List of tourist attractions in Denmark

This list of tourist attractions in Denmark presents the 50 most visited tourist attraction

Tourist attraction

A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, or amusement opportunities....

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Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

according to the annual survey published by Visit Denmark, the Danish national tourist organisation.

Scope

Not covered by the survey are for instance:

Concert halls such as Copenhagen Concert Hall
Copenhagen Concert Hall
The Copenhagen Concert Hall by Jean Nouvel is a part of the new DR Byen , that houses the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, DR. The concert hall and the DR Town are located in the northern part of Ørestad - an ambitious development area in Copenhagen, Denmark...

and Copenhagen Opera House
Theatres such as the Royal Danish Theatre
Royal Danish Theatre
The Royal Danish Theatre is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the...

and the Royal Danish Playhouse
Royal Danish Playhouse
The Royal Danish Playhouse is a theatre building for the Royal Danish Theatre, situated on the harbour front in the Frederiksstaden neighbourhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark...
Exhibition centres such as Bella Centre
Natural sites such as Møns Klint
Møns Klint
Møns Klint, , is a striking landmark and tourist attraction along the eastern coast of the Danish island of Møn in the Baltic Sea. The bright chalk cliffs stretch some 6 km from the park of in the north to the in the south. Some of the cliffs fall a sheer 120 m to the sea below...

, Skagen
Skagen
Skagen is a projection of land and a town, with a population of 8,515 , in Region Nordjylland on the northernmost tip of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark...

and Jægersborg Dyrehave
Jægersborg Dyrehave
Dyrehaven , officially Jægersborg Dyrehave, is a forest park north of Copenhagen. It covers around 11 square kilometres...
Freely accessible attractions such as Freetown Christiania
Freetown Christiania
Not to be confused with Christiania, Norway, another name for Oslo.Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania is a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood of about 850 residents, covering 34 hectares in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital Copenhagen...

and The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince...

, both in Copenhagen.

