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Kastellet is Copenhagen's 17th-century star fortress: free, open from 06:00 daily and still a working military base. How to walk the ramparts, what to see inside and when to go.
The best outdoor things to do in Copenhagen: harbour swimming, beaches a metro ride away, parks and ramparts, saunas, a ski slope on a power plant and a royal deer park, season by season.
Copenhagen in August 2027: the warmest harbour water of the year, Pride from 14 August, a partial eclipse on the 2nd, dark skies for the Perseids, and why hotel prices do not drop.
How to order a Danish hot dog like a local: red sausage or grilled, what med det hele puts on top, a century of the pølsevogn, and where to eat one in Copenhagen.
An honest verdict on Designmuseum Danmark: the 125-chair tunnel, the 140 DKK ticket, the free garden and cafe, what is on this winter, and who should skip it.
The best nightclubs in Copenhagen by music and crowd, from Culture Box's all-night techno to Rust and Jolene, with door ages, entry prices, closing times and how to get home.
Home of Carlsberg costs 215 DKK and includes one 40cl beer, not two. What the ticket buys, the story worth knowing, the free Elephant Gate, and who should skip it.
Copenhagen vs Stockholm, category by category: cost, airport, getting around, food, drink, museums, nature, winter and summer, with a straight answer on who should pick which.
Copenhagen in June: 17 hours of daylight, harbour swimming from 1 June, Distortion, 3 Days of Design and Sankt Hans, and the highest hotel prices of the year. The 2027 dates, weather and what to pack.
Every Danish public holiday to the end of 2027, the shop-closing law behind them, and the two days that are not holidays but still shut the shops: Constitution Day and Christmas Eve.
