With the card
Included
Discover & Hop
Pre-booking
Not needed
Collect the pack and start
When
Any day
Daylight recommended
The Card

What the Copenhagen Card covers for Treasure Hunts

Both cards cover it. This is not a building you enter, so what the card covers is the pack itself — and there is no published price for that anywhere.

Copenhagen Card
What's included
Discover & Hop
✓ The treasure hunt pack, collected at Copenhagen Visitor Service on Vesterbrogade 4B
✓ The whole route — a self-guided trail running from Tivoli down to Nyhavn
✓ 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 pass. The trail goes by card venues, but each one is its own attraction and its own scan
✗ A guide. Nobody comes with you — that is the point of the format
✗ A second pack. One scan per attraction, so the card collects this once
What you do

What you actually do on a Treasure Hunt

You collect a paper pack, you walk, you work it out. The issuer describes it as sightseeing, history and puzzles with the feel of an outdoor escape room.

Highlight 1
Tivoli to Nyhavn, on foot

The route runs from Tivoli through the centre and down to Nyhavn, which is a walk plenty of visitors do anyway on their first afternoon. The hunt gives that walk a reason to stop and look at things, which is the difference between covering ground and seeing a city.

Highlight 2
Deliberately smartphone-free

It is paper, on purpose. No app to download, no signal to lose, no battery to run out halfway down Strøget. For a family or a group that is more of a feature than it sounds — everyone is looking at the same sheet rather than four separate screens.

Highlight 3
Puzzles, and an outdoor escape room

The issuer’s own comparison is an escape room turned inside out, and it is a fair one: history and sightseeing wrapped around problems you have to solve to move on. It is aimed at adults and teenagers rather than small children.

Before you visit

Read before you go

This is an activity rather than a place, which changes several of the usual questions. 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 a pack from a counter and then you are walking the public street.
  • Start whenever you like. Daylight is worth having, since you are reading and looking at things outdoors, but nothing shuts at five.
  • Collection is the only fixed point, at Copenhagen Visitor Service, Vesterbrogade 4B. Everything after that is your own timing.
No published price, and who it is actually for
  • Treasure Hunts do 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.
  • It is suited to adults and teenagers rather than young children — the puzzles carry the walk, and they need someone who wants to solve them.
  • For a family with smaller children, see the Copenhagen Card with kids — the trail is a long walk without much payoff for a five-year-old.
What it is good at, and what it is not
  • It is a genuinely good first afternoon if you have just arrived and want to learn the centre rather than tick off a museum.
  • It is not a wet-weather option. Paper, outdoors, for a couple of hours — the forecast matters more here than at almost anything else on the card.
  • Every venue on the route is a separate scan, so you can break off, go into Tivoli or the National Museum, and pick the trail back up.
Getting there

Where to collect a Treasure Hunt

Collect the pack at Copenhagen Visitor Service, Vesterbrogade 4B, beside Tivoli and a couple of minutes from Copenhagen Central.

Copenhagen Card
Discover card
✓ Copenhagen Visitor Service, Vesterbrogade 4B — that is where the pack is handed over, and where the trail begins.
✓ Two minutes on foot from Copenhagen Central, and directly beside Tivoli.
✓ Every bus, train and metro in the region is covered on Discover, so getting to the counter costs nothing.
✓ From the airport — train or metro to Copenhagen Central, then walk. Covered on Discover.
Copenhagen Card
Hop card
✓ Treasure Hunts are included on the Hop card — covered by both cards.
✓ The trail itself is a walk, so no transport is needed once you have the pack.
✗ The metro and city buses are not covered on the Hop card, so getting to the counter from the airport is a separate ticket.
What the route passes
  • Tivoli Gardens is where the trail starts, across the road from the collection point and on both cards.
  • The National Museum is a few minutes along the way, with the Sun Chariot and the bog finds.
  • The Glyptotek is behind Tivoli — Roman and Egyptian sculpture and French painting under a winter garden.
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.

Gardens & Rides · Where it starts · Allow 3–4 hrs

Tivoli Gardens

The 1843 pleasure gardens across the road from the collection point — gardens, buildings and the wooden rollercoaster.

Garden entry is on the card; the Ride Pass is not.
National Museum · On the route · 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 break the trail if the weather turns.
Art Museum · Behind Tivoli · Allow 2 hrs

Glyptoteket

Roman and Egyptian sculpture and French painting around a glass-roofed winter garden.

The winter garden is the warmest room in central Copenhagen in January.
Ready to book?

Ready to try a Treasure Hunt?

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

Common questions

Treasure Hunts Copenhagen — card FAQ

Is Treasure Hunts Copenhagen included with the Copenhagen Card?

Both cards cover the treasure hunt pack, collected at Copenhagen Visitor Service on Vesterbrogade 4B. No price is published for it anywhere, so this page states no figure. Entry to the venues the route passes is not part of it — each is its own attraction and its own scan.

Can I do Treasure Hunts Copenhagen on a Monday?

Any day works. This is a self-guided walk rather than a venue, so there are no opening hours and no Monday closure to plan around — the only timing worth thinking about is daylight, since you are reading a paper pack outdoors for a couple of hours.

Do I need to book Treasure Hunts Copenhagen in advance with the Copenhagen Card?

Nothing needs booking. Collect the pack at Copenhagen Visitor Service, Vesterbrogade 4B, and start whenever suits you. There is no slot to reserve and no guide to meet — the whole format is turn up, take the pack and go.

Can I do Treasure Hunts Copenhagen twice on the same Copenhagen Card?

One scan per attraction applies, so the card collects one pack. The route itself is public street, so nothing stops you walking it again — but a second pack would have to be paid for, and the puzzles only surprise you once anyway.

How do I use my Copenhagen Card for Treasure Hunts Copenhagen?

Show the live QR code in the Copenhagen Card app at Copenhagen Visitor Service and they hand over the pack. There is no door to scan at after that. A screenshot will not work — it has to be the app, which runs offline once activated.

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