Carlsberg Visitors Center

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  • Address
    Gamle Carlsberg Vej 11, Vesterbro
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  • Phone
    33 27 12 82
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  • Transport
    bus: 18, 26

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Adjacent to the famed Carlsberg brewery, the newly rejuvenated Carlsberg Visitors Center has an exhibition on the history of Danish beer from 1370 BC (yes, they carbon-dated a bog girl who was found in a peat bog caressing a jug of well-aged brew). Dioramas give the lowdown on the brewing process and en route to your final destination you'll pass antique copper vats and the stables with a dozen Jutland dray horses. The self-guided tour ends at a little pub where you get two free beers.

The brewery was founded by Christian Jacobsen in 1801 but when Christian's son, Jacob, moved it to the borders of Valby and Frederiksberg in 1847 he renamed the brewery after his son Carl (Carlsberg means 'Carl's Hill'). Soon the company was producing over a million bottles a year, and donating millions of kroner to museums and foundations in Denmark.