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Places worth the detour in Copenhagen

27 places worth going out of your way for lie within 20 km of Copenhagen, Denmark, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (14). Best known: Amager. 18 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Nature14 Archaeological13
Within 20 km
27
Oldest
Skovfogedegen 1200
Little known
18 of 27
Most from
20th century

All 27, ranked 27

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Copenhagen?

27 places within 20 km: 14 nature & landscapes and 13 archaeological & historic sites. The best known is Amager.

Is there anything near Copenhagen that most visitors miss?

18 of these 27 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Copenhagen?

Skovfogedegen, dated to 1200.

How is the 20 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Copenhagen, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.