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

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

Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.

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

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

A museum filled with tiny, adorable versions of the mighty Royal Danish Navy.

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.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

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

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

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

An "evil painter" included pointed symbols in this artwork to poke fun at members of the Danish Parliament.

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

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

The house where a Danish physicist discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

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

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

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

Building Men of War and Indiamen from Holland's Golden Age.

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.