We visited the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Juni 2024. It takes a 45-minute train ride from Copenhagen and 900 meters on foot to get there, but it is worth doing so. Our Copenhagen Discover Card was accepted without any hassle. The only issue I had was trivial but deserves noting as a heads-up for following visitors. We were asked to put our backpacks in a locker, which needed a coin to lock up. Neither of my Euro coins was deemed acceptable, so I had to buy one costing 20 DKK (2.69 euro). As I said: trivial. Of course, I got the coin back afterwards and carried it home without a reason to safekeep it, other than as a souvenir.

The walls show colorful pictures, some fitting my taste: I prefer fresh colors and an abstract composition (no flowers, no faces, no animals). Having said that, still 95% of the collection won’t tempt me to rip it from the wall and take it home. However, this is very personal, and not intended to be condescending about the collection. No arguing about taste, as per the saying.

You can freely enter and exit the exhibition rooms to roam the surrounding garden, for instance when the heat or the noises inside become too much. There are ample doors to go out and come back inside.

Of course, there are rooms exhibiting incomprehensible objects. Making photographs is forbidden in some rooms for reasons beyond my understanding, but the guards are attentive and prevent you from doing it. It happens all in harmony, but sometimes you cannot help yourself and automatically direct your phone as a reflex to save it for the future, until the guard steps in.

A unique experience is an installation by 95-years-old Yayoj Kusama. You must line up for the experience, but the queue advances reasonably fast. At most 4 persons may enter and get one minute, after which the door opens automatically to receive the next foursome. I cannot describe what you see in a few words but think of infinity all around you.

Finally, I can mention that you can see Sweden at the other end of the water. Another journey to undertake, something to plan for the next day. Another language, but not so different from Danmark otherwise. The train connection between Copenhagen and Malmö over the water takes you there in 40 minutes.