Lagkagehuset Christianshavn

Four hundred steps up a 1752 spire, the last 150 winding around the outside, with a gilded globe and a figure of Christ at the very top.

A boutique hotel in an 18th-century canal house, with apartments as well as rooms, and a restaurant and bar downstairs.

Thick brick walls from an 1869 harbor warehouse, connecting rooms, and view rooms that look straight onto the water, a short walk from Nyhavn.

Ice cream made from scratch in a tiny shop off Amagerbrogade, with pastries baked in the back and espresso from the Swedish roaster Koppi.

Harborside street food stalls that make way for an outdoor ice rink with hot drinks once summer is over.

Former Danish ballet dancer Alexander Kølpin's hotel, with 55 rooms over six floors and a Sanders Suite that has its own kitchen.