Self-guided walking tour

Copenhagen Walking Tour: Slotsholmen – Palace, Parliament and Power (about 3 hours, 6 stops)

6 stops in walking order through Copenhagen, from Børsen to Nationalmuseet: 1.9 km on foot, about 23 min of walking, 2 h 50 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Slotsholmen: Palace, Parliament and Power”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 2 h 50 min
Distance: 1.9 km
Walking: 23 min
Stops: 6

The stops, in walking order

Børsen
A historic trading building beside Christiansborg Palace, recognised for its dragon-shaped spire and Northern Renaissance design.
5 min walk · 440 m
Holmens Kirke
A parish church whose origins reach back to an anchor forge before its conversion for naval worship.
5 min walk · 360 m
Thorvaldsens Museum
Thorvaldsens Museum presents the work of Bertel Thorvaldsen in a building designed by Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll.
5 min walk · 450 m
Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have
The Royal Library Garden is a secluded Copenhagen garden with flower beds, shady trees, and a basin crowned by a water sculpture.
3 min walk · 280 m
Christiansborg Slot
Christiansborg Palace combines a royal residence with Denmark’s Parliament, Prime Minister’s Office and Supreme Court.
5 min walk · 410 m
Nationalmuseet
Denmark’s national museum of cultural history, bringing together Danish experience and cultures from Greenland to South America.