Copenhagen City Archives is the city's official archive and has been housed at the town hall since the Middle Ages. The collections span 40,000 shelf metres and 250,000 maps and drawings, with the oldest surviving document dating to 1275. The reading room at Copenhagen City Hall is free and open to all, and the archive regularly hosts lectures, city walks and workshops on the history of the city.
Københavns Rådhus, 1599 København V
Tue-Wed 09:00-15:00, Thu 10:00-17:00, Mon and Fri closed
Learn to read 19th-century Gothic handwriting and help digitize burial records from Copenhagen City Archives. A hands-on introduction to archive transcription with no prior experience needed.
A guided tour exploring Copenhagen's darker history through stories of sadistic teachers, serial killers, and other sinister figures from archival documents.
Archivist Anders Møller leads a tour through Copenhagen's City Archive basement, revealing stories from the city's history through rare books and historical documents.
A guided tour through Copenhagen's City Archive exploring how the city has faced wars, fires, epidemics and other crises across three centuries of history.
A guided tour through Copenhagen's State Archives exploring the city's hidden histories, uncomfortable documents, and forgotten stories spanning from the Middle Ages to today.
A guided tour of Copenhagen City Archives exploring Christmas stories from the city's history, ranging from heartwarming to haunting accounts.
A guided tour through Copenhagen City Archive's basement exploring the lives of marginalised people and their fates over two centuries, led by archivist Anders Møller.