Climb the towers of Denmark

The Forest Tower is located south of Copenhagen close to the Gisselfeld Monastery and surrounded by the Camp Adventure Park. The 45 meter (147 ft) spiraling tower was designed by Danish EFFEKT Architects and opened in 2019. You can spend the night at the foot of the tower in one of Camp Adventure’s tents, yurts or glamping cabins.

Marsk Tower, another spiraling one, opened in South Jutland in 2021 with design by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). The 146 steps takes you 25 meter (82 ft.) above the wide marsh lands of south west Jutland. BIG’s design is inspired by a DNA double helix taking you up and down on separate steps.

The Round Tower is the classic tower in Denmark, dating back to 1642. The 41.5 meter (136 ft.) tower was built as a astronomical observatory  by the Danish King Christian IV. For more than 200 years it was crucial for astronomy research in Denmark, before the city’s light pollution made it obsolete.

The Aalborg Tower was built for a trade show in 1933 and was actually meant to be removed again, but when the removal proved to be expensive, a local hunting association bought the 55 meter (180 ft.) tower instead.

The 70 meter (230 ft) Bornholmer Tower started out as a listening post for at the Danish intelligence office in the 1960s, but has been open to the public since 2015 featuring exhibitions, videos and machines from WWII and the Cold War on Bornholm.

The ZOO Tower in Copenhagen ZOO was built in 1905 with inspiration from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. With a location on top of the Valby Hill, the 43.5 meter (143 ft) tower gives you a view all the way to Roskilde and the Oresund Bridge to Sweden on a clear day.

Over 200 beautiful lighthouses can be seen all throughout Denmark, but the tallest in Northern Europe can be seen on Bornholm’s Dueodde Beach. The 48 meter (157 ft.) tower was built in 1962.

Lighthouse in Aarhus is, despite the name, not a lighthouse. It is actually, one of the newest towers and the tallest residential building in Denmark with 45 floors, designed by 3XN. With its 142 meter (466 ft.) and location on the tip of Aarhus’s new, waterfront neighborhood, Aarhus Ø, it has amazing views over the city and water, and is quickly becoming a landmark for the city.

A Place To in Esbjerg is the collective name of three Bjarke Ingels designed towers in Esbjerg near the Danish west coast. The top eight floors of the tallest one, 66 meters (216 ft.), contains a hotel with 117 rooms and suites filled with elegant HAY furniture as well as a top-floor restaurant, Heavenly Dining. 

Copenhagen’s Axel Towers is a collection of five cobber-clad round towers, the tallest one being 61 meters (200 ft.). The mixed-use building is designed by Lundgaard & Tranberg. The best way to experience it is by heading up the 10th floor for Restaurant TRIO, which has views over the neighboring Tivoli Gardens.