Running Copenhagen offers running sightseeing tours in Copenhagen with a local guide.
It was great as it combined exercise, sightseeing and local knowledge. We did the City Tour which cost 20 Euros on the first day we were in Copenhagen and we covered all the main sights within 1.5 hour of running. The guide took pictures of us along the way which we later received by email and could view on Facebook. She also recommended a handful of bars, restaurants and cool galleries, which meant that we spent the rest of our holiday visiting some truly cool places.
Even if you are not the next Paula Radcliffe, you can still join this tour and experience Copenhagen in a fun and active way.

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The Hans Christian Andersen Statue by the Copenhagen City Hall

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Cross the Knippelsbro bridge to the Christiania district for a slice of Copenhagen’s alternative side. Founded in the 70s when a group of hippies took control of an abandoned military barracks and abstained from Danish rule, it’s a ‘free city’ within a city. Have a coffee along the waterfront and enjoy the paintings, sculpture and live music that seems to spring up everywhere.

Cross Knippelsbro, one of the two bridges connecting Sealand and Amager.

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If you liked Rosenborg Palace in Copenhagen you'll like Frederiksborg even more because it's in the same Danish Renaissance style (toy soldier castle) but even bigger. Like most royal things in Denmark it was originally built for Christian IV (about the time of our Charles I) but suffered a disastrous fire in the 19th century. It was then restored to its original appearance by the brewing family of Jacobsen (of Carlsberg fame) and since then has been the Danish Museum of National History.

Its interiors are magnificent and show a range of works of art, including the national portrait collection. Beautiful gardens outside.

Hillerod, a short train and bus ride from Copenhagen. S-tog lines A or E. Buses nos 701 or 702 from Hillerod station. www.frederiksborgmuseet.dk

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Roskilde was once the capital of Denmark, and the beautiful cathedral there (a World Heritage site) contains 38 royal tombs, including that of Harald Bluetooth.

The fjord is a short walk down the hill and has an extensive museum and boatbuilding yard where traditional Viking longships are made and sailed before your very eyes.

When I visited the place it was swarming with tiny children all done up in lifejackets enthusiastically climbing aboard these craft and setting sail, under expert supervision. The Vikings are evidently still keen.

Roskilde town, a short train ride from Copenhagen central station. Then walk to the cathedral and fjord.

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Have a look at the statue on Bispetorv, it is opposite Vor Frue Kirke.

Go round the back of the statue so you are facing the church, check out the frieze. How to get on in the Danish church! Turn down Studiestræde and you are in the old latin Quarter of Copenhagen.

Bispetorv on Nørregade

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A lovely building, with quite interesting interiors, but it is one of those attractions where they seem desperate to get money off you at every point.

4a Oster Voldgade

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Rundetaarn (Round Tower) - It is an observatory; you walk up a tall, sloping path to get to the excellent viewing point at the peak. Make sure you also go inside the adjoining church.

52a Kobmagergade

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It's tiny and incredibly unimpressive. The taxi driver laughed at us when we told him we wanted to go and see it. We arrived to find a crowd of fellow tourists peering over the quay wall, looks of disappointment on their faces.

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A strange monument this one - built by King Christian IV. You get to the top via a wide spiral cobbled ramp. Apparently the Emperor and Empress once drove up it by horse and carriage (for which there's plenty of room). You can get a good idea of the city from the top. Well worth seeing if you've got strong legs!

Off Stroget (the endless walking street) - a short walk from Norreport Station

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Easily the best museum in Copenhagen, bursting with history, the Royal Theatre Museum is located among the Parliament buildings behind Christian IV's Stock Exchange. Check out the opening days and hours, which are generally limited to Wednesday and Saturday afternoons because of fire risk. It also tends to be closed for periods of renovation. The last wooden theatre in Europe, the theatre (which is still in use) contains posters from Ibsen premieres as well as of more recent performances.

Here, as cool baroque music plays, you can imagine the last doomed waltz of Queen Caroline Mathilde, sister of George III of England, with her dashing lover, Count Struensee, the German-born Prime Minister and moderniser of the Danish government. They returned after their last tryst to their rooms by secret tunnels, only to be arrested in the middle of the night. Struensee was sentenced to death for lese-majeste. His right hand was chopped off before he was brutally executed. The barbarity of his death shocked the Europe of his time. Caroline, married to an elderly, mad King Frederik, bore Struensee's child. She was "deported" to North Germany, where she died of a broken heart at only 22.

Get there early to soak up the atmosphere and avoid the crowds, although only theatre aficionados seem to head for this unmissable jewel.

Tucked away in the Danish Parliament buildings.

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A church with a black and gold spire, near Christiania - you can't miss it. It looks like a giant cake decoration. The stairs go round the outside and you can climb all the way to the top. Very scary, very memorable, great view.

Sankt Annoegade 29. Metro: Christanshavn.

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You've read the play, now see the castle! This was Hamlet's gaff and even though it's not the same castle it's still cool to go home and say you saw Hamlet's castle, isn't it? 200,000 people a year think so. A lovely day trip with the train along the north coast. Combine it with a visit to the world-renowned art gallery Louisiana.

Elsinore is Helsingør in Danish and it's a good 45 min. north of Copenhagen on the train. But the views are great - from the train and the castle.

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A long line of famous Danes are buried here. Among those known abroad are Hans Christian Andersen, Soren Kierkegaard and Niels Bohr.

It's an oasis in the middle of the noisy Nørrebro neighbourhood and has been used as a park for decades.

If you visit in the summer don't be suprised to see half-naked locals lounging on blankets in the sun.

A wonderful graveyard in all seasons.

Located along Nørrebrogade - the long, yellow wall is it. Bus 5A will take you there from the centre or it's a 30 min. walk up Nørrebrogade.
Open 8-16 (winter) and 8-20 (summer).

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