In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.

When this Iron Age bog body was discovered in 1835, it was thought that she had died recently.

These ancient rune stones plucked from the countryside now call this university park home.

These crypt figures are said to be the giant and his family, turned to stone mid-rampage

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

This striking structure, with balconies jutting out like hedgehog spines, combine cutting-edge design with a playful approach to light and space.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Statue, at his birthplace, of the man who surveyed the NW coast of the USA and Canada in the late 18th century