Individual ticket
€13
100 DKK at the door
With the card
Included
Discover only
Pre-booking
Not needed
Walk up and scan at the desk
Mondays
Closed Mondays
Closed Mondays · to 9pm Tuesday–Thursday
Children
Free
Under 18 free · under-27s 60 DKK
The Card

What the Copenhagen Card covers at the Karen Blixen Museum

The Discover card covers the house, the grounds and the train that gets you there.

Copenhagen Card
What's included
Discover only
✓ The house — Rungstedlund, where Blixen was born, wrote and died, kept as she lived in it
✓ The grounds and the bird sanctuary, with her grave under the beech tree
✓ The train out to Rungsted Kyst, covered on Discover
At your own cost
Not included
Both cards
✗ The Hop card — Rungsted is a day trip, which that card excludes
✗ Guided tours arranged separately
✗ The café
Inside

What to see at the Karen Blixen Museum

The house Karen Blixen was born in, returned to from Africa and wrote Out of Africa in, on the coast north of Copenhagen. Allow an hour and a half.

Highlight 1
The rooms as she left them

Rungstedlund is presented as a home rather than a display — her study, the objects she brought back from Kenya, the desk the books were written at. The effect depends entirely on the house being real, and it is.

Highlight 2
The bird sanctuary and the grave

The grounds are a bird sanctuary she established, and she is buried in them under a beech tree at the foot of Ewald’s Hill. Both are inside the ticket and both are worth the walk.

Highlight 3
The coast it sits on

Rungsted Kyst is on the Øresund, ten minutes from the water. The train from Copenhagen runs along the same coast that Louisiana and the Nivaagaard Collection sit on, which is what makes a day of it possible.

Before you visit

Read before you go

The opening hours here are unusual enough to change how you build the day. Confirmed against blixen.dk and the 2026 Copenhagen museums folder.

Open until 9pm, Tuesday to Thursday
  • Tuesday to Thursday it opens 11am to 9pm. A house museum open into the evening is close to unheard of.
  • Friday to Sunday it closes at 5pm, and it is closed all day Monday. If your only free day is a Monday, see what stays open.
  • That late midweek opening makes this workable after something else rather than instead of it — the kind of scheduling that decides how far the Discover card takes you in a day.
Discover only, and the train is the reason
  • The Karen Blixen Museum is not on the Hop card. Rungsted is a day trip, which that card excludes entirely.
  • The Kystbanen coast line to Rungsted Kyst is covered on Discover, about 35 minutes from Copenhagen.
  • The station is a ten-minute walk from the house, along the shore.
What it costs without a card
  • Adult admission is €13 (100 DKK).
  • Under-27s pay 60 DKK and under-18s are free.
  • Rungsted Strandvej 111, on the coast road.
Getting there

How to get to the Karen Blixen Museum

Rungsted Kyst, 35 minutes up the coast from Copenhagen. The whole journey is on the Discover card.

Copenhagen Card
Discover card
✓ Kystbanen coast line to Rungsted Kyst, about 35 minutes from Copenhagen Central. Covered.
✓ Then about ten minutes on foot along the shore to the house.
✓ The same line runs on to Nivå, Humlebæk and Helsingør, so several card venues sit on one route.
✓ From the airport — train to Copenhagen Central, then north on the Kystbanen. All covered.
Copenhagen Card
Hop card
✗ The museum is not included on the Hop card — neither the entry nor the train.
✗ The hop-on hop-off routes do not leave the city.
✗ The Discover card is the one that covers Rungsted, and the coast line with it.
The Kystbanen in one day
  • The Nivaagaard Collection is two stops further north and also Discover-only.
  • Louisiana is at Humlebæk, a few minutes beyond that, and opens until 10pm Tuesday to Friday.
  • Kronborg is at the end of the line in Helsingør — four card venues on one railway, which is the strongest argument for the Discover card there is.
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 · 10 min by train · Allow 1 hr

The Nivaagaard Collection

Old masters and Danish Golden Age painting in a purpose-built gallery at Nivå, with unusually late midweek opening.

Open to 8pm Tuesday to Friday. Monday opening is not confirmed.
Modern Art · 15 min by train · Allow 3 hrs

Louisiana Museum

Modern art in a series of pavilions running down to the Øresund, with a sculpture park and a view across to Sweden.

Discover only, and open until 10pm Tuesday to Friday.
Art Museum · 20 min by train · Allow 2 hrs

Ordrupgaard

French and Danish painting at Charlottenlund, with an art park in the grounds and the Finn Juhl House next door on its own ticket.

Hours vary — check before travelling, as the Monday rule is unconfirmed.
Ready to book?

Ready to visit the Karen Blixen Museum?

Entry is €13 per adult (100 DKK) without a card, and the coast train is covered too. The Discover card includes both, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport across the Capital Region.

Common questions

Karen Blixen Museum — card FAQ

Is Karen Blixen Museum included with the Copenhagen Card?

Entry is free on the Copenhagen Card Discover, covering the house, the grounds and the bird sanctuary. Adult admission without a card is €13 (100 DKK); under-27s pay 60 DKK. The Hop card does not include it — Rungsted is a day trip.

Is Karen Blixen Museum open on Mondays?

The museum closes every Monday. It opens Tuesday to Thursday from 11am to 9pm and Friday to Sunday from 11am to 5pm — that late midweek closing is unusual for a house museum and makes an evening visit genuinely possible.

Do I need to book Karen Blixen Museum 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 train to Rungsted Kyst is covered on the same card, so there is no ticket to buy at either end.

Can I visit Karen Blixen Museum twice on the same Copenhagen Card?

One scan per attraction applies, so this is a single visit per card. Given it is 35 minutes each way on the coast line, most people pair it with Louisiana or the Nivaagaard Collection on the same journey rather than returning.

How do I get into Karen Blixen 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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