Top Copenhagen Water Tours

Get acquainted with Denmark’s capital from the water on a 1-hour Copenhagen boat tour. Glide along the city’s picturesque canals and soak up stellar views of top Copenhagen attractions. Pass landmarks such as the Amalienborg Palace, the Little Mermaid Statue, and the Copenhagen Opera House, and drift past colorful townhouses, cobbled lanes, and houseboats in the Christianshavn neighborhood. An easy way to see a lot in a short time.

Explore Copenhagen from the water on this private boat tour through the city’s harbor and canals. With a local captain and guide at the helm, you’ll see iconic landmarks like Christiansborg Palace & the Opera House — as well as off-the-beaten-path gems only locals know. This is a flexible and personalized experience. You can follow your captain’s suggested route or request custom stops — including a refreshing swim in the harbor if the weather allows. Learn about Danish history, royal landmarks, naval stories, and how modern Copenhagen has grown from its shipbuilding roots into one of the world’s most livable cities. Along the way, your guide will happily take photos of you with the city’s most beautiful waterfront backdrops. - Private boat tour offering a personalized experience in Copenhagen - Discover iconic landmarks and hidden gems with a local guide - Flexible itinerary with options for custom stops and swimming - Learn about Danish history and modern Copenhagen’s evolution

This is Copenhagen from its most elegant angle — a private canal experience aboard Freyja, a beautiful luxury designed boat reserved exclusively for you and your guests. No crowds. No fixed narration. Just calm waters, personal storytelling, and a relaxed, curated journey through the city’s most iconic and hidden corners. Led by a knowledgeable and friendly local captain, the tour is shaped entirely around your interests — whether that means royal palaces, modern architecture, a swim stop, or simply drifting in silence with a drink in hand. There’s no rush, no noise, and no microphone — just genuine hospitality, peaceful waters, and room to breathe. Thoughtful touches like warm blankets, optional route changes, and an intimate atmosphere make this feel more like sailing with a friend than booking a tour. It’s a premium, personal escape through the soul of Copenhagen — and a memory that lingers long after the boat docks.

Get a local's perspective on Copenhagen as you cruise through the city's canals and waterways on this guided tour. Limited to a small group of people, the tour is tailored to the group's interests, meaning you get a personalized experience. Get a deeper insight than most visitors to Copenhagen, and discover many of its top landmarks in one tour as well as developing areas and new urban hotspots.

Experience Copenhagen from the water on this guided canal cruise that sails through the historic harbor and canals, passing landmarks such as the Little Mermaid statue, Amalienborg Palace, and the waterfront districts of Christianshavn and Nyhavn. Relax on board while your guide shares city history and architecture, offering a fresh perspective and easy sightseeing without traffic or crowds.

Experience the best of the city with a local host on this combined walking and canal tour by Go Like a Local. Discover top sights, hidden gems & enjoy a 25-minute harbor ferry ride, ending with the Changing of the Guards at the royal palace. We begin with a 1-hour walk before boarding the electric harbor ferry, a local way to enjoy a canal tour in Copenhagen. Your host shares stories, and insider tips as we glide through the city’s waterways. After the ferry, we continue another hour on foot, passing the star-shaped 1600s fortress and the Little Mermaid. A short café stop offers time to rest and chat before reaching Amalienborg Palace. The 9:00 & 09:30 AM tours finish with the full Changing of the Guards at noon. Later departures include a smaller version of the ceremony. If the ferry is full or out of service (rare, mostly weekends), we follow the scenic canal route on foot instead, covering the full itinerary with 2 extra km.

Explore the historical highlights and cultural delights of Copenhagen by both bus and boat on a hop-on hop-off tour of the Danish capital. Mix and match multiple interconnected sightseeing routes to see all of the city’s spectacular sights; whenever an attraction captures your attention, hop off to find out more and then rejoin the route at a time and stop convenient to you. Tickets are valid for 48 hours from first use and can be used on both the double-decker bus and the open-air boat.

