Summer Holidays with the Round Tower’s Animals
The dog, the snail, the horse and all the others. During the Summer holidays, the Round Tower is full of animals connected with the tower’s history. But the animals are hiding in the Spiral Ramp, so you have to keep your eyes open.
The history of the Round Tower is also the history of its animals. There is the dog with eyes as big as the Round Tower from a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. There is the horse that carried the Russian tsar to the top of the tower and the spider that moved into the telescope of the stargazers in the Observatory and many others.
During the Summer holidays, you can go searching for the animals on the window panes in the Spiral Ramp and get to know much more about them and the history of the Round Tower as you fill your animal map with stickers.
If it is a long way to the top for short legs, the animals will help to shorten the ascent. Learn more about the Round Tower in a different way – it is free when the entrance to the Round Tower is paid.
Read more about the Round Tower’s animals
Drop in-workshop for children: Make your own Runestone
Unleash your imagination and create your own runestone.
In connection with the exhibition The Lost Runestones, children and their adults are invited to drop by The Round Tower and create their own miniature runestones out of clay. Get inspired by the exhibition’s unique interpretations of the runestones lost in the Copenhagen fire – or come up with your very own version of a runestone.
You can learn to spell your name in runes – or even invent a brand new symbol. We’ll be working with self-hardening clay, so once your runestone is finished, it’s ready to take home with you.
The Round Tower provides all the materials, so just stop by during your visit. The workshop is free and runs as a drop-in event between 12 PM and 4 PM.
Please note that the workshop will be held on several dates throughout the summer.
Drop in-workshop for children: Make your own Runestone
Unleash your imagination and create your own runestone.
In connection with the exhibition The Lost Runestones, children and their adults are invited to drop by The Round Tower and create their own miniature runestones out of clay. Get inspired by the exhibition’s unique interpretations of the runestones lost in the Copenhagen fire – or come up with your very own version of a runestone.
You can learn to spell your name in runes – or even invent a brand new symbol. We’ll be working with self-hardening clay, so once your runestone is finished, it’s ready to take home with you.
The Round Tower provides all the materials, so just stop by during your visit. The workshop is free and runs as a drop-in event between 12 PM and 4 PM.
On this Sunday, you can also enjoy sun gazing from the top of the tower. Our observatory staff will make it possible to safely view the sun with a telescope fitted with a special lens.
Please note that the workshop and sun gazing will be held on several dates throughout the summer.
Drop in-workshop for children: Make your own Runestone
Unleash your imagination and create your own runestone.
In connection with the exhibition The Lost Runestones, children and their adults are invited to drop by The Round Tower and create their own miniature runestones out of clay. Get inspired by the exhibition’s unique interpretations of the runestones lost in the Copenhagen fire – or come up with your very own version of a runestone.
You can learn to spell your name in runes – or even invent a brand new symbol. We’ll be working with self-hardening clay, so once your runestone is finished, it’s ready to take home with you.
The Round Tower provides all the materials, so just stop by during your visit. The workshop is free and runs as a drop-in event between 12 PM and 4 PM.
Please note that the workshop will be held on several dates throughout the summer.
Drop in-workshop for children: Make your own Runestone
Unleash your imagination and create your own runestone.
In connection with the exhibition The Lost Runestones, children and their adults are invited to drop by The Round Tower and create their own miniature runestones out of clay. Get inspired by the exhibition’s unique interpretations of the runestones lost in the Copenhagen fire – or come up with your very own version of a runestone.
We’ll help you learn how to spell your name in runes – or even invent a brand new symbol. We’ll be working with self-hardening clay, so once your runestone is finished, it’s ready to take home with you.
The Round Tower provides all the materials, so just stop by during your visit. The workshop is free and runs as a drop-in event between 12 PM and 4 PM.
The workshop will also be held on Saturday, July 19.
In the King’s Footsteps
Join the history hunt and search for letters and knowledge in the Round Tower.
