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 Sankt Laurentius

The Discover card covers the church and the train out to Roskilde. It publishes no admission price, which is worth explaining before anything else.

Copenhagen Card
What's included
Discover only
✓ The underground church — the original tiled floor, the crypt and the barred rooms below the square
✓ The train to Roskilde, covered on Discover, along with every other card venue in the town
✓ Entry with the same scan as anywhere else — the QR code in the app at the desk
At your own cost
Not included
Both cards
✗ The Hop card — Roskilde is a day trip, which that card excludes entirely
✗ Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde Museum and the Viking Ship Museum — all on the card, but each its own attraction and its own scan
✗ A second visit. One scan per attraction, so the card opens this door once
Inside

What to see at Sankt Laurentius

A medieval church that survived by being buried. You go down from Stændertorvet, the main square, into what is left of it. Allow half an hour.

Highlight 1
The floor is the thing

The original tiled floor is still there, and it is the surface clergy and townspeople walked on before the church was lost above ground. Standing on it is a more direct connection to medieval Roskilde than most of what survives at street level.

Highlight 2
A cold crypt and dark rooms

Below the floor there is a crypt and a set of barred rooms, cold in a way the square above never is. The site carries accounts of unusual burials found here, and of the great fires that repeatedly took the town.

Highlight 3
It is underneath the square you are standing on

That is the whole appeal. Stændertorvet is an ordinary working market square with an entrance in it, and what is beneath the paving has been there the entire time. Small, quick, and unlike anything else on the card.

Before you visit

Read before you go

Two things the sources do not settle, and one honest expectation to set. Confirmed against museerne.dk.

It is small — plan it as a stop, not a destination
  • Half an hour is a fair allowance, and that is not a criticism. It is one buried church, not a museum built around one.
  • It works because Roskilde is already a card day — the cathedral, the town museum and the Viking Ship Museum are all within a walk and all on the same card.
  • Going to Roskilde for this alone would be a long way for half an hour. Going for the cathedral and adding this is the right shape of the day.
No published price, and no confirmed Monday rule
  • Sankt Laurentius does not publish an admission price, and the card issuer does not carry one either, so this page states no figure and the venue counts nothing toward a break-even total.
  • Whether it closes on Mondays is not established, which is why there is no Mondays figure in the bar above — this page will not claim it in either direction.
  • Check museerne.dk before travelling on a Monday. Roskilde is a train ride out, so a closed door there costs more of the day than a closed door in the centre.
Getting down there, and what else is on the square
  • The entrance is on Stændertorvet, and you go down from street level — worth knowing if steps are difficult, since there is no other way in.
  • Roskilde Cathedral is a minute away, holds forty Danish monarchs and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Roskilde Museum is on the walk down toward the fjord.
  • The Viking Ship Museum is at the bottom of that walk — five original eleventh-century ships. For how far the Discover card reaches, see transport on the Copenhagen Card.
Getting there

How to get to Sankt Laurentius

Roskilde is about 26 minutes west of Copenhagen by train, then about 10 minutes on foot up to the square. All of it is on the Discover card.

Copenhagen Card
Discover card
✓ Train from Copenhagen Central to Roskilde station — about 26 minutes, and the fare is covered.
✓ Then about 10 minutes on foot up to Stændertorvet, the main square.
✓ Trains run frequently all day, so there is no timetable to build the morning around.
✓ From the airport — train to Copenhagen Central, then west. All covered on Discover.
Copenhagen Card
Hop card
✗ Sankt Laurentius 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 Roskilde.
✗ Discover is the card that covers Roskilde, and it covers every card venue in the town.
The rest of Roskilde
  • Roskilde Cathedral is a minute from the square — forty Danish monarchs, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Roskilde Museum covers the town itself, on the walk between the square and the fjord.
  • The Viking Ship Museum is down on the water, with five original eleventh-century ships and a working boatyard.
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.

Cathedral · 1 min walk · Allow 1 hr

Roskilde Cathedral

The burial church of the Danish monarchy since the fifteenth century — forty kings and queens, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Open Monday to Saturday all year, Sundays from 1pm.
Town Museum · 5 min walk · Allow 1 hr

Roskilde Museum

Roskilde's own history, on the walk between the cathedral and the fjord.

Open every day from June to October. Winter hours are not published.
Museum · 15 min walk · Allow 2 hrs

Viking Ship Museum

Five original eleventh-century Viking ships raised from the fjord, with a boatyard building sailable reconstructions beside them.

Open every day. The summer sailings cost extra and are not covered.
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The Discover card includes the church and the train out to Roskilde, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport across the Capital Region.

Common questions

Sankt Laurentius — card FAQ

Is Sankt Laurentius included with the Copenhagen Card?

The Copenhagen Card Discover covers entry to the underground church, and the train to Roskilde with it. Sankt Laurentius does not publish an admission price, so this page states no figure and leaves it out of any break-even total. The Hop card excludes Roskilde entirely.

Is Sankt Laurentius open on Mondays?

The Monday rule is not published anywhere we can check, so this page does not claim it either way. Check museerne.dk before travelling — Roskilde is about 26 minutes out by train plus a walk, so a closed door there costs more than a closed door in the centre.

Do I need to book Sankt Laurentius 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 entrance is on Stændertorvet itself and you go down from street level, so allow for steps if that matters.

Can I visit Sankt Laurentius twice on the same Copenhagen Card?

One scan per attraction applies, so this is a single visit per card. It takes about half an hour, so that is rarely a constraint. Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde Museum and the Viking Ship Museum each count as their own attraction and their own scan.

How do I get into Sankt Laurentius 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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