Winter
in DAC

Opening hours
Every day:
10–18
Mondays and Thursdays:
10–21
February is winter break time and fastelavn season (Shrovetide) and DAC is filled with architectural experiences and fun activities for families.
In week 7 and 8 (February 10–25), you can enjoy an exciting program of activities. Explore the thought-provoking exhibition Water is Coming and visit our newest exhibition Nanna Ditzel: Breaking Free, which focuses on freedom and movement. Bring the children to So Danish! to learn how Danish architecture has evolved from the Viking Age to today. Kids can also come play in our LEGO Workshop or try their decorating skills in our fastelavn workshop, where we’ll be making classic Danish fastelavnsris.
Family Activities
Decorate your Fastelavnsris (Week 7)
February 8 – 16
Come by the Family workshop in DAC’s Educatorium and make festive decorations for a Danish fastelavnsris when we are inspired by the wonderful world of architecture!
Play LEGO® Architect for a Day in a World of Water
February 8 – 16
Have you ever thought about what we should do if our streets turned into rivers and our cities were filled with water? Come and build imaginative solutions in a world full of water as a LEGO® Architect!
Decorate your Fastelavnsris (Week 8)
February 17 – 23
Come by the Family workshop in DAC’s Educatorium and make festive decorations for a Danish fastelavnsris when we are inspired by the wonderful world of architecture!
Copenhagen Light Festival
February
Copenhagen Light Festival is once again exhibiting around DAC.
Experience In Bloom from 31 January – 23 February at the wooden pier on the harbour front and Aj Vana Be from 7 – 26 February at Bryghuspladsen.
Exhibitions
Nanna Ditzel: Breaking free
January 24 – May 11, 2025
Explore Nanna Ditzel’s groundbreaking designs centered on freedom and movement. The exhibition presents some of Ditzel’s most iconic designs. Designs that challenge our ideas of traditional furniture and let us discover new ways of experiencing the body and spending time together.
Water is Coming
October 7, 2024 – March 12, 2025
The exhibition Water is Coming shows what kind of reality we look into when the water comes. Should we entrench ourselves or should we live with the water? How do we avoid devastating floods? Can you extract quality of life and beauty from the boring climate protection? And what can we learn about building with water as a new condition when we go back in history or look out into the world?
So Danish!
The national gallery of architecture
Experience Danish Architecture Center’s national gallery for Danish architecture. The exhibition unfolds the history of Danish architecture from the Viking Age to the present day, offering you the opportunity to delve into architecture and understand how crucial it is to our democratic society.
Design Shop and Café
DAC Café
Experience the harbor dressed in its winter best while staying cozy indoors. Visit our rooftop greenhouses, where you can enjoy this year’s delicious fastelavnsbolle (Shrovetide bun) from the café. Here, you can also warm up with a hot drink, snug blankets, and the most beautiful views of the harbor and the city’s rooftops.
DAC Design Shop
Get into the winter spirit at the DAC Design Shop with luxurious and stylish designs. Here, you’ll find everything from colorful paper koi fish from Japan and notebooks about life in the sea to decorative ceramics, posters, and jewelry featuring new Danish designs. We also offer a wide selection of exciting books on design and architecture.
Right now in DAC Café
This year’s Fastelavn bun at DAC Café is a delightful combination of creamy nougat, fresh orange, crunchy hazelnuts, and caramel with dates. A sweet temptation you don’t want to miss!
Fastelavn bun & café latte/cappuccino: DKK 105
Club members: DKK 70
Explore the City
Public tours every Sunday at 2 pm
Try the playground in front of BLOX or embark on one of DACs guided city tours. For example explore Copenhagen: World Capital of Architecture and get insight into why this honor has been bestowed upon Copenhagen.
DAC app: Copenhagen Architecture Guide
You can also explore the winter city on your own. Get inspired by our app and discover various landmarks such as the versatile CopenHill, where you can go skiing, the transformed Villa Copenhagen that offers luxurious accommodations, and the year-round green oasis of The Opera Park.