Kids of all ages are invited to grab a map at the ticket office and embark on a hunt for bubbles hidden throughout King Christian IV’s old tower. One letter is emphasized on each one. Find all the letters and see if you can guess which word they make up.
In the process, you’ll learn more about the old king who built the Round Tower.
Family Culture Night at the Round Tower
Calling all children interested in the Universe, stars and planets! On March 14, we are hosting Family Culture Night at the Round Tower, where all children (and their families) are invited to join fun activities in the Spiral Ramp, a planet workshop and stargazing in the Observatory.
Exploring the Tower and Creative Planet Workshop
In the Round Tower’s iconic Spiral Ramp, you can travel with light through the solar system and explore the planets. Along the way, you can solve small tasks and talk to the Round Tower’s astronomy students, who will teach you more about the movement of the solar system, the speed of light, and constellations.
In the Library Hall, you can discover Jakob Arthur Andersen’s captivating astrophotos, while in the old reading room, you have the opportunity to unleash your creativity and create your very own lifelike planets – both on paper and on sticks! The Round Tower provides colors, tools, and drawing kits, but you decide what patterns and colors the celestial bodies should have.
Visit the Observatory at the Top
The Observatory, located in the historic domed building at the top of the tower, will be open for visitors. Here, you will find the 95-year-old telescope, which the Round Tower’s astronomers will use to zoom in on celestial bodies many light-years away in the Milky Way. If we are lucky, both Jupiter and Mars will be visible in the sky that evening. Don’t forget to dress warmly!
Please note: There is limited space in the Observatory, so a queue may form. The Round Tower cannot guarantee that we will be able to see celestial objects through the telescope if, for example, the sky is cloudy. However, if the weather does not cooperate, the Observatory will still be open, and our astronomers will share fascinating insights about the Observatory and the large refracting telescope, which has a magnification range of 80-450 times.
This evening you can only access with a Culture Night Pass. A Culture Night Pass for Family Culture Night 2025 can only be purchased digitally via kulturnatten.dk. It costs DKK 125 and gives you access to all the events at Family Culture Night and allows you – free of charge – to take two children under 12 years old with you. In addition, the Culture Night Pass ensures for the Pass holder and for two children under 12 free transportation by bus, train and Metro in Greater Copenhagen zones 1-99.
Planet Workshop for Kids
Color the planets and create your own Solar System when the Round Tower invites you to join a creative drop-in workshops for children and their adults.
Create unique and imaginative celestial bodies! Armed with scissors, glue, cotton balls and crayons, only imagination sets the limits.
The Round Tower provides tools and drawing kits, but you decide the patterns and colors of your celestial creations.
The workshop is open to all who have paid regular admission, though spaces are limited.
The event is part of the program for Round Tower’s astro festival “KOSMOS”.
Drop-In Workshop: Create Your Own Scenography
With inspiration from the current exhibition “The Tryouts” and theater painter Carl Lund, who had his painting workshop in the Library Hall in the early 1900s, we will create our own miniature stage designs in this workshop!
Test your skills as a theater painter as we use various forms of cardboard, paper, paint, and cutouts to craft our own alternative worlds, where new interpretations of reality can unfold. What story would you like to tell, and which characters or figures will be part of it?
The workshop is led by Simone Syska Andersen, a creative consultant, art communicator, and educator with several years of experience in the museum world.
Participation is free with the regular admission to the tower, but seats are limited. If the workshop is full, we recommend taking a stroll through the exhibition, which is also included in your ticket, to gather inspiration, and coming back afterwards.
Planet Workshop for Kids
Color the planets and create your own Solar System when the Round Tower invites you to join a creative drop-in workshops for children and their adults.
Create unique and imaginative celestial bodies! Armed with scissors, glue, cotton balls and crayons, only imagination sets the limits.
The Round Tower provides tools and drawing kits, but you decide the patterns and colors of your celestial creations.
The workshop is open to all who have paid regular admission, though spaces are limited.
The event is part of the program for Round Tower’s astro festival “KOSMOS”.