Lyngby-Taarbæk

Best things to do in Lyngby-Taarbæk

Lyngby-Taarbæk's Essential Experiences

Lyngby-Taarbæk features the UNESCO-listed Jægersborg Dyrehave, a forest park home to the Eremitage Hunting Lodge and Dyrehavsbakken, the world’s oldest amusement park. Cultural highlights include the Frilandsmuseet open-air museum, showcasing historic rural Danish architecture, and Ordrupgaard’s art collection. Natural landscapes are defined by the Mølleåen river system, connecting Lake Bagsværd and Lyngby Lake, while Bellevue Beach offers a functionalist seaside experience designed by architect Arne Jacobsen.

Lyngby-Taarbæk's Essential Experiences — Map

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Bellevue Beach

Bellevue Beach, often simply referred to as Bellevue, is a beach at Klampenborg on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Dyrehavsbakken

Dyrehavsbakken, commonly referred to as Bakken is an amusement park in Lyngby-Taarbæk, Denmark, near Klampenborg and approximately 10 km…

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Open Air Museum Denmark

Frilandsmuseet is an open-air museum on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Deer Park

Dyrehaven, officially Jægersborg Dyrehave, is a forest park north of Copenhagen. It covers around 11 km2.

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Eremitage Palace

The Hermitage Hunting Lodge is located in Dyrehaven north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Bernstorff Palace

Bernstorff Palace in Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark, was built in the middle of the 18th century for Foreign Minister Count Johann Hartwig…

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Ordrupgaard

Art museum specializing in French Impressionism and Danish Golden Age works. The site features a 1918 mansion with modern extensions by Zaha Hadid and Snøhetta, and includes the preserved home of furniture designer Finn Juhl.

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Lyngby Church, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality

Lyngby Church is the oldest church in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Sophienholm

Sophienholm is a former manor house and exhibition venue located north on the shore of Lake Bagsværd in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the…

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Lake Bagsværd

Lake Bagsværd is a lake in northeastern Zealand, Denmark. After Furesø, it is the second largest lake in the Mølleå system.

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Lyngby Lake

Lyngby Lake is a lake located on the border between Lyngby-Taarbæk and Gladsaxe municipalities in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen,…

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Mølleåen

Mølleåen, also Mølleå, sometimes translated as the Millstream, is a small river in North Zealand, Denmark, which runs 36 kilometres from…

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Fuglevad wind mill

A Dutch-style smock mill built in 1832 to grind grain. Situated near the Mølleåen river, the mill is a prominent historical landmark within the rural landscape surrounding the Open Air Museum.

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