Four whimsical figures make for an unexpected sight along an urban commuter route.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

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

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

Prank chair from an 18th-century Danish royal court shows the eternal popularity of fart jokes.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

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

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

Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.

Where a neoclassical sculptor rests at the heart of the museum devoted to him.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

This ultra-modern wooden boardwalk turns the ocean into a swimming pool.

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

This World War II airfield enjoys a second life as a public park.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

This Scandinavian island is the site of the first modern observatory.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

According to legend, this is the burial place of a mythical three-legged death omen horse.

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

This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.