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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

A brewer's gift to the city, with ancient sculpture, French Impressionists and a palm-filled winter garden.

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Photo: Bertilvidet · CC BY 2.5
Open
Tuesday to Sunday; closed Mondays
Price
Paid
Time Needed
1½ hours
Address
Dantes Plads 7, 1556 CopenhagenDirections
Getting There
Next to Tivoli.

Why Go

Founded in 1897, the museum holds Egyptian, Greek and Roman sculpture, Rodin, Degas and Gauguin, under a glass-domed winter garden.

Its rooftop terrace looks over Tivoli.

Nearby in Copenhagen

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