With the card
Included
Discover only
Pre-booking
Not needed
Walk up and scan at the desk
The Card

What the Copenhagen Card covers at the Circus Museum

The Discover card covers the museum and the train out to Hvidovre. It also covers the thing most people would assume costs extra.

Copenhagen Card
What's included
Discover only
✓ Circus Fun, every Sunday morning — juggling, tightwire and trapeze with a professional circus artist, in the Fægtesalen hall behind the museum
✓ The exhibition, with costumes to try on, a tightwire, a trapeze and a playroom
✓ The children’s trail round the exhibition, with a prize collected at the ticket counter
✓ The train out from Copenhagen, covered on Discover
At your own cost
Not included
Both cards
✗ The Hop card — Hvidovre is outside the city centre, and that card does not cover it
✗ Food and drink, which the card does not cover anywhere
✗ A second visit. One scan per attraction, so the card opens this door once
Inside

What to see at the Circus Museum

Danish circus history at Hvidovre, in a museum built to be climbed on rather than read. Allow an hour and a half, or add two more on a Sunday.

Highlight 1
Circus Fun, Sunday mornings

From 10:30 to 12:00 every Sunday, a professional circus artist runs juggling, tightwire and trapeze in the Fægtesalen hall behind the museum. All ages, and included in what the card already covers. It also runs during Danish school holidays, except at Christmas when the museum closes.

Highlight 2
A museum you are allowed to touch

Costumes to try on, a tightwire, a trapeze and a playroom. This is not a collection behind glass with a children's corner attached — the trying-things part is the museum, which is a rarer thing than it sounds.

Highlight 3
The trail and the prize

Children can take a trail around the exhibition and collect a prize at the ticket counter afterwards. Small, and the sort of detail that turns an hour into a willing hour.

Before you visit

Read before you go

One reason to go on a Sunday rather than any other day, and two things this page cannot confirm. Details from the card issuer's listing and forstadsmuseet.dk.

Go on a Sunday morning if you can
  • Circus Fun runs 10:30 to 12:00 every Sunday in the Fægtesalen hall behind the museum, with a professional circus artist and no age limit.
  • It also runs during Danish school holidays, except over Christmas, when the museum closes. In weeks 7 and 42 there are artist performances on top.
  • It is included rather than sold as a workshop, which makes a Sunday visit worth more than the same visit on a Wednesday. Our guide to the card with children sets out where else the card does this.
No published price, and no confirmed Monday rule
  • The museum does not publish an adult admission price, and neither does the card issuer, so this page states none and the venue counts nothing toward a break-even total.
  • The Monday rule is not confirmed either, so this page does not say it closes and does not say it opens. There is no Mondays figure in the bar above for that reason.
  • Check before a Monday trip. Hvidovre is about 20 minutes out, so a closed door costs a morning rather than a walk.
Hvidovre is outside the city, and that decides the card
  • Trains to Hvidovre or Friheden take about 20 minutes from Copenhagen Central, and the fare is covered on Discover.
  • The Hop card does not reach it. That card is city-centre attractions only, and it carries no public transport either.
  • Heerup Museum at Rødovre is the nearest other card venue, on the same western side of the city.
Getting there

How to get to the Circus Museum

Hvidovre, about 20 minutes west of Copenhagen by train. Inside the Discover card's transport zone, and outside what the Hop card does.

Copenhagen Card
Discover card
✓ Train to Hvidovre or Friheden station — about 20 minutes, and the fare is covered.
✓ Then a short walk from either station.
✓ The Discover card covers the whole Capital Region, so Hvidovre costs nothing beyond the card.
✓ From the airport — train to Copenhagen Central, then west. All covered on Discover.
Copenhagen Card
Hop card
✗ The Circus Museum is not included on the Hop card — Hvidovre is outside the city centre.
✗ The Hop card carries no metro, S-trains or city buses, so the journey is not covered either.
✗ For anything beyond the centre, including this, the Discover card is the one that works.
West of the city
  • The Heerup Museum is at Rødovre, the nearest other card venue on this side of Copenhagen.
  • Copenhagen Zoo and the Cisterns face each other across Søndermarken on the way back in, and both are on the card.
  • All three are on the Discover card, which is what makes a western half-day work at no extra cost.
Plan the rest of the day

Nearby attractions also on your card

All three are included on the same card, so the only cost of adding them is the time. For the full list, see every attraction the Copenhagen Card covers.

Art Museum · Rødovre · Allow 1 hr

Heerup Museum

The work of Henry Heerup, who made sculpture out of scrap for most of the twentieth century, in a small museum at Rødovre.

Closed Mondays. Under-16s free.
Zoo · Frederiksberg · Allow 3 hrs

Copenhagen Zoo

Copenhagen Zoo in Frederiksberg — the most expensive single attraction on the card without one, and open every day of the year.

Never closes on a Monday, at any time of year.
Underground Space · Frederiksberg · Allow 1 hr

The Cisterns

A former underground reservoir under Søndermarken, showing one large site-specific installation at a time.

Closed December to February. Take a layer — it is cold and damp.
Ready to book?

Ready to visit the Circus Museum?

The Discover card includes the museum, Circus Fun on a Sunday morning and the train out to Hvidovre, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport across the Capital Region.

Common questions

Circus Museum — card FAQ

Is Circus Museum included with the Copenhagen Card?

The Copenhagen Card Discover covers entry and the train to Hvidovre, and Circus Fun on Sunday mornings is included rather than sold separately. The museum does not publish an adult admission price, so this page states no figure. The Hop card does not cover Hvidovre.

Is Circus Museum open on Mondays?

The Monday rule is not published anywhere we can check, so this page does not claim it either way — check before travelling, since Hvidovre is about 20 minutes out. The day that matters most here is Sunday, when Circus Fun runs from 10:30 to 12:00.

Do I need to book Circus Museum in advance with the Copenhagen Card?

Nothing needs booking, including Circus Fun. Show the QR code in the Copenhagen Card app at the desk and walk in. The train out is covered on the same card, so there is nothing to buy at either end.

Can I visit Circus Museum twice on the same Copenhagen Card?

One scan per attraction applies, so this is a single visit per card. If Circus Fun is the reason you are going, use the scan on a Sunday morning rather than a weekday afternoon.

How do I get into Circus Museum with the Copenhagen Card?

Show the live QR code in the Copenhagen Card app at the entrance and let staff scan it. Your booking confirmation email is not your card, and a screenshot of the QR code will not scan — it has to be the app itself, which works offline once activated.

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