With the card
Included
Discover only
Pre-booking
Not needed
No booking — but the noon tour fills
The Card

What the Copenhagen Card covers at Mosede Fort

The Discover card covers the museum and the train down. The guided introduction is included too, which is the part worth planning the day around.

Copenhagen Card
What's included
Discover only
✓ The whole museum — around twenty themed rooms off a central corridor in the restored casemates
✓ The guided introduction at noon, about thirty minutes through the casemates with a museum guide, included in admission
✓ The train down from Copenhagen, covered on Discover
At your own cost
Not included
Both cards
✗ The Hop card — this is outside Copenhagen, and that card covers neither the museum nor the journey
✗ A reserved place on the noon tour. It cannot be booked, places are limited and it is first come, first served
✗ A second visit. One scan per attraction, so the card opens this door once
Inside

What to see at Mosede Fort

Denmark's museum of the First World War, inside the coastal fort built to keep the country out of it. Allow an hour and a half.

Highlight 1
The war Denmark did not fight

Neutrality is a harder story than a battle, and this is the museum that tells it — how a small country stayed out of the First World War while building coastal forts in case that failed. Mosede is one of the forts, so the building is the argument.

Highlight 2
Twenty rooms in the casemates

The exhibition runs through around twenty themed rooms off a central corridor in the restored casemate building. It is dense rather than sprawling, which is why an hour and a half covers it properly.

Highlight 3
The noon tour

A museum guide takes about thirty minutes through the casemates every open day at twelve, included in admission. It is the difference between reading the rooms and having them explained, and it costs nothing extra.

Before you visit

Read before you go

One good reason to arrive before noon, and unusually specific access detail. Confirmed against mosedefort.dk.

The free tour is at noon, and cannot be booked
  • Every open day at 12:00, about thirty minutes through the casemates with a museum guide, included in what you have already paid — or in the card.
  • Places are limited and it is first come, first served. There is no booking, so the only way to secure one is to arrive early enough to buy a ticket or scan in first.
  • That makes the morning the right time to come. Arriving at half past twelve means the same museum without the part that makes it make sense.
Access, in more detail than most venues give
  • The approach is a 75-metre cobbled path with gradients between 5 and 12 per cent, which is the hardest part of the visit for anyone on wheels.
  • The museum itself is on one level, with around twenty rooms off a central corridor. Most are step-free, but six have thresholds of 4 to 15 centimetres.
  • Free parking on site, and buses E and A serve Karlslunde station if you would rather not walk from the platform.
No published price, but it opens all year
  • The official prices page does not publish an adult figure, so this page states none and the fort counts nothing toward a break-even total.
  • What it does publish is better news: the museum is open all year, unlike most of the card venues out this way.
  • About 30 minutes by train to Karlslunde, then five minutes on foot — see what each card covers on public transport.
Getting there

How to get to Mosede Fort

About 30 minutes south of Copenhagen by train to Karlslunde, then five minutes on foot. All of it is on the Discover card.

Copenhagen Card
Discover card
✓ Train from Copenhagen Central to Karlslunde — about 30 minutes, and the fare is covered.
✓ Then five minutes on foot to the fort.
✓ Buses E and A serve Karlslunde station and are covered on Discover.
✓ From the airport — train to Copenhagen Central, then south. All covered on Discover.
Copenhagen Card
Hop card
✗ Mosede Fort is not included on the Hop card — neither the entry nor the train.
✗ The hop-on hop-off routes stay inside Copenhagen and do not reach Karlslunde.
✗ Discover is the card that covers it, and the coast south of the city generally.
The coast south of Copenhagen
  • Køge Museum is further down the line, in a medieval market town — and it opens on Mondays.
  • MAPS is in Køge too, on art made for public space.
  • ARKEN is back towards the city at Ishøj, with modern art on the beach.
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.

Town Museum · Down the line · Allow 1 hr

Køge Museum

The history of Køge, in the medieval market town the museum sits in.

Open Monday to Saturday in season and closed Sundays — the reverse of most.
Art Museum · Køge · Allow 1 hr

MAPS Museum

Denmark’s only museum about art made for public space — the sketches and models behind works that stand outdoors.

No published price, and the Monday rule is not confirmed.
Modern Art · Ishøj · Allow 2 hrs

ARKEN Museum

Modern and contemporary art in a ship-like building on the beach at Ishøj, with a sculpture park around it.

Closed Mondays. 30 minutes by S-train plus bus 128, all covered.
Ready to book?

Ready to visit Mosede Fort?

The Discover card includes the museum, the noon guided tour and the train down, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport across the Capital Region.

Common questions

Mosede Fort — card FAQ

Is Mosede Fort included with the Copenhagen Card?

The Copenhagen Card Discover covers entry, the thirty-minute guided introduction at noon, and the train to Karlslunde with it. The official prices page does not publish an adult figure, so this page states none. The Hop card covers neither the museum nor the journey.

Is Mosede Fort open on Mondays?

The museum is open all year per mosedefort.dk, which is unusual among the card venues outside the city. The Monday rule specifically is not published, so this page does not claim it either way — check before travelling.

Do I need to book Mosede Fort in advance with the Copenhagen Card?

Nothing needs booking, and nothing can be. The noon guided introduction is included but cannot be reserved: places are limited and it is first come, first served, so arrive early enough to scan in before twelve.

Can I visit Mosede Fort twice on the same Copenhagen Card?

One scan per attraction applies, so this is a single visit per card. Køge Museum and MAPS further down the line each count as their own attraction and their own scan.

How do I get into Mosede Fort 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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