Top 50 most visited attractions in Denmark

Rank	Attraction	Type	Location	Visitor number
1	Tivoli Gardens	Amusement park	Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...	3,696,000
2	Dyrehavsbakken Dyrehavsbakken Dyrehavsbakken , commonly referred to as Bakken , is the world's oldest operating amusement park. It is located near Klampenborg but belongs under Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune, Denmark about 10 km north of Copenhagen...	Amusement park	Klampenborg Klampenborg Klampenborg is a northern suburb to Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located in Gentofte Municipality, directly on Øresund, between Taarbæk and Skovshoved. Like other neighbourhoods along the Øresund coast, Klampenborg is an affluent area with many large houses.... , Copenhagen	2,500,000
3	Legoland Legoland Legoland is a chain of Lego-themed theme parks. They are not fully owned by Lego Group itself; rather they are owned and operated by the British theme park company Merlin Entertainment.The chain currently consists of:* Legoland Billund...	Amusement park	Billund Billund Billund Kommune is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark in the center of the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark. Formerly the municipality belonged to Ribe County. The new, merged municipality covers an area of 155 km², and has a total population of 26.172 . Its mayor is Ib Kristensen, a member... , Jutland Jutland Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...	1.700.000
4	Copenhagen Zoo	Zoo	Copenhagen	1.055.593
5	Fårup sommerland Fårup sommerland Fårup sommerland is a Danish theme park in the north of the country. It is one of the country's biggest amusement parks with 3 major roller coasters, Lynet, Falken and Flagermusen.- The Roller Coasters :...	Amusement park	Jammerbugt Municipality Jammerbugt municipality Jammerbugt is a municipality in North Denmark Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 863 km² and a total population of 38,957 .... , North Jutland	607,051
6	Djurs Sommerland Djurs Sommerland Djurs Sommerland is an amusement park, situated 3 kilometers north of Nimtofte on Djursland, 23 kilometers west of Grenaa, and 36 km east of Randers, Denmark....	Amusement park	Norddjurs Municipality Norddjurs municipality Norddjurs is a municipality in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 661 km² and a total population of 38,581 .... , Jutland	575,127
7	Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Louisiana Museum of Modern Art The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark with an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II and up...	Art gallery	Humlebæk	557,803
8	Frederik VIII Mansion Brockdorff's Palace Brockdorff's Palace is one of the four palaces of Amalienborg in Copenhagen. It was built 1750-1760 by Baron Joachim Brockdorff. Since 1765 it has been owned by the crown, first used as naval academy and since 1828 as residence of various part of the royal family, among those King Frederick VIII...	Historic building	Copenhagen	479,246
9	Danish National Gallery Statens Museum for Kunst Statens Museum for Kunst is the Danish national gallery located in Copenhagen....	Art gallery	Copenhagen	448,342
10	BonBon-Land BonBon-Land BonBon-Land is a Danish amusement park located in Holme Olstrup in the South of Zealand, about 100km from Copenhagen.-History:The history of theme park, BonBon-land, can be dated back to when the Danish sweets boiler, Michael Spangsberg, got an idea to produce the notorious candy with the funny and...	Amusement park	Næstved Municipality Næstved Municipality Næstved is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in the south of Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Gavnø. It covers an area of 681 km², and has a total population of 80,732 . Its mayor is Henning Jensen, a member of the Social Democrats political party... , Zealand	446,972
11	National Museum of Denmark National Museum of Denmark The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main domicile is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world,...	Museum	Copenhagen	434,000
12	Rundetårn Rundetårn The Rundetårn is a 17th-century tower located in central Copenhagen, Denmark. One of the many architectural projects of Christian IV, it was built as an astronomical observatory...	Historic building	Copenhagen	391,108
13	Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark...	Art gallery	Copenhagen	355.945
14	Odense Zoo	Zoo	Odense Odense The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen... , Funen Funen Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...	349,047
15	Aalborg Zoo Aalborg Zoo Aalborg Zoo is one of Denmark's biggest zoos and is located near the center of Aalborg.Every year, Aalborg Zoo is visited by around 375,000 guests...	Zoo	Aalborg Aalborg -Transport:On the north side of the Limfjord is Nørresundby, which is connected to Aalborg by a road bridge Limfjordsbroen, an iron railway bridge Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden, as well as a motorway tunnel running under the Limfjord Limfjordstunnelen.... , Jutland	326,245
16	Tivoli Friheden Tivoli Friheden Tivoli Friheden is an amusement park located in Aarhus, Denmark. The park was visited by more than 365.000 visitors in 2009, and the figure is rising.The park is situated about 2 km to the south of the city centre. It has several themed sections with different types of attractions...	Amusement park	Aarhus Aarhus Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark... , Jutland	325,074
17	Frilandsmuseet Frilandsmuseet Frilandsmuseet is an open air museum in Lyngby at the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Opened in 1897 and covering 40 hectares, it is one of the largest and oldest open-air museums in the world....	Uoen air museum	Lyngby, Copenhagen	318,667
18	Den Gamle By	Open air museum	Aarhus, Jutland	312,330
19	Madsby Legepark	Amusement park	Fredericia Fredericia Fredericia is a town located in Fredericia municipality in the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, in a sub-region known locally as Trekanten, or The Triangle... , Jutland	302,300
20	Experimentarium	Science centre	Hellerup Hellerup Hellerup is a Danish town of Region Hovedstaden, located in the Gentofte Municipality in Denmark. It is bordered to the east by the sound Øresund and to the South by Copenhagen and counted among the most affluent areas in Denmark.... , Copenhagen	285,755
21	Randers Tropical Zoo Randers Tropical Zoo Randers Tropical Zoo is a Danish indoor zoo in Randers, located in three big domes, with the biomes of Africa, Asia and South America. The domes contain animals from the biomes, and most of the animal live free in the domes...	Zoo	Randers Randers Randers is a city in Randers municipality on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 60,656 . Randers city is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.-Overview:Randers municipality has 94,750 inhabitants... , Jutland	284,749
22	Givskud Zoo Givskud Zoo Givskud Zoo is a zoo and safari park in Givskud, 20 km north west of Vejle in Denmark. The park opened in 1969 under the name of "Løveparken" with lions as the only animals. In 1970 elephants arrived and today the park has more than 1,000 animals distributed among more than 80 species...	Zoo	Vejle Municipality Vejle municipality Vejle Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,055 km², and has a total population of 106,383... , Jutland	279,960
23	Tivoli Karolinelund	Amusement park	Aalborg, Jutland	240,368
