Three hundred years ago, the Danish captain Johan Georg Motzmann and his brother found themselves in need of a site for ship ...

See Hammershøi’s painting “Moonlight, Strandgade 30”. Slotsholmen Slotsholmen is the island where the original Castle of Copenhagen stood in the middle ages. That castle had a rough history, as you ...

The awe-inspiring Christiansborg Palace on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen traces its roots back more than 800 years. It currently functions as the seat of the Danish Parliament ...

It’s beautiful in the evenings, although the 10pm light show isn’t much. A canal tour takes you along the inner harbour, Slotsholmen canal and the city’s famous Little Mermaid sculpture, which locals ...