Copenhagen in the rain.
Still a good day.

The Black Diamond

The Royal Library's black-marble harbour extension. Reading rooms, exhibitions and a café with big windows onto the grey water — somehow better in the rain.

~1H · FREE

Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1, 1221 København K

The National Museum

Denmark's biggest museum — Vikings, mummies and Danish everyday life through the ages, inside a grand old prince's palace near Strøget.

~2H · FREE PERMANENT COLLECTION

Ny Vestergade 10, 1471 København K

Magasin du Nord

Copenhagen's iconic department store on Kongens Nytorv — shop Danish design, fashion and beauty, then hit the gourmet food hall in the basement.

~1H · FREE TO BROWSE

Kongens Nytorv 13, 1095 København K

Torvehallerne

The covered food halls at Nørreport. Smørrebrød, pastries, chocolate and coffee under glass while the rain drums on the roof.

~1H · FREE ENTRY — PAY FOR WHAT YOU EAT

Frederiksborggade 21, 1362 København K

Marmorkirken (The Marble Church)

The largest church dome in Scandinavia, free to step inside — a calm marble refuge when it pours.

~30–45 MIN · FREE ENTRY

Frederiksgade 4, 1265 København K

Christiansborg Tower

Ride the lift to the top of the city's tallest tower — a free rooftop view over the wet spires and rooftops.

~45 MIN · FREE

Christiansborg Slotsplads, 1218 København K

The Glyptoteket

Sculptures from antiquity to Rodin around a glass-roofed winter garden full of palm trees. The prettiest room in Copenhagen to be rained into.

~2H · PAID ENTRY

Dantes Plads 7, 1556 København V

SMK — the national gallery

Danish and international art in the national gallery — deep enough to lose a wet afternoon in.

~1.5–2H · PAID ENTRY

Sølvgade 48–50, København K

Designmuseum Danmark

Danish design from chairs to posters — and the café does excellent open sandwiches.

~1.5–2H · PAID ENTRY

Bredgade 68, København K

Thorvaldsens Museum

Bertel Thorvaldsen's monumental sculptures in Copenhagen's oldest museum building — colourful, calm and tucked right behind Christiansborg.

~1–1.5H · PAID ENTRY

Bertel Thorvaldsens Plads 2, 1213 København K

DAC — Danish Architecture Center

The architecture centre in the BLOX building on the harbour. Exhibitions on how cities get made, a harbour-view café and the best design bookshop in town.

~1–1.5H · PAID ENTRY

Bryghuspladsen 10, 1473 København K

Rosenborg Castle

The crown jewels sit in the cellar vaults of Christian IV's Renaissance castle — proper indoor sightseeing.

~1–1.5H · PAID ENTRY

Øster Voldgade 4A, København K

Amalienborg

The palace museum walks you through the royal family's actual rooms, right on the octagonal square.

~1–1.5H · PAID ENTRY

Amalienborg Slotsplads, København K

CopenHot

Hot tubs and saunas by the harbour. Sitting in 39-degree water while rain hits the harbour around you is a very Copenhagen kind of luxury.

~1.5H · BOOK AHEAD

Refshalevej 325, 1432 København K

A long lunch

Rain is the perfect excuse. Pick a food hall or a cosy bistro, order the smørrebrød, and let the afternoon happen.

AS LONG AS YOU LIKE