24	Rosenborg Castle Rosenborg Castle Rosenborg Castle is a renaissance castle located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects...	Historic building and museum	Copenhagen	238,278
25	ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum is an art museum in Aarhus. ARoS is one of the largest art museums in northern Europe, 10 storeys tall with a total of 17,000 m². The museum opened on 8 April 2004 after a construction process that started with Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen winning the design...	Art gallery	Aarhus, Jutland	221,755
26	Jesperhus Jesperhus Jesperhus is a family-owned resort around Legind Bjerge, south of Nykøbing Mors, Denmark. It is the site of the largest flower park in Denmark. Jesperhus has, amongs other things, his own pet and mascot, Jungledyret Hugo, which lives and works in the flower park...	Resort and flower park	Mors Mors (island) Mors or Morsø is a 367.7 km2 land locked island in the shallow sound called Limfjorden in Denmark. As of 1 January 2010, it has a population of 21,800. The main town on the island is called Nykøbing Mors. Geologically Mors is unique...	212,598
27	Knuthenborg	Zoo	Lolland Lolland Lolland is the fourth largest island of Denmark, with an area of 1,243 square kilometers . Located in the Baltic sea, it is part of Region Sjælland...	202,000
28	Egeskov Castle Egeskov Castle Egeskov Castle is located in the south of the island of Funen, Denmark. The castle is Europe's best preserved Renaissance water castle.-History:Egeskov's history dates to the 14th century...	Historic building and museum	Funen	201,216
29	Kronborg Castle Kronborg Castle Kronborg is a star fortress situated near the town of Helsingør on the extreme northeastern tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Øresund, the sound between Denmark and Sweden...	Historic building	Helsingør, Zealand	194,704
30	Nordsøen Oceanarium Nordsøen Oceanarium Nordsøen Oceanarium is a public aquarium and museum that opened in 1998 on the shores of the North Sea in Hirtshals, north Jutland, Denmark. It is the largest public aquarium in Northern Europe....	Aquarium	Hirtshals Hirtshals Hirtshals is a town in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland on the north coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe.-The town of Hirtshals:... , North Jutland	186,748
31	Tycho Brahe Planetarium Tycho Brahe Planetarium The Tycho Brahe Planetarium is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the southern end of Skt. Jørgens Sø. It is named after astronomer Tycho Brahe. It was designed by MAA Knud Munk and opened on November 1, 1989....	Science centre	Copenhagen	179,800
32	Frederiksborg Museum	Art Museum and historic building	Hillerød Hillerød Hillerød Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden . The municipality covers an area of 191 km² , and has a total population of 46,568... , Zealand	174,847
33	Jyllands Park Zoo	Zoo	Herning Municipality	164,830
34	Carlsberg Visitor Centre	Visitor centre	Copenhagen	157,500
35	Post & Tele Museum	Museum	Copenhagen	152.879
36	Kattegat Centre	Aquarium	Grenå Grenå Grenaa or Grenå is a town in central Denmark with a population of 14,308 . The town centre is about 2 km west of the east coast of the Djursland peninsula in Jutland's Region Midtjylland... , Jutland	151,276
37	Ree Park – Ebeltoft Safari	Zoo	Ebeltoft Ebeltoft Ebeltoft is a town with a population of 7,559 on the central east coast of Denmark, located in Syddjurs municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Danish peninsula of Jutland.... , Jutland	145,094
38	Sommerland Sjælland	Amusement park	Odsherred Municipality Odsherred municipality Odsherred municipality is a municipality in Odsherred, Region Sjælland in Denmark. It covers an area of 355 km² and a total population of 33,129 and its seat is the town of Højby.-History:... , Zealand	139,700
39	Danmarks Akvarium	Aquarium	Klampenborg, Copenhagen	132,433
40	Moesgård Museum Moesgård Museum The Moesgård Museum is a museum located in Højbjerg, a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark. The museum is housed partially in the historic Moesgård manor, newer facilities built for the purpose of the museum and a large open portion of the museum surrounds the facilities...	Museum	Aarhus, Jutland	128,104
41	Fregatten Jylland Jylland (ship) Jylland is the world's last screw-propelled steam frigate. During the Second War of Schleswig in 1864, it participated in the naval action against the Austrian-Prussian fleet in the Battle of Heligoland on 9 May 1864...	Historic ship	Ebeltoft, Jutland	125,358
42	Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet	Museum	Esbjerg Esbjerg Esbjerg Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny Søtrup, from the Venstre political party... , Jutland	125,300
43	Arken Museum of Modern Art Arken Museum of Modern Art ARKEN Museum of Modern Art is a private non-for-profit charity, state authorized, contemporary art museum near Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The museum was conceived and created by Copenhagen County.-Museum:...	Art gallery	Ishøj Ishøj Ishøj Municipality is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers 26 km², with a total population of 20,687 , many of whom are Pakistani, African, Arab, or Turkish immigrants... , Copenhagen	119,525
44	Danish Film Institute Danish Film Institute The Danish Film Institute is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest....	Museum	Copenhagen	116,992
45	Koldinghus Museum Koldinghus Koldinghus is a Danish royal castle on the south central part of the Jutland peninsula in the town of Kolding. The castle was founded in the 11th century and was expanded since with many functions ranging from fortress, royal residency, ruin, museum, and the location of numerous wartime...	Museum and historic building	Kolding Kolding Kolding is a Danish seaport located at the head of Kolding Fjord in Region of Southern Denmark . It is the site of the council Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companies, principally geared towards shipbuilding... , Jutland	114,565
46	Viking Ship Museum	Museum	Roskilde Roskilde Roskilde is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.... , Zealand	111,455
47	Danfoss Universe	Science centre	Sønderborg Sønderborg Sønderborg Municipality , is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark partially on the Jutland peninsula and partially on the island of Als in south Denmark, at the border with Germany. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 76,236... , Jutland	105,919
58	Skagen Museum Skagen Museum Skagen Museum is an art museum in Skagen, Denmark, which exhibits an extensive collection of works by members of the colony of Skagen Painters who lived and worked in the area in the late 19th and early 20th century. Important artists include Maria and P. S. Krøyer, Anna and Michael Ancher, Laurits...	Art Gallery	Skagen Skagen Skagen is a projection of land and a town, with a population of 8,515 , in Region Nordjylland on the northernmost tip of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark... , Jutland	102,853
49	AQUA freshwater aquarium	Aquarium	Silkeborg Silkeborg Silkeborg is a city in central Denmark. Located in Silkeborg municipality in Jutland, the city has a population of 42,724 . The development of Silkeborg as a modern city may be traced to the foundation of the paper mill by Michael Drewsen on the Gudenaa in 1844... , Jutland	101,851
50	Worker's Museum Worker's Museum (Copenhagen) The Worker's museum or Arbejdermuseet is a museum in Copenhagen. The museum was opened in 1986.-External links:*...	Museum	Copenhagen	100,883

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