History of Danish architecture – So Danish! guided tour at DAC
Join a guided tour of So Danish!—Denmark’s only permanent architecture gallery at the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen. Discover Danish architecture from Viking fortresses to today’s icons. Ideal for groups, families, and company events.
Info
Price
1.800 DKK for up to 10 people.
3.600 DKK for up to 20 people.
(No tax is charged on this tour.)
The price includes admission to DAC for participants on the tour.
Duration
60 min
History of Danish architecture: from Viking fortresses to today’s iconic buildings
Join a guided tour of Denmark’s national architecture gallery and experience the exhibition So Danish! – like a city walk with a roof over your head.
Why has Danish architecture become world-renowned? On this tour of So Danish! we dive into the materials, the design, the architects behind the works – and where the path seems to point for the architecture of the future.
Whether you are celebrating a birthday, on a family outing or hosting a company event, this guided tour can spark good conversations about the city, architecture, and what it takes to create attractive buildings, urban spaces and homes.
Practical Info
- Meet: Danish Architecture Center Welcome desk, Bryghuspladsen 10
- Tour ends: Danish Architecture Center
- DACs guides are professionally qualified, competent, and dedicated professionals – typically students within architecture, design, and urban development, who are themselves a part of the city’s life.
- Duration: 1 hour
Bringing a group to Copenhagen?
This tour is available on the day/time of your choice for private groups.
1.800 DKK for up to 10 people. 3.600 DKK for up to 20 people (no tax is charged on this tour). Group rate includes entrance to DAC’s current exhibitions on the day of the tour.
On the tour, you will hear about, among other things:
Photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj - Viking and medieval architecture
- Royal architecture: castles, gardens, towers and spires
- Housing architecture in the age of urbanization
- Modernism: from Bauhaus to Arne Jacobsen
- Urban planning and life between the buildings
- Danish architecture and design in the world: Made in Denmark
- The new millennium and the future of architecture: sustainability and nature in focus
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History of Danish architecture – So Danish! guided tour at DAC
The DAC guide team
Our architecture guides are passionate about making architecture something you can feel and understand. With backgrounds in architecture, design, urban development and communication, they combine solid expertise with great storytelling so even complex ideas make sense.
The result is tours that are lively, personal, and full of “aha” moments – whether you’re visiting Copenhagen and DAC for the first time or you’re a dedicated architecture nerd.