Hotels near National Museum of Denmark

Denmark's National Museum is one of Europe's best-organised cultural museums and entirely free to enter. The collection covers Danish prehistory (including world-class Bronze Age finds), Viking history, ethnography from across the Inuit and Greenlandic colonies, classical antiquities, and a children's museum that families rate highly. The building itself is the 18th-century Prince's Palace facing Christiansborg.

The standout Viking section displays the Trundholm Sun Chariot (a 3500-year-old bronze horse-and-disc), several runestones, and silver hoards. The Egtved Girl, a 1370 BC Bronze Age woman found preserved in an oak coffin, is the museum's most-asked-about exhibit. Allow 3 hours minimum. Free admission applies to all permanent exhibitions; temporary shows charge 95 DKK.

Pro Tip: Use the free coat-check (mandatory for backpacks larger than a daypack), then head straight to the Viking Hall before tour groups arrive at 11:00. The cafeteria on the 1st floor serves a 95 DKK Danish lunch better than most tourist restaurants nearby.