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Christiansborg Palace - The Ruins

Worth a stopCopenhagen, Denmark·I’d go back

Ticket shared with other Christiansborg

What it is

Excavated underground ruins of Bishop Absalon’s 12th-century castle and the original Copenhagen Castle, beneath today’s Christiansborg.

Pair it with

Worth a detour or better, within a 15-minute walk. Numbers match the map.

  1. 1Christiansborg Palace - Royal Apartments100 m · $29 · about 200 kr

    Ticket shared with other Christiansborg

  2. 2Thorvaldsens Museum100 m · $15 · about 105 kr

    Large collection

  3. 3Danish War Museum200 m · $14 · about 100 kr

    Probably the best war museum I’ve been to

  4. 4Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek600 m · $19 · about 130 kr

    Fantastic collection

  5. 5Nyhavn700 m · Free

    Very pretty area

  6. 6Tivoli Gardens800 m · $24 · about 165 kr

Also on the block, if you have time

Christiansborg Palace - Royal Stables (200 m, free), Danish Jewish Museum (300 m), The Black Diamond (300 m, free), National Museum of Denmark (400 m), Museum of Copenhagen (500 m).

Skip Christiansborg Palace - Royal Kitchen (100 m), even if you’re passing: “Ticket shared with other Christiansborg”