, Disney produced the movie, and Copenhagen maintains a statue in her honour.
The Little Mermaid continues to be the most popular tourist attraction in Denmark and one of the most photographed statues in the world.

Amalienborg Palace
This is the royal couple’s winter residence, and is a major architectural work and probably the most outstanding piece of Rococo architecture in Denmark. It comprises of four palaces and was originally conceived as town mansions for families of the nobility at the beginning of the 1750s. In 1794, after the fire at Christiansborg Castle, the mansions came into the possession of the Royal Family.
The Royal Guard is on duty 24 hours and the relief takes place every day at 12 noon.

National Museum
This is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history. The museum’s main domicile is a classical 18th century mansion just a stone’s throw from “Strøget” at the centre of Copenhagen.
The Museum holds some of the most outstanding archaeological finds ever made in Denmark and takes visitors on a journey traversing the cultural history of Denmark from the reindeer hunters of the Ice Age to today.

The National Gallery
The Danish national gallery is the only place in Denmark which features 700 years of Western art and cultural history under one roof. The museum houses a large collection of Danish and international paintings, sculptures, drawings and installations.

Strøget
This is Copenhagen’s largest shopping area is centred on Europe’s longest pedestrian shopping street. It is Denmark’s premier shopping street.

Tivoli
The Tivoli Gardens, the highly popular amusement park. It was founded in 1843 it is an attractive, romantic park with lanterns in the trees that create a unique atmosphere. There are stages for music and theatre, 32 restaurants, 26 amusements, 400,000 flowers and 110,000 lamps.

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