Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Øresund Coast (Denmark). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Rungstedlund, Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry, and Hørsholm Egns Museum. Also, be sure to include Hørsholm Mølle in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Øresund Coast (Hovedstaden).
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Rungstedlund
Museum in Denmark. Rungstedlund, also known as the Karen Blixen Museum, is a country house in Rungsted on the Øresund coast just north of Copenhagen, Denmark, notable for its association with the author Karen Blixen, who lived there for most of her life. She was born on the estate in 1885, and returned there after her years in Kenya, chronicled in her 1937 book Out of Africa, to do most of her writings. The property is today managed by the Rungstedlund Foundation as a writer's house museum.[1]
Address: Rungsted Strandvej 111, 2960 Rungsted
Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry
Also known as: Dansk Jagt- og Skovbrugsmuseum
Museum in Hørsholm, Kingdom of Denmark. The Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry was a state-owned museum in Hørsholm exhibiting objects connected with the history of hunting and forestry in Denmark. It is now closely associated with the UNESCO-listed Par force hunting landscape in North Zealand.
In 2017, the museum was combined with the Danish Agricultural Museum and is now known as the Green Museum. It is located in Auning in northern Jutland.[2]
Address: Folehavevej 15, 2970 Hoersholm
Hørsholm Egns Museum
Museum in Hørsholm, Kingdom of Denmark. Hørsholm Local History Museum is a local history museum in Hørsholm, Denmark.[3]
Address: Sdr. Jagtvej 2, 2970 Hoersholm
Hørsholm Mølle
Mill in Hørsholm, Kingdom of Denmark. Hørsholm Windmill is a smock mill located in Hørsholm to the north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The site also comprises two storage buildings. The complex is now home to a small museum of old crafts.[4]
Address: Ved Møllen 8, Øresund Coast
Hirschholm Palace
Also known as: Hirschholm Slot
Palace in Hørsholm, Denmark. Hirschholm Palace, also known as Hørsholm Palace, was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 1740s and, one of the finest buildings of its time, it became known as the "Versailles of the North".
It developed a notorious reputation in connection with its role in the affair between Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Mathilda in the 1770s. After that it fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1809-13.
The palace was designed by Lauritz de Thurah for King Christian VI and his consort Queen Sophie Magdalene, and was intended as their summer residence.[5]
Sophienberg
Conference center in Denmark. Sophienberg is a former royal summer retreat located on the Coast Road in Rungsted, Hørsholm Municipality, some 20 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is now operated as a venue for meetings and smaller conferences.[6]
Address: Rungsted strandvej 219, 2910 Rungsted
Nivaagaards Malerisamling
Nivaagaards Malerisamling next to Nivågård in Nivå is a Danish art museum, established by landowner Johannes Hage, who was a private art collector and in 1908 transferred the collection to the public in the form of an independent institution.
The 1908 charter of the Hague Foundation stipulates that the collection is to be preserved as a museum open to the public. The original building, built in 1903 by Johan Schrøder, was extended in 1989 and 1992 by Royal Decree. building inspector David Bretton-Meyer.
The collection contains works by artists from the Dutch Golden Age, including Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Egbert van Drielst, Jan van Goyen, Pieter de Hooch, Gabriel Metsu and Salomon van Ruysdael. The German school is represented by Lucas Cranach the Elder, among others, while Pieter Brueghel the Younger is also represented. From the Italian Renaissance there are works by Giovanni Bellini and Titian, from the French school by Claude Lorrain, from Denmark by Nicolai Abildgaard and Jens Juel and from the Danish Golden Age by C.W. Eckersberg, Constantin Hansen, Christen Købke, J.Th. Lundbye, Wilhelm Marstrand, Martinus Rørbye and H.W. Bissen.
In 1999, the collection's works by Rembrandt and Bellini were stolen in a high-profile art heist. The works have since been returned. The heist was the subject of the film Rembrandt.
See a selection of works from the Nivaagaards Painting Collection.
Address: Gl. Strandvej 2, 2990 Niva
Folehaveskoven
Also known as: Folehave skov
Folehaveskoven, or Folehave Skov, is a forest in Hørsholm on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of a complex of smaller woodlands which also comprises Rungsted Hegn to the north, Deputatvang and Øster Sandbjerg to the south. It is bisected by the east–west running Folehavevej and is to the east bounded by the Coast Line.[7]
Fuglsangshus
Fuglsangshus, formerly known as Slotsgartnerens, is a listed, 18th-century house situated on the old main street in Hørsholm, Denmark. It is now operated as an exhibition space by Hørsholm Municipality in collaboration with local associations. It was built for the gardener at Hirschholm Palace. The small unimposing house is built with timber framing and has a half-hip tile roof with a wall dormer on each side. It was listed in 1950 but moved 300 as the result of a road extension in the late 1970s.[8]
Usserød Textile Factory
Also known as: Usserød Klædefabrik
Usserød Textile Factory is a listed, 19th-century industrial complex at Usserød Å in the Usserød district of Hørsholm, Denmark. It was from 1802 home to the Royal Military Textile Factory which remained in use until 1981. The buildings have now been renovated and are now used as a business park.[9]
Mikkelborg
Mikkelborg is a seaside locality in Hørsholm Municipality, located between Rungsted to the south and Kokkedal to the north, some 20 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Mikkelborg Strandpark is a public park and beach. Mikkelgård, a listed house from 1916 located inside the park, is now operated as a restaurant.[10]