Louisiana Museum of Modern Art — Attraction in Fredensborg Municipality

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...

My first two visits to the Louisiana Museum were with my fellow design students on a school excursion, so visiting a third time alone yesterday I feel like a professional. Louisiana is considered to be the best museum in Northern Europe. Since I study art, coming here for vacation is important to me. If coming by car, come as early as possible as their free parking lot fills up early. Don’t leave valuables in your car. Food at the museum is expensive. I brought snacks and a small bottle of water with me from Germany and kept them in my locker. The weather at this time of year is cold, but I knew walking around for 7 hours in heavy boots would be unnecessarily tiring, so I brought lightweight sandals; changed into those and left my boots in the locker. The lockers are not free. You’ll need a 20dk coin or you can buy an aluminum locker coin for 20dk that you can pay for by card. I felt a little like I was getting ripped off when I first had to buy that coin, but I’ve used it on three trips (in years 2022, 2023, 2024) that it has paid off. The museum has lots of green space, so it’s not a problem to sit outdoors and picnic with food you brought with you. And the secret tip in summer: the museum has a private beach. You could look at art, go swimming, have a picnic and go look at art again. The museum is very large. I saw only half on my full day trip in 2022. I saw the other half in 2023. Yesterday, I spent the whole day, 7 hours non stop, only on the current exhibition about artificial intelligence “the irreplaceable human”. Another inside trip is to book your ticket online before going. This will save time waiting in line as they have an express line just for...

Since being a little kid I’ve visited this museum many times. And it’s always brilliant. The setting of the museum is amazing. The site is quite hilly and has the sea on one side but also a picturesque lake on the other side. The garden around the museum includes lots of contemporary sculptures. The buildings themselves are stunning ...one of the best examples of mid-century architecture in Denmark. The museums has developed a lot over time which means the layout of the museums feels quite informal while still sitting perfectly in the landscape. The ad-hoc nature of the building layout also means that the journey through the museum is really interesting as the spaces change all the time and reveal different amazing views of the surroundings. The art exhibited in the museum is always of a very high standard ...and the changing exhibitions are usually incredible interesting. But you really don’t have to be that interested in art to go here as the place is just really special in itself. Our kids also really enjoyed the kids activities ...there was quite a lot on as it was Easter. And then to the cafe... pretty much 180 degrees panoramic view of the sea. They offer a variety of very yummy cakes as well as smørrebrød. I could easily spend half a day just sitting here with those amazing views, the super taste cake, the cool mid-century lift fittings / pendants as well as the funky fireplace.

I absolutely love this place ...it’s been described to me as one of the top 10 museums in the world ...I haven’t been to the other 9 but I have no doubt that this is one of the best museums in the world....