Danish Design Classic and Modern Style Self-Guided Audio Tour
Danish Design Classic and Modern Style Self-Guided Audio Tour
Danish Design Classic and Modern Style Self-Guided Audio Tour
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Travel from Arne Jacobsen's SAS Royal Hotel, one of the first masterpieces of postwar Danish design, past the city's environmentally-conscious modern architecture to its Art Nouveau city hall on this self-guided GPS audio tour. Pass by the famous old townhouses at Nyhavn - a scene you may recognize from postcards of Copenhagen - and the auction houses where great vintage Danish design is for sale. End at the Danish Design Museum.
For the shopper: Illums Bolighus for Danish design products; Royal Copenhagen porcelain and dishware; HAY modern home design; Magasin for Danish fashion brands; Bredgade for vintage pieces from the 1950s and 1960s. For the museum goer: Glyptoteket for classical sculpture and French impressionist art, the Danish National Museum for Viking artifacts, the Danish Design Museum for modern Danish design.
The audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.
Itinerary
Nyhavn(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeNyhavn is a 17th-century waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Stretching from Kongens Nytorv to the harbour front just south of the Royal Playhouse, it is lined by brightly coloured 17th and early 18th century townhouses and bars, cafes and restaurants.Tivoli Gardens(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeTivoli Gardens has an elaborate neoclassical stone archway entrance and is one of the world's first amusement parks. It opened in 1843, and it's been operating ever since.Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe Glyptotek is a museum for people who love pre-20th century art. It has a beautiful winter garden and a café. The collection is built around the personal collection of Carl Jacobsen, the son of the founder of the Carlsberg Breweries.The National Museum of Denmark(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe Danish National Museum building isn't too impressive but the Viking artifacts inside the museum are really exciting. These are really the first examples of Danish design, and you'll find lovely gold jewelry as well as weapons and coins.Frederik's Church(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeFrederik's Church commonly known as The Marble Church was built in the Rococo style, and based on St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.Designmuseum Danmark(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe Danish Museum of Art & Design is a museum in Copenhagen for Danish and international design and crafts. It features works of famous Danish designers like Arne Jacobsen, Jacob Jensen and Kaare Klint.Copenhagen City Hall(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeCopenhagen City Hall was finished in 1905, and is an excellent example of National Romantic Style, which was the Scandinavian version of Art Nouveau.Royal Danish Theater (Kongelige Teater)(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe Royal Danish Theater is a lovely Neo-Baroque style building. The theater is now mostly used for the Royal Danish Ballet, and it's hardly ever full.St. Aleksander Nevsky Church(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe Alexander Nevsky Church has a patterned façade and golden towers on top. It's the only Russian Orthodox Church in Copenhagen.Copenhagen King's New Square(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeKongens Nytorv, or King's Square, is another major Copenhagen hub.Thorvaldsens Museum(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThorvaldsen's Museum is a good symbol of the changing tastes of Danish design. Thorvaldsen was a Danish guy who went to Italy and learned to carve in the Classic style. But tastes have changed, and the classical style he worked in is now out of fashion.The Danish Parliament(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe Christiansborg Palace is used for state dinners and things and it's the home of the Danish Parliament, the Folketing.Kunsthal Charlottenborg(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeCharlottenborg Palace was originally a private mansion for a King's brother, but now houses the Royal Danish Academy for the Fine Arts.Nikolaj Kunsthal(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe church near Nikolaj Square is a 1909 restoration of a very old one that burned down. The restored version has actually never been used as a church. It was a naval museum, a library and now it's actually a modern art museum.Odd Fellow Palæet(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThe Odd Fellows Palace is named that because it housed a Masonic Lodge for many years, but now it's mostly a wedding and party venue.Radisson Collection Royal Hotel, Copenhagen(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeArne Jacobsen's SAS Hotel, now called the Radisson Blue Royal, was completed in 1958. Arne Jacobsen is considered an originator of what we now know as Danish design - smooth, simple, organic, practical and beautiful.
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