Its free Playtime magazine is full of articles on Danish culture, events, and budget tips. Schedules list the day's free concerts, ballet performances, and mime, acrobatic, and puppet shows. A picnic is your best budget option. You could reach the Nyhavn Canal area in 15 minutes, but with stops for street singers and shopping, I'd allot an afternoon. Nyhavn, formerly a sleazy sailors' haven, lounges comfortably around the canal.
Glamorous sailboats fill the canal.
Any historic sloop is welcome to anchor here, temporarily joining the gathering that makes this Copenhagen's ever changing boat pageant. Just a five-minute walk from Nyhavn you'll find the Amalienborg Palace and Square, official residence of Queen Margrethe II and a good example of orderly rococo. The guards here change with royal fanfare at noon. All rights reserved.