The surrounding area

Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen (København in Danish), is no more than 20 kilometres from Rudersdal.

Copenhagen has attractions and sights to suit every taste and interest. Most famous are probably the Tivoli funfair park, the statue of the Little Mermaid and the “free state” of Christiania. But Copenhagen has much more to offer. The city is full of historic landmarks, important buildings and interesting sights and museums. Worth a visit are restaurants in picturesque Nyhavn, which was formerly a red-light district of the harbour area, or enjoy a boat trip on the city’s many beautiful canals and see Amalienborg Palace, the home of the Royal Family.

Copenhagen has plenty of good places to eat, from Michelin-starred to more affordable restaurants and vegetarian and child-friendly restaurants.

Shopping in Copenhagen includes the large central pedestrian street, Strøget, the side streets of the old city and further out in the Østerbro and Vesterbro neighbourhoods. Modern, functional Danish design is world renowned, and Danish fashion is worth looking out for.

Copenhagen has been praised as one of the world’s most liveable cities. It was the 2014 European Green Capital and strives to achieve sustainable development, including people-friendly and nature-friendly urban planning.

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If you ever tried to land a hot-air balloon in North Zealand, you would have difficulty avoiding one of the vast forests or many lakes, horse paddocks, green meadows with grazing cows and sheep or a wavy field of grain. But the view is breathtaking!

North Zealand is also known as Royal North Zealand, because the Crown owned most of the land in the past. Here you can find the beautiful royal Fredensborg Palace, a fine baroque castle with an extensive park at Esrum Lake, and the ancient Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød, now a museum. In Helsingør, you can visit Kronborg Castle, the literary home of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, where the play is performed every year.

Rudersdal also has its small castles, although they are not royal. Gammel Holtegaard (Old Holtegaard) is a beautiful baroque castle with a large baroque-style garden, which is well worth a visit.

Gammel Holtegaard has an art gallery with a programme of three to four ambitious exhibitions per year, both in the gallery of the main house and in the baroque gardens.

Gammel Holtegaard​

You can find several international-standard art museums along the Øresund coast. The best known is the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, a leading international museum, situated in a large historical park with views across the Øresund to Sweden.

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