Nyboders Mindestuer

If you are going to get to the heart of hygge, you need to go back in time. We begin our Hygge & Happiness tour near the characteristic yellow houses of Nyboder, a famed local district. Here you’ll meet and greet your native guide and your group for the day. Your native guide is a bona fide Copenhagener who is super excited to share their knowledge of Danish culture with you, as well as local historical secrets that you won’t find in any guidebooks! And because our tours are for small groups only, your guide has plenty of time to answer any questions you may have.

15 minutes

Copenhagen

Your tour takes you through the oldest parts of the city, where you experience hidden gems in the form of cobblestone-filled streets, timber-framed houses, and green refuges of calm amongst the urban sprawl. Krusemyntegade is one of the cobblestone-filled streets that just scream hygge with that old world charm. It’s a great example of how hyggelig our city can be if you just take the time to wander.

10 minutes

Kastellet (Pass By)

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The Little Mermaid

With vikings in our head, we’ll need to take in some of Copenhagen’s magical fairy-tale dust. Take it all in by saying hello to the iconic Little Mermaid and find out why everything is not as it seems with her.

15 minutes

Gefionspringvandet

On our way around the green oasis around the Citadel, we’ll encounter Gefion. Here you’ll hear the stories about where Copenhagen, or at least the land on which it is located, is said to have originated (Hint: It’s something we Danes consider a very dark place!) and all the stories about Norse myth that were practiced back in the Viking times.

15 minutes

St. Alban's Church (Pass By)

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Copenhagen Opera House (Pass By)

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Frederiks Kirke (Marmorkirken) (Pass By)

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Amalienborg Museum

This will bring us to the spectacular Amalienborg, which today serve as the Royal Palace. We will start by playing a little game about where H.M. Queen Margaret II lives, because there are four mansions to choose from (Hint: there is a participation price included from the purveyors to the royal house)! After having made your choice, your guide will tell you all about the Danish royal family and we’ll also tell you secret insider stories about the Royal Guards - that only those who have been in the guard know about.

15 minutes

Nyhavn

Next, we’ll be saying our goodbyes in the picturesque harbor canal New Harbor (or Nyhavn as we call it in Copenhagen), where we’ll be taking in the view from a special point of view that for sure will make all your social media followers or your friends or family back home jealous. Please don’t hesitate to ask your guide in assisting capturing that picture-perfect image of this iconic image from this good-looking city, while you get to hear about the harbors colorful and somewhat charming history.

20 minutes

Copenhagen King's New Square (Pass By)

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Nikolaj Kunsthal

We want to escape the busy streets though, so we’ll take a de-route into a quiet cobble-stone filled square. Here your guide will let you stretch your neck all the way back to admire the spire throning on top of what seem to be a church, but not all is what it seems in Copenhagen today. Here your guide will share Copenhageners views of religion from outside the church and tell you how this plays into our culture as well even today! While you grab a picture of this neck-breaking building, your guide will just run into a store next door

15 minutes

Copenhagen Stock Exchange (Pass By)

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Kongens Have

Let’s ditch the urban sprawl together and escape into a beautiful green haven, The Kings Garden. Here take in the spectacular beauty and calm in the midst of the busy historical inner city. As you wander, hear the dramatic story of how the once-royal park came to be one of the first public parks in the world (Hint: It include former kings with delusions of grandeur and mental insanity and inappropriate love triangles!).

15 minutes

Christiansborg Slot

The palace serves as the Danish parliament today, so here we will stop to tell you all the secrets about Danish politics, the mind-boggling Danish welfare system and the weird Danish cultural law of Jante. A two-tiered system that provide Danes with a very high degree of trust, which have helped us earn the title as some of the happiest people in the world pretty consistently for years. Find out why, as you guide will unravel how these concepts play into Danish happiness and maybe pick up some hacks for your own.

20 minutes

N/A (Pass By)

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Stroget

To keep us energized for the last portion of the tour we’re just stopping for a small pitstop: Here we’ll indulge in a very traditional Danish street food lunch with a typical Danish twist like the locals at one of our favorite street food vendors.

15 minutes

The Round Tower

We will walk by the amazing Rundetårn to talk more about about the infamous King Christian IV and his architectural additions to our city.

10 minutes

Rosenborg Castle

Take in the spectacular views of Copenhagen’s miniature castle, Rosenborg. From outside the castle, tune into the castles secrets and hear about King Christian IV who build it back in the 17th century and his ingenious ideas about this damn cute castle!

10 minutes