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Artists featured include Picasso, Lichtenstein, Calder, Moore, Warhol and Rauschenberg. The building itself will satisfy architect buffs and the grounds, with green, grassy hills sloping into the Orestund Strait are gorgeous. Sit outside and sip wine or coffee and Dane-watch (they're a good-looking bunch).]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/20833 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15331
Oh, and it has the best museum cafe I have ever eaten in.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15331 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13202
Its interiors are magnificent and show a range of works of art, including the national portrait collection. Beautiful gardens outside.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13202 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13122 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13122 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13103
If you like landscape, interiors and small genre painting, this is a good place to visit. The house is around the back of the main national gallery and across a small park.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13103 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10213 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10213 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10206
One of my visits was during a weekend in mid-December 2001. The streets were hectic with Christmas shoppers; my work colleagues went to Tivoli (which was just an entertainment park, where everything was overkill; the lights, the stands, the kitschy gifts).

In an anti-shopping mood, I seeked out a quiet spot, and visited The State Museum of Art, a memorable building with both historical and modern art exhibitions. I went in around 11.00 and was finished around 13.00 o'clock, just when the crowds started to arrive.

Then I sat down for lunch in a tastefully designed cafe, and enjoyed pale winter sun that came in through magnificent high windows...a quiet winter bliss in the midst of the shopping craze. Highly recommended.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10206 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10170 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10170 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10147
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.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10147 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10117 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10117 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3080
A great museum letting you get close to the exhibits.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3080 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3001 Visit her home and grounds north of Copenhagen.
It's a lovely, personal museum in honour of a much-loved writer and personality.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3001 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3000 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3000 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2999 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2999 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2979 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2979 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2973
Kids love the huge model of the city in the old days and there is something for everyone inside. The building itself – former home of the Royal Shooting Club – is impressive. Check out the little Søren Kierkegaard exhibition.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2973 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2934 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2934 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2439
The Town Hall is beautiful and church-like inside. Check out the Wedding Rooms - the murals on the walls are worthy of a religious building. But this is where Copenhageners get hitched in secular fashion. Show up on Saturday and witness the atmosphere in the waiting area. It's magic. Hey, why not sneak in with a large wedding party? Nobody will notice. My wife and I are still wondering who those two ladies in all our wedding photos are.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2439 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2415 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2415 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2399
If I mine the pits of my personal experience I’ll always recommend the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum. Soldiers and sailors, cannons and guns. They put a lot of effort into events that kids love. Demonstrating how cannons work or jousting knights or naval fighting techniques. Very child-friendly.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2399