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Copenhagen: 2-Hour Private Segway Tour & Little Mermaid

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Duration2h 15m

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LanguagesEN · DA +1

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Two hours on a Segway covers what takes a day on foot in Copenhagen

You spend two hours on a Segway covering Little Mermaid, Nyhavn, Christiansborg, Amalienborg, and hidden neighborhoods in between. Training happens first on a quiet ground, then you cruise through car-free zones and past royal palaces with radio commentary from your private guide. A café break halfway through lets you stretch, and you finish with an organic drink and souvenir.

2h 15m

Step-by-step itinerary

Private 2-hour Segway tour in Copenhagen

Arrive 15 minutes early for training
Sign waiver and get helmet and radio
Practice Segway riding on training ground
Start tour along car-free waterfront zone
See and photograph The Little Mermaid
Visit Ofelia Place by the Royal Playhouse
Photo stop at Copenhagen Opera House
Explore colorful Nyhavn and take photos
Take a short cafe break at Royal Danish Theatre
Tour inner city highlights including Black Diamond
Cruise past Christiansborg Palace with photo stops
Pass City Hall, Tivoli Gardens, and Latin Quarter
View Tivoli Gardens from outside
Explore secret spots in the Latin Quarter
Cruise parallel to Stroeget pedestrian street
See Nikolaj Kunsthal art exhibition hall
Pass Magasin shopping mall and Kongens Nytorv
Photo stop at Amalienborg Palace and Royal Guards
Pass Frederik's Church (Marble Church)
Visit Gefion Fountain, St Albans Church, Churchill Park
See the English Church near Churchill Park
Cruise through Kastellet (The Citadel)
End tour with complimentary organic drink and souvenir

The Experience

Most people walk Copenhagen's main sights in pieces—a morning at Nyhavn, an afternoon at Amalienborg, maybe Christiansborg if they have time. On a private Segway tour, you see them all in sequence, moving fast enough to string the whole city together without stopping every five minutes. You arrive 15 minutes early for training on a quiet practice ground, learn the machine (most people get it in minutes), then roll straight into a car-free zone along the water where The Little Mermaid and the Opera House sit in the same view. The radio headset means your guide talks while you cruise, so you're not standing still listening—you're moving through the story instead of hearing it from a bench.

The route loops through neighborhoods most visitors skip. After Nyhavn's postcard colors, you cut inland through the Latin Quarter and past Christiansborg Palace—where you cruise right up to the entrance where Denmark's Prime Minister walks in. There's a café stop at the Royal Danish Theatre on Kongens Nytorv (run by one of Noma's co-founders, so the pastries are real), then you head toward Amalienborg, the Queen's residence, where the guide dares you to make the Royal Guards smile. You'll also roll through Kastellet, the still-active military citadel in the middle of the city—a spot most tourists never reach because it's not on the walking-tour script. The whole thing feels less like sightseeing and more like someone showing you how Copenhagen actually works, block by block.

At the end, you get a complimentary organic drink (coffee, tea, beer, or soda) and a Segway souvenir. The tour runs in English, and since it's private—just you and your guide—the pace and photo stops bend to what you want. If you want more time at a palace or a particular corner, you say so. The operator is Denmark's only officially authorized Segway tour company, which means the machines are the newest models and the routes are locked in by someone who actually knows the city.

What’s included

Use of a Segway and helmet.
15 minutes of training on a practice ground.
private guide with radio headset commentary.
café break at the Royal Danish Theatre.
complimentary organic beverage (coffee, tea, beer, or soda).
Segway souvenir.
coverage of Little Mermaid, Nyhavn, Christiansborg Palace, Amalienborg Palace, the Marble Church, Tivoli Gardens, the Latin Quarter, and hidden neighborhoods.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Segway Cruise Copenhagen

Is this one for you?Right for travelers who want to cover Copenhagen's main sights in one flowing route without arranging transport between stops or standing in long queues—the Segway does the distance work, and the private guide means you set the pace and photo stops.