What is it?
Forty minutes from Copenhagen central station, The Louisiana is the city’s distinguished modern art gallery, a modernist building in beautiful sculpture gardens overlooking the sea. Beyond showing outrageously interesting contemporary art exhibitions, the gallery has a decent café, a design shop that will take all your money (you have been warned), and a kids wing where children can indulge their wildest Picasso fantasies.
Is it worth visiting?
Take your time, aim to get there around 11am, enjoy a classic Danish lunch in the café and then stroll around the gallery for as long as you like (upwards of two hours, potentially up to four). On a sunny day, pack swimmers – there’s access to a small sandy beach too.
How do I get from Copenhagen to the museum?
Take the train from Copenhagen Central Station to Humlebæk (around 51 kr or £5.60) and follow the signs. The train is about 40 minutes and the whole journey will take maximum an hour. Driving takes 40 minutes too.
What should I see there?
The gallery’s collection includes works by Henry Moore, David Hockney and Jean duBuffet, and a Yayao Kusama room called Gleaming Night of The Souls. Seasonal exhibitions could be anything from works by Scandinavian artists Pipilotti Rist and Mamma Andersen to globally acclaimed work by Nan Goldin or Pussy Riot.
Is it free on Tuesdays?
Sadly, no. The gallery is closed on Mondays, and open from 11 on all other days, with a late opening until 10pm Tuesday-Friday. There’s free entry for under 18s; everyone else pays 145 kr (£16) to get in.
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