City Tour (1 hr) This trip will take you from Islands Brygge, Copenhagen's liveable island - The Black Diamond, Slotsholmskanalen, where you will see the Parliament Building, and the Stock Exchange - Holmens Kanal - Knippels Bro on the open sea, Nyhavn, The Play House, Ofelia Beach and the Danish Opera House - Christianian, its nude beach and kayak club - The Paper Island that houses brand-new Danish architecture - beautiful Christianshavn passing by the iconic Our Savour's Church. (Little Mermaid not included) City Tour + Reffen + Little Mermaid (3 hrs) Same as City Tour + urban, innovative street food market Reffen, where we stop for 1 hour (or longer). After head to The Little Mermaid. City Tour + Reffen + Little Mermaid + Trekoner Fort (4 hours) After the Little Mermaid, we explore Trekroner Fort - an articifical island with 24 canons built to protect Denmark at any costs. Winter Hygge Tour (from 1/10) Does not include Reffen and will not sail in the small canals.

Hey Captain is a charming canal tour with a local vibe. Our ambition is to deliver a personal, social and informative tour in a unique way that will make our guests remember as the highlight of their trip. This 2-hour Hidden Gems tour will take you to the captain's favorite spots, which are off the beaten track from the standard path in the inner city. We will explore upcoming residential areas of the North harbor where the Venice-inspired residential homes and buildings are emerging in areas formerly used for industrial purposes. You will gain a sense of the city and how the Danish lifestyle and design influences the development of the harbor, more than an overload of historical facts.

See a side of Copenhagen missed by many visitors on this alternative Segway tour. Venture away from the most-visited sites to explore from a local's viewpoint. Cross the most-used bicycle bridge, visit a food market, see celebrity-owned houseboats, and explore an old naval base for insight into how the city's old and new elements coexist.

Make history fun on a family-friendly tour of Copenhagen’s Old Town. Discover historic landmarks, the best attractions and activities for children with a private guide. Learn through play at the National Museum and go on a canal boat cruise. Choose one of our excellent tour options tailored to your needs and interests: 2-hour: Old Town Family Tour Book a 2-hour family-friendly tour of Copenhagen’s Old Town and see the iconic Round Tower, the King’s Garden, Cathedral, Andersen’s Statue, and more. 3-hour: Old Town and National Museum Family Tour Book a 3-hour family-friendly tour of Copenhagen’s Old Town, visit the Children’s Museum in the National Museum, and see the Round Tower, the King’s Garden, Andersen’s Statue, and more. 4-hour: Old Town and National Museum Family Tour & Cruise Book tickets for a 1-hour audio guided cruise and a 3-hour family-friendly tour of Copenhagen’s Old Town, including a visit to the Children’s Museum in the National Museum.

NEW 2026. The ultimate Copenhagen guided Walking & Boating Tour through all the must see high-lights of wonderful Copenhagen. This is a combination of a 1,5 hour walking Tour with our educated local guides, and an amazing 1 hour guided Boat Tour in the Canals of Copenhagen. You will see all the important sights such as: The Operah House, The Little Mermaid,, The Parliament, The Stock Exchange from 1624, Absalon Statue, Old Beach Area, Christiansborg Palace, The Royal Castle Amalienborg, Colorful Houses of Nyhaven, Waterfront, copples tone streets, St. Nikolaj Church from 1500, Battery Sixtus Bastion, Habour front, Island of Christianshavn, Royal Library ( Black Diamond ) and much more.

Experience the "hygge" on a private walking tour of Copenhagen’s beautiful Old Town and Nyhavn, culminating on a relaxing 1-hour cruise through the picturesque canals. Optional: enjoy an extended walking tour and visit Frederik’s Church (Marble Church). Choose one of our excellent tour options tailored to your needs and interests: 3-hour: Old Town Tour & Boat Cruise Book tickets for a 1-hour audio guided cruise and a 2-hour tour of the Old Town and Nyhavn, with highlights such as the Round Tower, Copenhagen Cathedral and City Hall (outside only). 4-hour: Old Town, Frederik's Church Tour & Boat Cruise Book tickets for a 1-hour audio guided cruise and an extended 3-hour tour of the Old Town and Nyhavn with free entry to Frederik's Church and the King's New Garden. The canals of Copenhagen offer glittering water, fresh air and picturesque sights that aren’t easily accessible on foot, so on this exclusive walking tour we provide tickets for a 1-hour sightseeing cruise!

