Twelve colossal marble apostles line the nave of Copenhagen's cathedral, leading the eye toward Bertel Thorvaldsen's serene Christ figure above the altar - a sculptural programme so dominant that the building is sometimes described as more Thorvaldsen's church than the architect's. The site on Norregade has carried a church since the late 1100s, when Bishop Absalon's successors raised a chalk-stone Church of Our Lady that was completed around 1209. Fire and war treated its successors brutally: t.....
Founded in 2023 by comedian Davor Bajlovic, Aarhus Comedy Club is the city's only dedicated stand-up club and has quickly become the anchor of a growing comedy scene in Denmark's second city. The club began life in Mejlgade, but within a year it had outgrown the room, and in January 2025 it moved into larger, smarter premises at Europaplads 16 on the harbour front, directly opposite the Dokk1 library and culture house - the entrance is on the side of the building facing Dokk1. The programming f.....
Founded in 2023 by comedian Davor Bajlovic, Aarhus Comedy Club is the city's only dedicated stand-up club and has quickly become the anchor of a growing comedy scene in Denmark's second city. The club began life in Mejlgade, but within a year it had outgrown the room, and in January 2025 it moved into larger, smarter premises at Europaplads 16 on the harbour front, directly opposite the Dokk1 library and culture house - the entrance is on the side of the building facing Dokk1. The programming f.....
At 93 metres from west door to apse, Aarhus Cathedral is the longest church in Denmark, and its 96-metre tower makes it the tallest as well. Officially the church of St Clemens - patron saint of sailors, a fitting dedication for a building that originally stood almost on the beach of Aarhus Bay - it dominates Store Torv in the heart of the old town and serves as the mother church of the Diocese of Aarhus. Construction began in the 1190s under Bishop Peder Vognsen of the powerful Hvide family, o.....
A bronze bishop on horseback rises above Hojbro Plads, axe in hand, gazing toward the island of Slotsholmen where his fortress once stood. The equestrian statue portrays Absalon (c. 1128-1201), the warrior-bishop of Roskilde and later archbishop of Lund who is credited as the founder of Copenhagen: around 1167 he built a castle on the islet that now carries Christiansborg Palace, and the fishing village beside it grew into the Danish capital. The monument was created by sculptor Vilhelm Bissen .....
Denmark's national HIV and AIDS organisation has its headquarters at Vestergade 18E in central Copenhagen, a few minutes from Radhuspladsen. Founded in 1987, AIDS-Fondet works with prevention, advocacy and support for people living with HIV, and the Vestergade address also houses Checkpoint, its community clinic offering free, anonymous testing and counselling for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections on walk-in and appointment basis. The premises are primarily offices and clinic space r.....
Classical drawing is taught here as a craft to be trained, not a talent you either have or lack. Akademiets Skoler, founded in 1986, is a private drawing and design school on Stockholmsgade in Copenhagen's Osterbro district, about five minutes from Osterport station, and has prepared generations of students for careers and further study in illustration, design, architecture, animation and the other aesthetic disciplines. The school runs courses for children, teenagers and adults alike: classica.....
Just a short metro ride from the centre of Copenhagen, Amager Strandpark is a popular beach park that gives the Danish capital its own stretch of sand and sea. Created in its present form in 2005, the park added a two-kilometre artificial island just offshore, separated from the original shore by a shallow lagoon, greatly expanding the city seaside playground. The design cleverly created two very different bathing experiences. The calm, shallow lagoon between the island and the mainland is idea.....
Four matching rococo palaces face one another across an octagonal cobbled square to form Amalienborg, the winter home of the Danish royal family in the heart of Copenhagen. Built in the mid-eighteenth century for noble families, the palaces were acquired by the crown after a fire destroyed an earlier royal residence, and they have housed Danish monarchs ever since. At the centre of the square stands a grand equestrian statue of King Frederik V, around which the four palaces are arranged with el.....
Mozarts Plads in Copenhagen's Sydhavn spent years as little more than a fenced-off metro construction site; when the square finally reopened with its own station on the M4 line, ANKER opened at its edge and quickly settled into the rhythm of the neighbourhood. The cafe serves coffee, beer and sandwiches from morning until evening - some days as late as 8 pm - with the metro delivering visitors practically to the door. Reviewers have praised it as a place that feels like an extension of the old,.....