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Gråbrødrekloster Museet
This underground museum allows you to step off one of Aalborg’s busiest shopping streets to explore the life of a Franciscan friary in medieval times. Entry is via an elevator outside Salling department store on Algade; the museum is free to enter, but you pay to ride the elevator
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Museum for Samtidskunst
Housed in the elegant 18th-century Roskilde Palace (built to be used by Christian VI whenever he was in town) is this surprisingly cutting-edge contemporary art space. Exhibitions lean towards new media, with often perplexing sound, video or performance installations by both Danish
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Marselisborg Palace & Park
Marselisborg Palace is a summer home of the royal family, and when they’re not in residence the public can explore the English-style grounds and rose garden (free admission). When the blue-bloods are here, watch the changing of the guard at noon from a vantage point on the road. Th
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Overgaden
Rarely visited by tourists, this non-profit art gallery runs about 10 exhibitions annually, putting the spotlight on contemporary installation art and photography, usually by younger artists. The gallery also runs a busy calender of artist talks, lectures and film screenings. See t
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KØS
Køge’s Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Køge Skitsesamling is a unique entity, displaying not the artists’ finished work, but the notes and scribblings, sketches, models and mock-ups that built up into the final piece. It’s fascinating, particularly for non-artists, to see the creat
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Jernbanemuseet
Clamber aboard a diverting collection of 19th-century locomotives at the Danish Railway Museum, just behind the train station. The museum has two dozen engines and wagons, including double-decker carriages and the Royal Saloon Car belonging to Christian IX, fully kitted out with ev
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Fjord & Bælt
This family-friendly harbourside marine centre houses aquariums, a 40m-long underwater tunnel, touch pools for kids, and seals and porpoises. It’s best to go at feeding times (usually around 11am and 1pm). Note: confirm opening days online, as the aquarium is closed Mondays outside
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Beaches
Ebeltoft sits on a calm, protected bay, fringed with white-sand beaches; you’ll find a nice stretch right along Ndr Strandvej, the coastal road that leads north from the town centre.
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Kunstforeningen GL Strand
The HQ of Denmark’s artists’ union continues to foster emerging and forward-thinking talent with five to six major exhibitions of modern and contemporary art each year. The work of both Danish and international artists is explored, with an underlying emphasis on current and emergin
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KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad
This former spa dates from 1883 and is now a beautiful, modern art space, with permanent works and changing exhibitions of art, sculpture, ceramics, glassware, design and architecture, surrounded by parkland (always open) featuring contemporary sculpture. It’s about 2km southwest o
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Medical Museion
Adjacent to Alexander Newsky Kirke and housed in a former surgical academy dating from 1786 is Copenhagens Medical Museum. Fascinating, rotating exhibitions examine anything and everything from psychiatry and obesity, to the power of the senses. Check the museum website for current
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Moderna Museet Malmö
This smaller outpost of Stockholm’s iconic modern art museum occupies an early 20th-century power station, complete with a bold perforated extension by Swedish firm Tham & Videgård Arkitekter. Three major exhibitions are held annually, with recent shows including provocative vi
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Aarhus Rådhus
Aarhus’ controversial town hall was designed by renowned architect Arne Jacobsen, a pioneer of Danish modernism, and completed in 1942. It’s clad in Norwegian marble and has a distinctive grey appearance. Jacobsen also designed many of the interiors (along with Verner Panton) – for
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Aalborg Zoo
Teeming with feathered, furry and four-legged friends, it’s no surprise this zoo is one of Denmark’s most popular. Some 1200 animals call it home, including tigers, zebras, elephants, giraffes, chimpanzees, penguins and polar bears. It’s southwest of the city and can be reached by
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Lego House
Expected to open in 2016 in the heart of Billund town, Lego House is an experience centre with a bold and fun design that resembles a stack of gigantic Lego bricks. It will incorporate exhibition areas, rooftop gardens, a cafe, a Lego store and a covered public square, and is expec
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Museet Ribes Vikinger
To better come to grips with Ribe’s Viking and medieval history, visit the informative displays of the Museum of Ribe’s Vikings. Two rooms provide snapshots of the town in 800 and during medieval times in 1500. These portrayals are complemented by rare archaeological finds and good
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Frilandsmuseet Maribo
Alfresco Frilandsmuseet Maribo is made up of buildings plucked from elsewhere in Denmark, from a farm, fire station and windmill, to a dairy, schoolhouse and smithy. Old-fashioned games are scattered about the gardens – who could resist a round of Poke Out Palle’s Eye? The museum i
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Lille Molle
This 17th- century windmill, turned over to the National Museum in the 1970s, has been preserved as its last owners left it – and they left it in a very interesting state. If you time your visit just right, it’s perfect for a guided tour preceded or followed by a fabulous feed at
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Gråsten Palace
For three weeks each summer the sleepy town of Gråsten (population 4200) is abuzz as Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik (and usually the extended family) head for some R&R at their summer residence. When they’re not visiting, the lovely palace gardens are open to the public; it
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Empiregården
Part of Møn Museum, Empiregården covers local cultural history. Archaeological finds from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages include ancient skeletons, jewellery and the worlds oldest chewing gum, dating back 11,000 years to a settlement north of Vordingborg. Also on display are 19th
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