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

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

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

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

Danish observation tower designed to look like a giant beer bottle.

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

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

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

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

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

Traditional Danish spot where the schnapps are flowing and the smørrebrød is loaded.

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

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

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

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

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

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The traveling wares of Denmark's most famous author.

Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.