In Copenhagen ZOO, you can meet more than 4,000 fascinating animals and travel between continents in just one day. Get familiar with the iconic giant pandas while dining in the state of the art Panda House. Experience unforgettable close encounters with polar bears and see the world from a giraffe’s perspective at the savannah. Discover lots of animal facts and enjoy a meal from the grand selection of food stalls. Please visit the Zoo's website to learn about feeding-times, new animals-babies and the daily programme. Architecture at Copenhagen Zoo  The animals aren't the only thing to marvel at in the zoo. The zoo is also home to some architectural delights, not least the panda habitat designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, and the elephant house, designed by Norman Foster. Architecture fans might also enjoy looking at the Hippopotamus House, which opened in 2007 with walls patterned like a hippo's skin, and the Arctic Ring, which allows you to see the polar bears swimming under water. Restaurants in Copenhagen Zoo At Bistro Panpan, you can enjoy French dishes with an Asian twist at the Panda House. At Cakes & Dreams, you can enjoy delicious pastries. Spisehuset FOLK is a cozy and traditional restaurant serving classic, Danish food such as open sandwiches. All around the Zoo, there are snack stalls and stands where you can buy hot and cold drinks and ice creams.  A world to explore awaits. ZOO is filled with explorations every day 365 days a year. Please be aware that opening hours may change rapidly - we recommend checking the ZOO's website before going

Step into the beautiful mineral halls, touch a huge meteorite from outer space and explore the natural world in the changing exhibitions. An annual highlight at the museum is the famous exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year, featuring the 100 best nature and wildlife photos worldwide. Experience the beauty and fragility of nature in an exhibition that delights millions of people every year. See more about the exhibition at wpy.dk.     Recharge in the café with a view of the Botanical Garden, where you can explore the museum's collection of rare plants and see the iconic Palm House.

Out of this world experience for the whole family NB: Opening hours may vary with special events. Please check Planterium's own website for updated opening hours. Immerse yourself in the starry sky and experience films in the unique Planetarium Dome, which has recently undergone a complete transformation. The Planetarium has the largest tilted dome in Europe, an enclosing canvas, a razor-sharp visualization in 8K and second-to-none sound system.  Learn more about where we came from and what we’re made of in the Big Bang exhibition in the room Cosmos or explore the installation Rings of Saturn and put your senses into play. Planetarium conveys the knowledge of astronomy in the form of films, exhibitions, lectures and other special events. On weekends and Holidays Planetarium also offer a special activity programme for both adults and children Entrance and movie With your Copenhagen Card, you can visit the exhibitions and watch one movie in The Dome. You can find the current movies here.  

A must-see museum for all who is curious about the human body, disease, and health.  Medical Museion is not for delicate souls – diseases and their treatment have always been dramatic. But if you dare to face how the human body has been understood and treated over time - from antiquity to the age of the gene - this is the place for you.  Explore the beautiful exhibitions in the historic Royal Academy for Surgeons from 1787. Medical Museion has one of the biggest and richest historical collections of medical artefacts  in Europe. The collections contain 150,000 — 250,000 artefacts, depending on what counts as a individual artefact. We also have a large image collection, a document archive, and a historical book collection.   Exhibithions: Special Exhibition, Margarine: 22 March – 22 December 2024 The exhibition illustrates how the choices we make about our diet, our understanding of how blood vessels function, and the statistics of human health have been intertwined in Danish and international history. Below the pearly, dull surface of margarine lurks compelling stories of war, globalization, deceased whales, angry butter farmers, trans-fatty acids, processed foods, and lives saved The exhibition consists of two rooms. In one room you can experience a mixture of collected historical objects, film clips, sound and objects from Medical Museion’s own collections. In the exhibition’s second room, there is an interactive installation where the audience can shape the soft margarine with the movements of their own bodies. Mind the gut: Our brain and bowels are under examination in the exhibition Mind the Gut. Through a thought-provoking blend of science, art and history, the exhibition explores the complex connections between our mind and our guts. Brain, gut feelings, identity, bowels, bacteria, microbiomes – all interlinked. Mind the Gut shows, how doctors researchers, patients and artists have tried to understand and treat the complex relation between mind and gut throughout time. An enigma, which have occupied us through millennia and still does through scientific experiments, trendy lifestyle tendencies and fierce debates about health. The body collected: The human body has been collected for medical research and teaching during the last few centuries, and body parts have been prepared, preserved and conserved. The exhibition ‘The Body Collected’ presents for the first time a large selection of historical collections of human remains from the 18th century to now. The oldest specimens come from research collections of fetuses, skeletons, bones, organs, and histological samples. The latest arrival are biopsies, cells, and DNA, as preserved in biobank freezers. The collections have switched focus as our understanding of health and disease are improved, and as a consequence of technological advances.  

