Classic Canal Tour: Explore History & Sights

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Explore Copenhagen’s history from Stone Age to today on a Grand Canal Tour. Discover major sights, trendy Nordhavn, and urban Sydhavnen. Book now!

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Christianshavn - The journey will take you through the charming district of Christianshavn.
The Little Mermaid - The route includes a view of The Little Mermaid statue, though it will be seen from behind.
Gl. Sydhavn - The tour will visit the newly developed area of Sydhavnen, celebrated for its edgy and urban aesthetic.

What's Included

Live guide in English and Danish
On-board restrooms

What's Not Included

Drinks
Food

Additional Information

This Classic Canal Tour & The Harbour offers an insightful journey through history, from the Stone Age to the present day.
Participants will experience many of the city’s major attractions, as well as explore the trendy Nordhavn area and venture south to the more rugged and urban Sydhavnen.
All boats are covered, and during winter, they are heated for…

Location

Ved Stranden 26

Ved Stranden

Ask in the ticket office from what pier the boat sail.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Alyssa_g

Apr 5, 2026

Canal Tour on April 4 - Excellent and thorough tour! Our tour guide was outstanding! Copenhagen is such a beautiful city and we learned so much more about the history, which was fascinating. Would definitely recommend!

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Lempert63

Mar 22, 2026

Wonderful - Great tour, much seen and great impressions collected. Can only recommend

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U4913zsadamd

Mar 19, 2026

Great fun experience - The tour was brilliant with a very knowledgeable and funny our guide. Gave us the opportunity to see parts of the city that we would never have had time to do, and was a funny, interesting history lesson at the same time. Would recommend to anyone

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83finng

Jan 21, 2026

Great Boat Trip - Fantastic trip. Both informative and interesting. Would 100% recommend if you have the time during your Copenhagen trip!

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Stringysticks

Jan 18, 2026

Highly recommended - This was a fantastic trip! We originally booked our boat trip for the Saturday but due to cancellation, we rebooked for the Sunday (which worked in our favour because the weather was so much better. The trip itself lasted over 90 minutes and in that time, we were guided around Copenhagen’s network of waterways, taking in sight after sight. All the way round, our guide Morten was informative, insightful, entertaining and funny. Big thanks to him and the captain for showing us Copenhagen from the water, and for making this a five star excursion.

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Herlin_s

Dec 28, 2025

Perfect Introduction - A quick yet effective tour jam packed with information for first timer. We went as family with my 15&20yo. They thoroughly enjoyed the scenery and photo opportunities. I also recommend this for young children, easier than having to walk around to explore. Cost wise very economical as well for a family.

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Grace

Oct 27, 2025

Easy fun cruising - Canal tour and harbor was great. We were able to see many sights and were given historical information and fun facts. The boat was covered so we were able to stay dry since it had been raining. It’s unfortunate there was a family onboard that was very loud and spoke over the tour guide and didn’t respect the other passengers as we tried to listen to the tour guide. It was disruptive. It’s too bad the two parents are teaching their children to be rude by their example.

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Ellowent

Oct 21, 2025

Canal Tour - The canal tour was an hour long and the staff and crew were very good and friendly. It was informative and would recommend this tour.

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C627

Oct 14, 2025

Great tour, great guide. - We spent a few days in CPH and not sure why we left this for our last day, but the tour was really informative and the guide - Peter - pointed out all the sites from the water with a great deal of proficiency and, importantly, humor. Made it memorable. We took the slightly longer tour and it was a great value for the money.

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Margaret_g

Mar 8, 2026

Cancelled Trip - I booked this trip that did not exist!!!!!!! Arrived at the booking office only to be told this trip had been changed and to come back the next day which was very disappointing It would have been nice to have been informed before arriving at the riverside!!!!!! Will not be booking at Viator anymore trips in the future

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