From the frivolity of the famed Tivoli Gardens amusement park to the fantasy of becoming a Viking for a day at the Lejre Experimental Center, Maxa shows off facets of this exuberant playground.

If shopping is your way to play, you'll be amazed at the mile of stores along Copenhagen's main thoroughfare and the gourmet treats in its world-renowned bakeries.

Denmark Transportation

Scan Rail Pass
Prices start at 226 kroner for adults for five days in two months, 157 kroner same deal for youth, 200 for seniors
www.scanrail.com
For travel throughout Scandinavia including rail to and from Denmark to Sweden, the Scan Rail pass saves money and time.

Train Travel
www.dsb.dk
The train system is extensive and also the quickest and simplest way of getting around the country.

Bicycle Maps
www.dcf.dk
A comprehensive guide to the most popular biking routes through Denmark

Bicycle Rental
Costs around 40 krone a day, 150-400 per week
www.visitdenmark.com
Biking in Denmark is very popular and most cities have public bike rentals everywhere.

Denmark Webcams

Views of Copenhagen
www.leonardsworlds.com
Webcams located in and around Copenhagen

Travel Discounts

The Copenhagen Card
Prices start at 159 krone for adults for a 24-hour card, 90 krone for children
www.visitcopenhagen.com
One ticket for deep discounts throughout the city — everything from museums to shopping and even some modes of public transportation

Denmark Attractions

Tivoli
www.tivoligardens.com
Home to the world's oldest wooden roller coasters and even more thrills, one of the most popular attractions in Denmark

Jens Olsen's World Clock
K?benhavns R?dhus, 1599 K?benhavn
Tel: +45 33 66 25 82
opl.info@kk.dk
www.aok.dk
Twenty-seven years of painstaking work went into this ultra-accurate timepiece which shows local time everywhere in the world and boasts a 570,000-year calendar.

The Little Mermaid
http://hjem.get2net.dk
A popular attraction for young and old, this life-sized bronze sculpture of Hans Christen Andersen's character was sculpted in 1913.

Hans Christian Andersen childhood home
www.hca2005.com
Andersen wrote The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling, and many more of his works and his childhood home have been preserved in Copenhagen.

The Royal Library
P.O.Box 2149
DK-1016 Copenhagen K
Tel.: +45 33 47 47 47
Closed weekends
www.kb.dk
Housing a tremendous collection of literature and also well-known for its architecture — nicknamed the "Black Diamond"

The Danish Design Center
Admission adults 40 krone, teens 20
www.ddc.dk
Clean lines, graceful shapes and ultra-modern designs in both architecture and furniture

Changing of the Guard at Amalienborg Palace
www.copenhagenet.dk
Home to one of the oldest monarchies in Europe, with all the traditional pageantry and splendor

Lejre Experimental Center
Admission 75 krone adults, 35 children
Tel: +45 46 48 08 78
lejre@lejre-center.dk
www.english.lejrecenter.dk
Try your hand at living like a like a Viking — grinding grain or carving wood for boats.

Frederiksborg Castle
Hillerod, Denmark
Free entrance
www.gardenvisit.com
Twenty-four miles north of Copenhagen, former summer home to Danish royalty situated on three separate islands

Karen Blixen Museum
Rungsted Strandvej 111
DK-2960 Rungsted Kyst
Denmark
Admission 35 krone adults, free for children under 12
Tel: +45 57 10 57
karen-blixen@dinesen.dk
www.isak-dinesen.dk
Writing under the name of Isak Dinesen, this popular novelist penned such classics as Out Of Africa and lived on this estate until her death in 1962.

The Louisiana Museum
Admission 72 krone adults, 65 for students 72,-(Euro 10
arrangement@louisiana.dk (to book group tours)
www.louisiana.dk
Modern art including works by some of Denmark's most prominent painters

Kronborg Castle
Complete tours, 60 krone adults, 25 children
www.kronborgcastle.com
William Shakespeare forever ensured this castle's place in history when he used it as the setting for Hamlet.

Denmark Dining and Lodging

Bakeries
www.timeout.com
List of bakeries featuring the flaky, mouth-watering pastries that abound in Denmark

The Yellow Cottage Restaurant or Den Gule Cottage
www.denmarklimo.com
No website for the restaurant; this limo service's review touts the quintessential Danish fare.

Restaurant Jacobsen
Strandvejen 449, 2930 Klampenborg
Tel: +45 39 63 43 22
www.aok.dk
Least expensive main course 125 krone; reservations recommended
Danish modern style decor with French, Danish and international cuisine

Denmark Shopping

The Strøget
www.hotels-copenhagen.com
A mile of shopping on the longest pedestrian mall in the world, with everything from Royal Danish porcelain to small souvenirs and lots of people; website includes list of shops and hours.