Copenhagen Christmas Guide🎄⛄️

Christmas markets

Copenhagen during Christmas feels like a Christmas movie. Everywhere you go, there are lots of lights and decorations. There are many of Christmas markets around the city, but here are three of them we visited🎄

Kongens Nytorv

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Kongens Nytorv is a large and important square in the center of Copenhagen. Not only is it adjacent to the Nyhavn district, making it one of the main tourist areas, but it is also the only place where all 4 lines of the Copenhagen metro intersect. The markets open at the end of November and close just before Christmas. Here you can look forward to many stalls with traditional Danish snacks to eat and drink, as well as handicrafts and tourist souvenirs. This place is definitely worth visiting after sunset, because then the ubiquitous decoration and lights stand out. The ideal place to soak up the Christmas atmosphere!

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Nyhavn

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Nyhavn is the most popular waterfront in Copenhagen. You can find here restaurants, yachts and really beautiful and romantic decorations. The district is also well known because of Hans Christian Andersen who spent majority of his life here in three different houses. This place is worth visiting both during the day and during the night!

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H. C. Andersens Julemarked

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Hans Christian Andersen's Christmas markets - it's hard to imagine a phrase that would better describe the Christmas atmosphere of the Danish capital. The markets are located in Nytorv Square between the main train station and Kongens Nytorv Square. In the very center of Copenhagen, you can enjoy the Christmas atmosphere, taste the local delicacies and feel like you're in a fairy tale - perhaps in a happier one than most fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen.

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Food and drinks

While visiting Denmark in this beautiful time of the year, you definitely need to try gløgg and æbleskiver. These are typical Christmas beverages for Scandinavian countries. Danish families have also a tradition, that they go around the city and try all the gløggs there are and decide which is the best.

Gløgg

Gløgg is a hot and sweet mulled wine. The taste is improved by cinnamon, cardamon, cloves and other typical flavours for Christmas. Sometimes there can be added also another alcohol to make it a little bit different🤪

Æbleskiver

Æbleskiver means “apple slices” in Danish, because originally it was filled with apples. Nowadays there aren’t any apples, but it is delicious even without it! It tastes like pancakes, but there is something different, you have to try it to find about about the real taste. It is served with marmelade, look hoe cute we had it served!😍

Activities

Copenhagen can be very expensive when it comes to fees to museums, zoo and other atractions. Because of that, we highly recommend purchasing a Copenhagen City Card. You can choose between two options: Discover and Hop. Discover Card offers free unlimited public transportation (even to airport!) and free admisions to about 80 different atraction. Hop Card offers free rides on Hop and Go buses and free admisions to about 40 atractions. You can also choose for how long you can use the Card.

We bought the Discover Card for 72 hours and visited these sights:

Christiansborg Palace

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Christiansborg offers a lot of places to see! First of all you can visit The Royal Reception Rooms👑, where you will walk through the area of the actual rooms that are used nowadays! You can also visit The Royal Kitchen and see how the chefs used to cook. If you are visiting during Christmas season, it is beautifully decorated✨

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The Royal Stables

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In front of the Christiansborg Palace you can see horses, that are either training or just standing and relaxing. You can see them even runnunig with carriage! But the best think about this place is that you can take a look inside the Royal stabels! You can see there some old and new carriages, but most of all royal horses!🐎 So if you are a dam of these, this is a must-visit!

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The War Museum

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The Danish War Museum is located close to The Danish Parliament. Exponates in the museum cover Danish military history from the 1500s until today. In front of the entrance, visitors can have a look at a tank. An impressive amount of heavy artillery is exhibited there, as well as medieval armor. Everyone can find something to look at, from medieval artefacts and model ships (some of them are more than 2 meters long!) to World war I & II stuff to an exposition of Danish soldiers who served in Afghanistan. This exposition is made up of impressive diorama containing real combat vehicle which was destroyed in Afghanistan and transported back to Denmark. Considering really beautiful building of the museum, this is a great place for everyone who would like to discover a bit from Danish history.

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Stromma Canal Tours

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Stromma Canal Tours gives you an opportunity to see Copenhagen from water level. With boarding point at Gammel Strand close to the Danish parliament, you can take an one-hour long route through city centre and see some of the most significant monuments. The route is crossed with low bridges so you have to sit tight, otherwise you'll hit your head. From the Gammel Strand, the ship passes Børsen and continues to a wider canal - Yderhavnen. During the trip you can see a modern bulding of National opera, The ships on Holmen (which is an old battle ship used as museum) and the famous Little Mermaid statue. Then you pass Danish Royal Palace and proceed to Nyhavn, which is a famous street with canal and Christian Andersen used to live here. The last part of the route is cruising through Christiania, seeing an impressive building of the Danish National Library and coming back to Gammel Strand. We definetely enjoyed the cruise and we reccomend to be dressed warmly enough, because the wind at Yderhavnen is sometimes a bit too cold.

