Gammel Strand is included on both cards. It is a contemporary art centre on the canal in the old centre, showing six to eight exhibitions a year.
Both cards cover entry. Two things to settle first: the venue publishes no admission price, and it shares its name with a boat landing it has nothing to do with.
An exhibition hall on the canal in the historic centre, founded in 1825 and given over to contemporary art. Allow an hour.
There is no permanent collection, so what is on the walls depends entirely on when you arrive. That makes it a poor thing to build a day around and a good thing to walk into — and a repeat visit six months later is a different museum.
The programme runs to new Danish talent alongside international contemporary art. Everything else on Slotsholmen is centuries old, so this is the one stop on that walk that shows you what is being made now.
It sits on the water in the oldest part of the city, with a courtyard behind it. Coming up out of the metro and finding an art centre directly above the platform is the easiest arrival of any card venue.
One name that catches people out, and two things this page cannot confirm. Programme and address checked against gammelstrand.dk.
Directly above the Gammel Strand metro station, on the canal. As easy to reach as anything on the card, and covered on both.
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.
Denmark's oldest museum, built for Bertel Thorvaldsen's own sculpture and holding his grave in the courtyard.
The state rooms still used by the Royal Family, with the Great Hall tapestries, on Slotsholmen.
Contemporary art in the former St Nikolaj church, Copenhagen's third oldest, a few minutes inland.
Entry is included on both the Discover and Hop cards, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport. It is directly above the metro station of the same name.
Entry is included on both the Discover and Hop cards, covering whichever of the six to eight annual exhibitions is showing, and the talks and tours around it. The centre publishes no admission price, so this page states no figure.
The Monday rule is not published anywhere we can check, so this page does not claim it either way. Check gammelstrand.dk before going. The centre sits above a metro station in the middle of town, so a wasted trip costs minutes rather than an afternoon.
Nothing needs booking. Show the QR code in the Copenhagen Card app at the desk and walk in. The talks, readings and concerts are run by the centre alongside the exhibitions rather than sold as separate tickets.
One scan per attraction applies, so this is a single visit per card. With no permanent collection and six to eight shows a year, a later trip to Copenhagen finds a different exhibition rather than the same one.
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.