World Architecture Day
Celebrate World Architecture Day at DAC! This year, we’re celebrating with exciting activities and the opening of our major new exhibition, Cities for People. Join us for an eventful day for all ages, with free admission from 10:00–21:00.
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Family Workshop: Design Your Own City Creature
Stop by the Educatorium and create your very own city creature! Draw, cut, and sew using fabric, yarn, and other materials, and find inspiration for shapes and colors in the exhibition Cities for People.
Meet an Architect
On World Architecture Day, you can experience DAC’s permanent exhibition So Danish! – completely free and from a new, personal perspective. In a series of short guided tours (about 20 minutes), members of the Danish Association of Architects will guide you through the exhibition, focusing on their personal favorites and perspectives on architecture, as well as sharing insights from their own work as architects.
This gives you a different entry point into architectural history – with an experienced architect by your side.
Guided Gallery Tours for kids: Architecture for All the Senses
Come explore DAC and discover architecture in a whole new way. We’ll use all our senses to investigate shapes, colors, materials, spaces, and sounds – looking, listening, touching, and playing our way through architecture.
The tour is designed for children ages 4–10 and their grown-ups, but everyone is welcome to join the fun.
Kids’ tours start at 12:00 and 15:00.
Guided Gallery Tours of Cities for People
What happens when we design cities around the people who live in them? Cities for People explores how the design of our cities shapes the way we move, meet, feel healthy, and experience a sense of belonging. The exhibition draws on Jan and Ingrid Gehl’s people-centered approach to cities and on the Gehl Studio’s work in cities around the world. Through real-life examples, discover how streets, squares, and public spaces can make room for urban life, community, and diversity.
In the 1960s, Jan and Ingrid Gehl helped shift the focus toward life between buildings and the way people experience the city. These ideas were presented in Jan Gehl’s groundbreaking book Life Between Buildings in 1971 and have since been developed and put into practice in cities around the world.
DJ at DAC’s Rooftop Café
Enjoy a well-deserved break at DAC Café with laid-back DJ lounge tunes and views of both the city and the harbor from our rooftop terraces.
Activities at Bryghuspladsen
Have you ever played cheese – or drawn a giant mosaic in chalk? Come out and play as we transform Bryghuspladsen from a gray concrete square into a colorful playground filled with activities, creativity, and community.
Exhibition Opening
How do urban spaces shape the way we move, our relationships, and our sense of belonging? That is the central theme of Cities for People, opening on World Architecture Day. Join us for the free opening celebration.
Opening speeches by Stine Lea Jacobi, Director of Philanthropy at Realdania, Helle Søholt, Founding Partner and Chair of the Board at Gehl, and Kent Martinussen, CEO of DAC.
Program
10:00: DAC opens
10:00–21:00: Activities at Bryghuspladsen
10:00–18:00: Design Your Own City Creature
11:00-13:00: Special Guided Tour: Meet an Architect in So Danish!
12:00 & 15:00: Guided Gallery Tours for Kids in Danish
12:00-15:00: DJ at DAC’s Rooftop Café
12:30 & 13:30: Guided Gallery Tours of Cities for People in Danish
14:30: Guided Gallery Tour of Cities for People in English
Exhibition Opening
17:00: Exhibition Opening of Cities for People. DAC is serving free beer, juice, and cider.
17:15: Opening Speeches by Stine Lea Jacobi, Director of Philanthropy at Realdania, Helle Søholt, Founding Partner and Chair of the Board at Gehl, and Kent Martinussen, CEO of DAC.
17:45–21:00: Activities for everyone. Explore the full program for the opening celebration here.
21:00: DAC closes
Free admission all day!
About World Architecture Day
World Architecture Day was established by the International Union of Architects (UIA) in the mid-1980s with a simple idea: architecture affects all of us, so there should be a day when architecture opens up to everyone. Today, World Architecture Day is celebrated in countries around the world, including Denmark.
Exhibitions this day
Also on this day
Special Guided Tour: Meet an Architect in So Danish!
Join a special guided tour, meet an architect face-to-face, and discover Danish architecture through the eyes of those who have helped shape it.
DJ at DAC Rooftop Café
DJ lounge vibes and one of the best views in Copenhagen from DAC Rooftop Café. Celebrate World Architecture Day at DAC with free admission all day.
Guided Gallery Tour of Our New Exhibition on World Architecture Day in English
Join a free guided tour of our brand-new exhibition Cities for People and discover the city from new perspectives. Our exhibition hosts will guide you through the exhibition and explore the ideas that have helped transform cities around the world.
Free Exhibition Opening Cities for People
The city shapes how we live, move, meet, and connect. But how do urban spaces affect our well-being and sense of belonging? And how can architecture create better cities for people? Explore it in Cities for People, opening on World Architecture Day.
Similar events
International Talk: Architects not Architecture
Join us when Architects not Architecture (AnA) comes to the Danish Architecture Center with three leading voices from the international architecture scene: Gabriela Carrillo, Helle Søholt, and Greta Tiedje.
DJ at DAC Rooftop Café
DJ lounge vibes and one of the best views in Copenhagen from DAC Rooftop Café. Celebrate World Architecture Day at DAC with free admission all day.
Free Exhibition Opening Cities for People
The city shapes how we live, move, meet, and connect. But how do urban spaces affect our well-being and sense of belonging? And how can architecture create better cities for people? Explore it in Cities for People, opening on World Architecture Day.
Culture Night at DAC
Culture Night 2026 is going to be something special at the Danish Architecture Center. Come explore the city and everything that brings it to life – dance the night away on our rooftop, unleash your creativity in our workshops, and gather around the bonfire with the whole family in front of DAC.
Light Installation: City Life, City Light
On Culture Night, experience the interactive light installation City Life City Light at Bryghuspladsen, right outside the entrance to DAC.
Cozy Bonfires and Roasted Marshmallows
Join us for Culture Night and gather around the cozy fire pits at Bryghuspladsen in front of Danish Architecture Center.
Silent Disco
Come dance the night away at DAC’s Silent Disco on the rooftop, with views across the city’s rooftops and Copenhagen harbor. If it rains or gets too windy, we’ll move inside and keep dancing.