Lejre Land of Legends is a unique and stunningly beautiful open-air museum, which offers its visitors to embark on a journey through time and space. Explore the reconstruction of the largest Viking Kings Hall ever found, an impressive high seat fit for the warrior kings from the dawn of the Viking Age. Visit a series of authentic reconstructed settlements, houses, and active workshops from the Iron, Stone, and Viking Ages, and immerse yourself in the past brought to life.  Lejre Land of Legends is an atmospheric and exciting tourist attraction for the whole family. 10.000 years of Danish history brought to life. Houses and settings from the Iron Age, Stone Age, Viking Age and the 19th century, historic workshops and domestic animals, located in the beautiful historic landscape near Roskilde. A day filled with experiencies for all senses. Many amusing and challenging activities for children and adults the whole season (see opening hours); 43 ha of space and peace to enjoy an excursion in the past Try activities for all ages, and go sailing in a dugout canoe or test your aim with bow and arrow. Meet the researchers and craftsmen and let them fill you in on new theories of how to interpret the relics from the past. History brought to life Discover an atmospheric attraction for the whole family. 10.000 years of Danish history brought to life, located in the beautiful historic landscape in National Park Land of the Scyldings.Approx travel time from Copenhagen Central Station 50 mins.

Museum for pop, rock and youth culture! See, hear and feel your way through the history of rhythmic music from 1950s rock'n'roll, through1980s pop culture to today's wild rhythms - and get an idea of tomorrow's music scene. But RAGNAROCK is more than a roller coaster ride in the colorful history of music. First and foremost you get the story of roaring youth generations that through different times creates its own culture, communicating globally through music and have huge impact on society. RAGNAROCK is also an exciting Exploratorium. Dance our way through history and find your favorite song. The café serves lunch, brunch, snack, coffee teas and much more. The walk from Roskilde station takes 15 minutes. Alternatively, you can take bus 202A from the station.  

What did the very first cars look like? How about the history of the telephone - from the first of its kind to the smartphones we all know today? And what does a space capsule look like? Come and learn more about the fantastic and breakthrough technical inventions and the people behind them. The museum has an impressive collection of steam engines, electrical inventions, bicycles, cars and aeroplanes. There is also a pewter workshop from the 1920s and fire and life-saving station from around 1960. The Danish Museum of Science and Technology invites you on a journey where bridges will be built between you and Denmark’s technological history. Our unique collection of cars represents the Danish history of motor vehicles. For instance, you can experience the Hammel Car from 1888, the first automobile of the Royal Danish Family and a Volkswagen Beetle from 1948. The museum also houses a large collection of planes. There are old propeller planes, helicopters, gliders, private aircrafts, passenger planes and many former planes of Defence Command Denmark. The Danish Museum of Science and Technology is for the whole family. From the first exciting fascination of machines to the critical contemporary views of everyday technology to the nerdy insight into mechanics and function. At the museum, the objects form the basis of the stories and we will look at the first technical inventions, today’s technology and what the future may bring. The Danish Museum of Science & Technology is more than 100 years old and some of the museum objects are even older – from extremely heavy and big computers the size of an elephant to small, pocket-sized smartphones. The world of technology is constantly developing, and we can only try and guess how the future robotic vacuum cleaners, virtual reality and cars will look like.