Individual ticket
€17
130 DKK at the door
With the card
Included
Discover & Hop
Pre-booking
Not needed
Walk up and scan at the desk
Mondays
Closed Mondays
Closed Mondays · allow about 2 hours
Children
Free
Under 18 — no ticket needed
The Card

What the Copenhagen Card covers at the Museum of Danish Resistance

Both cards cover full entry. It belongs to the National Museum, which is worth understanding before you plan around it.

Copenhagen Card
What's included
Discover & Hop
✓ Full entry to the permanent exhibition — the Danish resistance movement from 1940 to 1945
✓ Temporary exhibitions in the same building
✓ Included on both cards — the card issuer lists Discover and Hop alike
At your own cost
Not included
Both cards
✗ Guided tours arranged separately
✗ The 295 DKK season pass, which is a different product entirely and not what the card replaces
Inside

What to see at the Museum of Danish Resistance

Five years of occupation and the people who resisted it, in a building sunk into Churchillparken beside the Kastellet. Allow about two hours — the museum's own guidance.

Highlight 1
The resistance itself

Sabotage, the illegal press, the rescue of the Danish Jews in October 1943 and the people who did it. The museum deals in individuals rather than movements, which is what makes it land.

Highlight 2
A building rebuilt after arson

The previous museum was destroyed by an arson attack in 2013. The collection survived; the building did not. What replaced it is largely underground, which is a deliberate response rather than a constraint.

Highlight 3
Churchillparken and the Kastellet

The museum sits in the park by the Kastellet, the star-shaped fortress that is free to walk into. The Little Mermaid is a few minutes further along the water.

Before you visit

Read before you go

One structural point about how this counts on the card, and one about the ticket. Confirmed against frihedsmuseet.dk.

Part of the National Museum, but a separate scan
  • This is one of the National Museum’s sites, not an independent institution.
  • The card counts it as its own attraction and its own scan. Visiting the National Museum on Ny Vestergade does not get you in here, and coming here does not use up that visit.
  • That works in your favour rather than against it — two scans, two attractions, on one card. It is the sort of thing that shifts the arithmetic on how many days of card to buy.
The 295 DKK figure is not this ticket
  • Adult admission is €17 (130 DKK), and under-18s are free.
  • The 295 DKK season pass is a separate product covering repeat visits across the National Museum’s sites. It is not the individual price and this page does not use it.
  • Both cards cover the single admission, which is what a visitor without a card would actually pay at this door.
The audio guide plays out loud
  • An audio guide in English and Danish is included, and it is how the exhibition is told — five people who chose a side, followed through the occupation.
  • It plays from speakers, not headphones. When the museum is busy you hear everyone else's at once. Go early or late if you want to follow it properly.
Closed Mondays, and allow longer than you think
  • Closed every Monday. If your only free day is a Monday, see what stays open.
  • The museum’s own guidance is about two hours, which is longer than the building’s footprint suggests. It is a reading museum as much as a looking one.
  • Churchillparken, off Esplanaden, ten minutes on foot from Marmorkirken or Østerport.
Getting there

How to get to the Museum of Danish Resistance

Churchillparken, by the Kastellet. Ten minutes from two stations, and entry is on both cards.

Copenhagen Card
Discover card
✓ Metro M3 to Marmorkirken, then about ten minutes on foot through Frederiksstaden. The fare is covered.
✓ Or Østerport station, a similar walk from the north. Also covered.
✓ Buses along Esplanaden and Store Kongensgade stop close by, and are covered.
✓ From the airport — the train to Østerport direct, roughly 20 minutes. Covered on Discover.
Copenhagen Card
Hop card
✓ Entry is included on the Hop card — the card issuer lists it on both.
✓ The hop-on hop-off bus stops near the Kastellet and the Little Mermaid, a few minutes away.
✗ The metro, trains and city buses are not covered on the Hop card, so airport arrivals pay separately.
Frederiksstaden on the way back
  • Medical Museion is ten minutes down Bredgade, in the old Royal Academy of Surgeons.
  • Design Museum Denmark is on the same street, with late Thursday opening.
  • The Amalienborg Museum completes the walk, with the Changing of the Guard arriving in the square around noon.
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It covers Museum of Danish Resistance along with 80+ other attractions and all public transport.

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Only going here? The card pays for itself across several attractions, not one. If Museum of Danish Resistance is the only thing on your list, a single ticket is the cheaper buy.

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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.

Medical History · 10 min walk · Allow 1 hr

Medical Museion

The University of Copenhagen's medical collection on Bredgade, in the eighteenth-century Royal Academy of Surgeons, with the anatomical theatre intact.

Closed Mondays. Ages 7 to 18 pay 50 DKK rather than entering free.
Design Museum · 10 min walk · Allow 1.5 hrs

Design Museum Denmark

Danish and international design in an eighteenth-century hospital building on Bredgade, with the chair collection the obvious draw.

Open seven days a week 6 July to 31 August; closed Mondays otherwise.
Palace Museum · 12 min walk · Allow 1 hr

Amalienborg Museum

The royal family's private apartments in Christian VIII's palace, arranged as the nineteenth-century monarchs left them.

Card holders request a time slot at the museum shop — it cannot be booked online.
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Ready to visit the Museum of Danish Resistance?

Entry is €17 per adult (130 DKK) without a card, and under-18s are free. Both cards include it, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport.

Common questions

Museum of Danish Resistance — card FAQ

Is Museum of Danish Resistance included with the Copenhagen Card?

Full entry is free on both the Discover and Hop cards. Adult admission without one is €17 (130 DKK) and under-18s are free. The museum belongs to the National Museum but counts as its own card attraction, so it is a separate scan from the main building on Ny Vestergade.

Is Museum of Danish Resistance open on Mondays?

The Museum of Danish Resistance closes every Monday, all year. Allow about two hours when it is open — that is the museum’s own guidance, and it is longer than the building looks from outside. Design Museum Denmark nearby opens daily through July and August.

Do I need to book Museum of Danish Resistance in advance with the Copenhagen Card?

Nothing needs booking. Show the QR code in the Copenhagen Card app at the desk and walk in. The 295 DKK season pass sold here is a separate product for repeat visits and is not what the card replaces.

Can I visit Museum of Danish Resistance twice on the same Copenhagen Card?

One scan per attraction applies, so this is a single visit per card. Being part of the National Museum does not change that — the two count separately, so visiting one leaves the other untouched.

How do I get into Museum of Danish Resistance 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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