Denmark Family Holidays & Breaks

Take the Family is a travel agency specialising in active, adventure and luxury holidays. Your personal travel advisor will create the perfect Denmark holiday for your family, with expert advice and dedicated support throughout.

Denmark for family holidays

Gorgeous scenery where Vikings once roamed, including tree-lined fjords where Hans Christian Andersen found inspiration for his famous tales, plus great family beaches and cycling terrain make Denmark a great destination for families. And then of course there’s all that LEGO!

Book a Denmark family holiday with Take the Family and discover a country that lacks the remoteness of the rest of Scandinavia, has charming people most of whom speak great English, and excellent public transport.

As a specialist family travel agency, we can tailor-make the perfect holiday in Denmark for your family. Contact one of our travel advisors now and let's discuss your dream trip.

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Things to do with kids in Denmark

Copenhagen with Kids

• Sprned time exploring Denmark’s wonderful capital, where walkers and cyclists outnumber cars on streets lined by pavement cafés, mime artists, small art galleries and hippy hang-outs. There are also some first-rate museums and shopping.

• Don't miss the world-famous Tivoli Gardens amusement park, Amalienborg Palace and the statue of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid.

Jutland Peninsula with Kids

• Head to Billund, home to the world's first Legoland, with two hotels and a holiday village.

• Discover Ribe, Denmark's oldest city, dating back more than 1,300 years. As well as the well-preserved medieval centre with its half-timbered houses, cobbled streets and cathedral, it's home to the fascinating Ribe Viking Museum and Ribe Viking Centre.

• Get to know Arhus with its Viking origins, one of the liveliest and prettiest towns in Denmark and a good base – central, with very good transport links. Self-effacing, laidback and artistic, it has some excellent modern hotels and architecture.

Funen with Kids

• Explore this, the third-largest of Denmark's islands, located in the middle of the country. It's known as the garden of Denmark for its fields of fruit trees and vegetables, and also as a place of writers and artists (Hans Christian Andersen was from here).

• Enjoy Funen’s soft light, lovely beaches and bucolic nature – by bike is the best means.

Eating in Denmark

Food in Denmark has undergone a revival in recent years. You’ll still find pickled or smoked herring and other fish and meats, and the black bread, but you can also enjoy smørrebrød (open sandwiches), pølser (sausages sold from stalls on the street), iconnic Danish pastries, Limfjord oysters, Læsø langoustine and eel.

Copenhagen has experienced a gastronomic revolution over the last two decades and is now regarded as Scandinavia's culinary capital. Noma, which was named the world's best restaurant by Restaurant magazine several years in a row, finally returns to its permanent home in Copenhagen in 2026. There is also a huge array of reasonably priced bistros, ethnic restaurants and cafés in the city, many offering fixed-priced menus. Buffet restaurants can be a good way to sample lots of local specialities as a family.

When to go to Denmark

The best time to go to Copenhagen is summer for the beaches and cycling, but it’s also great for Christmas family holidays thanks to the hugely atmospheric Tivoli Gardens, which turns into a glorious winter wonderland.

How to get to Denmark

There are direct flights from the UK to Denmark from London and regional UK airports, to Copenhagen, Billund, Aalborg and Aarhus, taking around two hours. We will include the best flights for you in the bespoke Denmark holiday we put together for your family, as well as car hire if desired.

There are no longer any ferries between the UK and Denmark.

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