Is the Copenhagen Card worth it? (Updated March 2026)

Last updated: March 2026

I must have googled this question 100 times before I visited Copenhagen.

I rarely purchase city card’s and when I do, it’s only when I know they’ll save me money. And in this case, having been to Copenhagen before, I knew there was a good chance the card would be worth it.

Why? Because Copenhagen has a treasure trove of fabulous galleries, buildings, museums and castles that are just too good not to visit (or revisit in my case).

After doing some serious planning on what attractions we'd visit, I decided it would be worth it. As we were there for almost 4 days in total we purchased the 96 hour card.

After the trip I added up what I would have spent with and without the card. The Copenhagen Card site has a calculator that does this for you, but I wanted to do it myself in case they were inflating the prices. So I carefully recoded the costs of each place we visited, which you can see below. It ended up saving us about £89 per person after converting from DKK. That’s roughly $120 USD, €100 or $170 AUD.

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            Activity
            £
        
            Rosenborg Castle
            16
        
            Canal Tour
            23
        
            Church of Our Saviour
            8
        
            National Museum
            17
        
            Tivoli Park
            17
        
            Cistern Exhibition
            13
        
            Bakkehuset
            9
        
            Christianborg Palace
            25
        
            Amalienborg Palace
            15
        
            Design Museum
            16
        
            Kronborg Castle
            17
        
            Louisiana Museum
            17
        
            Travel
            38
        
            Total without card
            £231
        
            Total with card (96hr)
            £142
        
            Total saving
            £89

Prices converted from DKK — correct at time of writing (March 2026) but exchange rates fluctuate. Please check individual attraction websites for the most current entry fees.

The Copenhagen Card is worth it, if you plan to be a tourist

In my opinion, the Copenhagen Card is 100% worth it if it’s your first time to the city and you plan to visit as many of its top tourist destinations as you can. It also means you can quickly pop into any attractions you may have otherwise skipped, like we did with the Bakkehuset when we realised we were in the area. It also covers all travel, including up north to two of my favourite places in Denmark – Kronborg Castle and the Louisiana Modern Art Museum (which a city travel card wouldn’t cover). So particularly if you plan to head to either of those, or to Frederiksborg Castle which I also recommend, the card is a great option.

A few tips on how to use the card

Book the card in advance online - it's digital so there's no need to collect anything on arrival. Just download the Copenhagen Card City Guide app and activate it whenever you're ready to start using it. This means you can buy it before you travel and activate it the moment you get off the plane, so your journey into the city from the airport is covered from the start. Note: the GetYourGuide voucher alone doesn't get you into attractions - you must redeem it in the app first.
The card allows one visit per attraction, so plan accordingly - you can't pop back to somewhere twice.
If you're travelling with children, each adult card covers up to two children aged 0-11. Children aged 3-11 need their own kids' card, which must be ordered at the same time as the adult card.
Many of Copenhagen's attractions are closed on Mondays, so make sure you plan for this. One of the days we were there was a Monday, which wasn't an issue - we just planned ahead by checking what was open and saving those for then.