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The Royal Danish Opera House
Henning Larsen
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Image courtesy of © Julian Herzog (Website) · CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout The Royal Danish Opera House
The Opera House on Holmen, a gift to the Danish people from the A.P. Møller and Chastine McKinney Møller Foundation, was designed by Henning Larsen. It has 41,000 square metres over fourteen storeys, five of them underground; the main stage seats 1,400, under a ceiling of 105,000 sheets of 24-carat gold leaf (VisitCopenhagen). Tickets from the Royal Danish Theatre.
Why it's on our list
- 1,400 seats
- Gold-leaf ceiling
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with The Royal Danish Opera House before you go.
Hotels nearby
The closest hotels in our guide to The Royal Danish Opera House, as the crow flies.
- 25hours Hotel Paper Island300 m4 min walk
- Admiral Hotel450 m5 min walk
- 71 Nyhavn Hotel550 m7 min walk
- Phoenix Copenhagen750 m9 min walk
- Hotel Sanders900 m11 min walk
What’s nearby
Distances from The Royal Danish Opera House are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 15 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest Metro and train stations
- MarmorkirkenM3M4800 m10 min walk
- Kongens NytorvM1M2M3M41.0 km13 min walk
- ChristianshavnM1M21.3 km16 min walk
Key sights
- Amalienborg550 mWalk 7 minCycle 2 minCar or taxi 6 min
- Nyhavn650 mWalk 8 minCycle 3 minCar or taxi 7 min
- The Little Mermaid1.2 kmWalk 15 minCycle 5 minCar or taxi 8 min
- Christiansborg1.5 kmWalk 18 minCycle 6 minCar or taxi 9 min
- Rosenborg Castle1.5 kmWalk 19 minCycle 6 minCar or taxi 9 min
- Tivoli Gardens2.2 kmWalk 27 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Copenhagen Airport6.4 kmCycle 26 minCar or taxi 20 min
Main railway stations
- Østerport1.4 kmWalk 18 minCycle 6 minCar or taxi 8 min
- Nørreport1.8 kmWalk 23 minCycle 7 minCar or taxi 9 min
- Copenhagen Central Station2.5 kmWalk 31 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 11 min