This is a private HYGGE-tour of Copenhagen seen from the waterside in the most beautiful boat in the whole harbour. We make conversation rather than just guiding. If you rather concentrate about each other on a romantic tour - that's possible. Wanna take a swim - we can do that too. The goal is for you to have great HYGGE-time and the proposed itinerary is just a suggestion. Food, snacks and beverages besides water, champagne and white or rose wine is not allowed. The tour is not recommended for children under the age of 15 or people with ANY walking disabilities. Beware that in case of strong wind and/or rain we unfortunately have to cancel with a full refund of course.

Take a break from city sightseeing and discover Denmark’s rural landscape on this boat tour of Lake Bagsværd. Unwind onboard the traditional wooden vessel with views of Sophienholm, Aldershvile Slotspavillon, and beyond, with the added option to hop-off along the way for a more intimate glimpse of the lake’s scenic surrounds.

Get a local's introduction to Copenhagen on this private walking tour that combines sightseeing, a ferry ride, and the Changing of the Guards ceremony at Amalienborg Palace. Your host guides you past landmarks such as Tivoli Gardens, Nyhavn, and the Little Mermaid statue, sharing stories and insider tips along the way. A cozy café stop offers time to rest before the royal finale.

Set off from Copenhagen Harbor on a kayaking adventure with a guide to lead the way so you don’t get lost. Don’t worry about bringing equipment with you, as a kayak, paddle, and swimming vest are included. During the tour, enjoy stops to learn about local sights, with views of Copenhagen Stock Exchange, and the vibrant neighborhood of Christianshavn.

Enjoy a guided tour in kayaks along Christianhavn's canals and Copenhagen Harbor. Admire all the architectural pearls and historical buildings from the waterside. We paddle through the canals of Copenhagen at a leisurely pace, where there is time and space to have fun and talk. We will make small stops on our tour where we stay in the kayaks. Here will your guide tell you some history and knowledge about some of the great buildings we are passing by such as Christiansborg Palace, The Danish National Museum, Gammel Strand - the oldest harbor in Copenhagen and The Black Diamant. We start and end the tour at Kalvebod Bølge where you will meet your guide for instructions, changing clothes and getting into the kayaks. People under the age of 15 sail together with an adult in a double kayak. The actual tour on the water takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes. This tour will only operates from May 1-31 and September 1-30.

If you enjoy Christmas Market, well this will be unique. The setting is the "Den Gamle By" ~ The Old Town, so don't miss out on this unique tour. Awarded 3-star by the Michelin Journey. This tour surely has everything but a tour in a balloon. A bus ride, a ferry tour with brunch and evening Christmas buffet, and an entire museum "town" created with houses and buildings stretching 400 years of Danish history. AND then is Christmas in these settings. Below here are some of the descriptions of the Old Town, in their own words: "Embark on a fascinating time journey through 400 years of Danish history. Sense taste, and enjoy Christmas through time with shining lanterns, Christmas-decorated streets, and floating apple slice pancake puffs. Have a chat with the town citizens and servants, Visit historical shops and homes, and see the Christmas decorations. Buy old-fashioned Christmas decorations and Christmas gifts, and show your children the pixie attic, or visit Cone Town."

Step aboard Gitzmo, the premier choice for a luxurious and unforgettable summer adventure in Copenhagen! Glide through the city's iconic waterways and take in stunning sights such as the majestic Amalienborg Palace, the vibrant Nyhavn Harbor, The Royal Danish Opera House, and the famous Little Mermaid statue. Whether you're a tourist seeking an authentic Danish experience or a local looking for a unique way to explore your city, Gitzmo promises an exceptional journey. Cruise in style and make lasting memories with Gitzmo, where comfort meets elegance on the water. Book your unforgettable cruise today! the boat's mascot is Gitzmo 3 years old Yorkshire terrier loves people. Beware that in case of rainy and/or windy weather condition we unfortunately have to cancel the tour with a full refund of course.