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Nyhavn

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Nyhavn is the most popular waterfront in Copenhagen. You can find here restaurants, yachts and really beautiful and romantic decorations. The district is also well known because of Hans Christian Andersen who spent majority of his life here in three different houses. This place is worth visiting both during the day and during the night!

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Amalienborg

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Amalienborg is the main residence of the Danish royal family. It lies north of the Nyhavn district. The biggest attraction is the regular changing of the guards at 12 pm and also the possibility of tours. Polud will be nearby, look at the roof of the complex! If a flag flies on the roof, King Frederik X. Queen Margrethe II is present in the complex. She abdicated in favor of her son shortly after our visit to Denmark, in December 2023.

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The Little Mermaid

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The Little Mermaid statue is an icon of the Copenhagen located on the bank of the canal, north from city centre. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, the statue was unveiled at 1913 and instantly became a major tourist attraction. The statue was damaged by vandals many times, had its hands or head cut off, but always have been repaired and remains the symbol of the city. During the day there are crowds of people around the statue but we visited in the late evening when no one was around and were amazed by the magical atmosphere at this place.

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Tivoli Gardens

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Tivoli Gardens is the world's second-oldest theme park, entertaining people since 1843. It is located in the city centre right next to main train station. Tivoli offers magical streets with competition stands, modern adrenaline attractions and roller coasters. All this in a richly and thematically decorated environment. Entry to Tivoli is free with the City Card, you only pay for attractions or refreshments. We tried the house of horrors, which had an interesting story and believable decorations. A visit to Tivoli is a must in Copenhagen. Just expect that you will not only spend a lot of time here, but also spend a lot of money here.

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Copenhagen Zoo

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Copenhagen Zoo is home to more than 4,000 animals of more than 260 species. The zoo is outside the center, but it is easily accessible by subway and then by bus line 7B. This Zoo is one of the oldest in Europe and also one of the few where you can admire giant pandas. Other notable inhabitants are, for example, elephants, kangaroos or a large group of Tasmanian devils. In the run-up to Christmas, the Zoo is very nicely decorated, so lovers of Christmas decorations will have a great time here.

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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

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You should visit Ripley's Believe It or Not if you want to laugh and learn many interesting things in an interactive way. The museum is located on Rådhuspladsen and contains a lot of interesting records and curiosities, but beware! Only some of them are genuine and you have to decide for yourself what to believe. The scope of the museum is really wide - from interesting works of art, through human record holders, to often spooky magical objects. Allow at least an hour and a half for your visit to see everything. Here, too, you have free entry with the City Card, as well as to the adjacent Hans Christian Andersen museum, where you can get to know his most famous fairy tales in audiovisual form. Therefore, definitely consider visiting both museums!

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Classic Car House

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Located about 10 kilometers from the center, Classic Car House Denmark is a place that no fan of four-wheeled technical gems should miss when visiting Copenhagen. The beautiful, newly built area consists of a smaller vintage car shop and an extensive museum, including a car storage room for the owners. Entry to the museum is free with a City Card, but beware - they are closed on Mondays. The car dealership is open every day of the week except Saturday. In the main building of the museum there is an entrance, a fan shop, several interactive exhibits, a playroom for parents with small children and, of course, cars on display. Next, you walk into the main hall, where both the museum's cars and the owners' stored cars are displayed. Along the way, you pass a display case with 100 models of LeMans winning cars in 1:18 scale - one car from each year. Tom Kristensen hails from Denmark and is a nine-time LeMans winner, a world record. the museum displays several artifacts from him as well. The main hall displays racing cars, various Ferraris, American muscle cars, and lots of European vintage cars. Below the main hall there is another floor, also full of interesting cars. On the first floor of the main hall there are cars from the early 20th century and, among other things, also old car slots/simulators where you can race against your friend for free. This place was probably the biggest surprise in Denmark for me, and definitely a positive one. This is a wonderful area with a wide variety of cars on display, where the motoring atmosphere breathes on you and the heart of a racer and car lover comes alive in you.

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Accomodation

Copenhagen is very atractive for young travelles, who want to exprience some adventure. You can find there very expensive classic hotels, or you can try and book an unusual accomodation.

Here are two tips about unusual hostels:

Urban Camper Hostel & Bar

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We stayed in this hostel for two nights. You can either book a private tent or shared one. Don’t worry about cold, these tents are inside a building and are heated. In the tent you have a bed, of course, a nightstand and a locker. So don’t forget at least one padlock, so you can lock your things in there. Bathroom is shared, but clean. There is also a common area and bar, so you won’t be bored there. If you want more privacy, you can book a private room.

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CityHub

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This non-traditional hostel offers private capsules. This kind of accomodation is very common in Copenhagen, but we think this hostel is the cutest one. But make sure to book in advance, because the earlier you book, the cheaper it will be!

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