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National Museum of Denmark

Denmark's history from the Ice Age through the Vikings, with the golden Sun Chariot and bog finds.

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Open
Tuesday to Sunday; closed Mondays
Price
Paid
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Ny Vestergade 10, 1471 CopenhagenDirections
Getting There
A 5-minute walk from Tivoli.

Why Go

Its prehistory galleries show the Bronze Age Sun Chariot, Viking treasures and the bodies of people preserved in the peat. Other floors cover the Middle Ages, Danish homes and world cultures.

There's a hands-on children's museum.

Nearby in Copenhagen

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