The National Museum.
The National Museum is really a place worth visiting (and there’s no admissions fee!). It’s pretty impressing considering that it’s located in Scandinavia – because it contains lots of artifacts from the ancient Middle East – including a mummy room (I think Copenhagen secretly yearns to be the new London, after all, they’ve got their mini British Museum AND their London Eye/Wheel of Copenhagen). The National Museum currently has an interesting display concerning the indians of the rainforests of South America, which is worth taking a look at if you’re in the city. The Museum also has the mandatory Danish history, which I didn’t pay much attention to, so I really must go back and have a closer look at what this place has to offer.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (New Carlsberg Glyptotheke)
This ancient place is really astonishing. Wikipedia tells me that “glypto” is Greek, and means to carve, and the “theke”-bit means a storing-place. This would make sense, because the whole gallery/museum is chock-a-block full of statues from the ancient Greek and Roman era. Room upon room is filled with statues, and is also slightly reminiscent of the British Museum because by the time you’re half done with the place, you can’t bear turning another corner, walking into another room and going “oooooh”, “aaaaah”, “look at that”, “isn’t that beautiful?”. It was just too much to handle at the short time we had allowed ourselves there. Trust me when I say that you would need a couple of hours to really absorb everything this place has to offer – including an amazing winter garden complete with a little tea room, to really give you that old world ambiance. Admission: Under 18: Free. Over 18: 60 dkk, except for Sundays when it’s free!

Copenhagen Zoo.
Well, you’ve all read my post about this place before, and I don’t really have much more to add, except to say that I don’t really understand what all the fuss was about. Everyone told me that the most important thing to do on Culture Night was to go to the zoo, but I could hardly see any animals! This resulted in stupid people flashing lights into the faces of tiger cubs trying to get some rest after a long day, and me getting annoyed at said people. Also, the elephants seemed so stressed, which was really uncomfortable to watch.

Also, I should mention that we tried to see both the round tower (Rundetaarn) and the botanical gardens, but by the time we got there, they were closed. But the good thing is that the pass you buy gives you a chance to attend one attraction once, free of charge, until the 31st of December. So I can still visit Rundetaarn for free if I wish!