Culture, arts & entertainment: things to do in Copenhagen

TUESDAY 26TH MAY 2026
A THING TO DO TODAY

in COPENHAGEN
Estimated cost DKK 20 Estimated duration 1 hour Distance away Less than a mile away
The Vestre Prison first housed prisoners in 1895, and continues to do so now. Discover the generations of inmates and their escape stories - and step into a historic cell from the time of the prison's opening - at the Copenhagen Prison Museum, on Vestre KirkegÄrds Alle, open only on Tuesdays from 12.30 - 3pm.
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