With the card
Included
Discover & Hop
Pre-booking
Not needed
Collect the envelope and start
When
Any day
Kiosk open 7am–9pm
The Card

What the Copenhagen Card covers for Solve a Mystery

Both cards cover it. There is no building involved, so what the card covers is the envelope — and no price is published for it anywhere.

Copenhagen Card
What's included
Discover & Hop
✓ The case envelope, collected at Maria’s Kiosk on Holbergsgade 9 or at Copenhagen Visitor Service
✓ Your choice of four mysteries, each worked on foot through the historic city
✓ Included on both cards — Discover and Hop alike, since the walking is free either way
At your own cost
Not included
Both cards
✗ Entry to anything you walk past. The case uses the streets, not the interiors — each venue is its own attraction and its own scan
✗ A guide or a host. Your group works it out between you, which is the format
✗ A second envelope. One scan per attraction, so the card collects one case
What you do

What you actually do in Solve a Mystery

You pick a case, collect an envelope and work it out on foot, with the historic city as the playing field. About two hours, for one to four players.

What you do
Four cases, not one route

There are four mysteries to choose between, so a group that gets on with the format can come back to a different one — and two groups travelling together do not have to do the same case. Each takes about two hours.

What you do
The city is the board

The case plays out across the historic centre: you go where the evidence sends you and read the streets for what they are hiding. That is a different kind of sightseeing from following a route, because the order is set by what you work out rather than by a map.

What you do
A team job, with a quiz at the end

Built for one to four players working together to identify the killer or the culprit, so it is properly collaborative rather than a worksheet handed round. A personality quiz follows the solution, which is a strange and rather good way to end an afternoon.

Before you visit

Read before you go

An activity rather than a place, which changes several of the usual questions — and one collection point with unusually long hours. Confirmed against copenhagencard.com.

There is no venue, so the usual questions do not apply
  • No opening hours, no address to visit, no Monday closure — you collect an envelope from a counter and the rest happens on the public street.
  • Maria’s Kiosk, Holbergsgade 9, is open daily from 7am to 9pm, which is a longer day than any museum on the card. Copenhagen Visitor Service is the other collection point.
  • Those hours make this the one you can still start after dinner in summer, when the light holds — worth knowing on a day that has already been spent indoors.
No published price, and how it differs from the treasure hunt
  • Solve a Mystery does not publish a price, and the card issuer does not carry one either, so this page states no figure and it counts nothing toward a break-even total.
  • The treasure hunt is one fixed route from Tivoli to Nyhavn; this is four cases and no fixed route. If you are only doing one of the two, that is the difference to choose on.
  • Both are card attractions in their own right, so doing both costs two scans and roughly four hours — see the Copenhagen Card with kids for whether that suits your group.
What it is good at, and what it is not
  • Two hours is about right, and it works best with a group that will argue about the evidence rather than wait to be told.
  • It is not a wet-weather option. Paper, outdoors, for two hours — the forecast matters more here than at almost anything else on the card.
  • You are on the street the whole time, so anything you want to go inside is a separate scan and a separate stop.
Getting there

Where to collect Solve a Mystery

Two collection points in the centre — Maria’s Kiosk at Holbergsgade 9, open 7am to 9pm daily, or Copenhagen Visitor Service.

Copenhagen Card
Discover card
✓ Maria’s Kiosk, Holbergsgade 9 — the envelope is handed over here, daily from 7am to 9pm.
✓ Or Copenhagen Visitor Service, if that is the more convenient of the two on the day.
✓ Holbergsgade is a short walk from Kongens Nytorv, just behind Nyhavn in the middle of the old city.
✓ Every bus, train and metro in the region is covered on Discover, so getting to either counter costs nothing.
Copenhagen Card
Hop card
✓ Solve a Mystery is included on the Hop card — covered by both cards.
✓ The case is worked on foot, so no transport is needed once you have the envelope.
✗ The metro and city buses are not covered on the Hop card, so reaching the counter from the airport is a separate ticket.
Where the case takes you
  • The National Museum is in the middle of the old city, with the Sun Chariot and the bog finds.
  • Thorvaldsens Museum is beside Christiansborg, a single sculptor’s collection in a building designed around it.
  • The Christiansborg Royal Reception Rooms are next door, still used by the Queen for state occasions.
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.

National Museum · Old city · Allow 2–3 hrs

The National Museum

Denmark's national collection — the Bronze Age Sun Chariot, the bog finds and the Viking rooms — with a Children's Museum in the same ticket.

A good place to go indoors if the weather turns mid-case.
Sculpture · Slotsholmen · Allow 1–2 hrs

Thorvaldsens Museum

One sculptor’s life work in a building designed around it, in ochre and coloured plaster beside Christiansborg.

Small, quick and almost never crowded.
Palace · Slotsholmen · Allow 1–2 hrs

Christiansborg Royal Reception Rooms

The rooms the Queen still uses for state occasions, including the Great Hall and its tapestries.

Closed when the rooms are in official use — check before going.
Ready to book?

Ready to solve a mystery?

Both cards include the case envelope, along with 80+ more attractions and unlimited public transport across the Capital Region on Discover.

Common questions

Solve a Mystery — card FAQ

Is Solve a Mystery included with the Copenhagen Card?

Both cards cover the case envelope, collected at Maria’s Kiosk on Holbergsgade 9 or at Copenhagen Visitor Service. No price is published for it anywhere, so this page states no figure. Going inside anywhere the case takes you is a separate attraction and a separate scan.

Can I do Solve a Mystery on a Monday?

Any day works. This is a self-guided activity rather than a venue, so there are no opening hours and no Monday closure. Maria’s Kiosk hands the envelope over daily from 7am to 9pm, which is longer than any museum on the card is open.

Do I need to book Solve a Mystery in advance with the Copenhagen Card?

Nothing needs booking. Collect the envelope at Maria’s Kiosk, Holbergsgade 9, or at Copenhagen Visitor Service, choose one of the four cases and start when you like. There is no slot to reserve and nobody to meet.

Can I do Solve a Mystery twice on the same Copenhagen Card?

One scan per attraction applies, so the card collects one envelope and one case of the four. The streets are public, so nothing stops you walking them again — but a second case would have to be paid for, and a mystery only works once.

How do I use my Copenhagen Card for Solve a Mystery?

Show the live QR code in the Copenhagen Card app at Maria’s Kiosk or Copenhagen Visitor Service and they hand over the envelope. There is no door to scan at afterwards. A screenshot will not work — it has to be the app, which runs offline once activated.

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