• Boat tours in summer run by Svendsen's Boat Service along the canals, a good way to see how big the gardens are
• Copenhagen Zoo next door, so a morning on the lawns can turn into an afternoon with the animals
• Søndermarken beyond the palace, a second 32-hectare park with a log cabin, a grotto and open lawns, open every day of the year

Frederiksberg Gardens is a 32-hectare romantic landscape garden laid out around Frederiksberg Palace, which sits on the hill above it. Winding paths follow lakes and canals past small islands, a waterfall and a Chinese summerhouse built as a royal teahouse.

Kids can spot herons, swans and geese, picnic on the lawns, and in summer take a rowed boat tour on the canals. Copenhagen Zoo borders the gardens.