The Best Tour in Copenhagen

The English walk

It meets at Nytorv in front of the courthouse and finishes at Kongens Nytorv beside Nyhavn. The operator has been running since 2004 and the walk is storytelling only, with no special effects and no elaborate props; it runs rain or cold, is not suitable for children under seven, and does not permit audio recording. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Reviewers keep naming the same thing: “It focuses on interesting stories that nobody else is going to tell you,” wrote a traveller from Spain in August 2026. The honest complaint is availability — David from the UK found “only one available for the whole month”.

The day out

The six forgotten giants trip runs four hours and carries the strongest rating on this site, 5.0 from 138 reviews. It meets at Valdemarsgade 15, in the building marked VESTERBROS K.F.U.M., and includes a guide, private transport, a coffee break and a meal. Six wooden giants by Thomas Dambo, out in the landscape: Sleeping Louis, Hilltop Trine, Oscar Under the Bridge, Thomas on the Mountain, Little Tilde and Teddy Friendly. No under-12s. See the six giants page.

The rest, honestly

Two self-guided murder mystery hunts run in English or Danish whenever you like: one set in 1899 from Rundetårn, one about a woman's murder in nineteenth-century Copenhagen starting at the Pier. Fully analogue, groups of two to four, minimum two. Two further guided walks — the nightman's tour and the folk legends walk — run in Danish only, and they are the deeper material. If you do not read Danish, say so to yourself before booking: tours in English. The decision table is here, and the reviews are here.

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