Zoos & aquariums in Denmark

Knuthenborg Safaripark

Knuthenborg Safaripark is a safari park on the island of Lolland in the southeast of Denmark. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) to the north of Maribo, near Bandholm. It is one of Lolland's major tourist attractions with over 300,000 visitors annually, and is the largest safari park in northern Europe. Among others, it houses a drive-through safari park, a monkey forest, large enclosures for Siberian tigers and African bush elephants, the Dinosaur Forest with full-scale models, the Museum of Evolution with fossils of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, an arboretum, and the largest nature p…

1860 opened

380 ha

Zoologisk Have København

Copenhagen Zoo is a zoological garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1859, it is one of the oldest zoos in Europe and is a member of EAZA. It comprises 11 hectares and is located in the municipality of Frederiksberg, sandwiched between the parks of Frederiksberg Gardens and Søndermarken. With over 1.3 million annual visitors, it is the most visited zoo and one of the most visited attractions in Denmark. Since 2019, the zoo has been home to two giant pandas on loan from China under a panda loan agreement, making it one of a small number of zoos in Europe to house the species. The panda h…

1859 opened

Bornholms Sommerfuglepark

Bornholm Butterfly Park is located on the western outskirts of Nexø on the Danish island of Bornholm. Over a thousand brightly coloured butterflies from around the world can be seen in a large former hothouse while wild Danish species abound in the flowery garden.

1997 opened

Crocodile Zoo

The Crocodile Zoo is a zoo on the Danish island of Falster. It is located northeast of Eskilstrup, towards the northern centre of the island. Established in 2000, the zoo has the world's largest collection of crocodilians with almost all existing species. Their male Nile crocodile Sobek, at more than 5 m (16.4 ft) long and 600 kg (1,320 lb) in weight, is the largest crocodilian in Europe, and Medusa, a 6.3 m (20.7 ft) reticulated python, is among the largest snakes in Europe. Although primarily focussed on crocodilians, the zoo is also home to cougar (puma), clouded leopard, tayra, callitri…

National Aquarium Denmark

National Aquarium Denmark, Den Blå Planet is a public aquarium in Denmark. The original aquarium was located in Charlottenlund, but this facility closed in 2012 and most of the animal collection was relocated to the new and much larger aquarium Den Blå Planet in Kastrup, a suburb of Copenhagen. The National Aquarium Denmark, Den Blå Planet opened to the public in March 2013 and is the largest aquarium in Northern Europe.

1999 opened

604k visitors/yr

Nordsøen Oceanarium

Nordsøen Oceanarium is a public aquarium and museum that opened in 1998 on the shores of the North Sea in Hirtshals, north Jutland, Denmark. Their main tank, which holds 4,500,000 litres (1,200,000 US gal), is the largest in Northern Europe, but the Oceanarium also has several smaller habitat aquariums and an exhibit with seals. Species displayed are native to the oceans around Denmark.

1984 opened

Pangea Park Falster

Guldborgsund Zoo is a zoo with some 80 species of animals. Located in Nykøbing on the Danish island of Falster, its gardens display thousands of flowers in the summer months.

Skandinavisk Dyrepark

Skandinavisk Dyrepark is a Danish zoo in Djursland, located in Syddjurs Municipality in Denmark.

1 species

1994 opened

45 ha

Aalborg Zoo

Aalborg Zoo is a zoo located near the center of Aalborg in Denmark. Every year, Aalborg Zoo is visited by around 375,000 guests. The zoo covers 8 hectares, and keeps more than 1,500 animals belonging to 126 species.

1935 opened

Givskud Zoo - Zootopia

Givskud Zoo is a zoo and safari park in Givskud, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north west of Vejle in Denmark. The park opened in 1969 under the name of "Løveparken" with lions as the only animals. In 1970 Asian elephants arrived and today the park has more than 700 animals representing more than 70 species. The zoo is one of only ten attractions to be awarded 5 stars by the Danish tourist guide Jyllands Attraktioner and receives about 325,000 visitors a year. It covers a total of 120 hectares, including 65 hectares currently in use for the zoo and safaripark. It was announced in 2014 that the rema…

1969 opened

Randers Regnskov

Randers Tropical Zoo is an indoor zoo in Randers, Denmark. It is located in three big domes, with the biomes of Africa, Asia, and South America. The domes contain animals from the biomes, and most of the animals live freely in the domes. The climate inside the domes is controlled by computers because the length of daylight hours varies much more in Denmark than in tropical latitudes.

1996 opened

Ree Park Ebeltoft Safari

Ree Park Safari is a safari park in Ebeltoft, Djursland on the Jutland peninsula, Denmark. The safari park is the home of more than 800 animals of 80 species from 5 continents. This popular tourist attraction offers its guests a comprehensive insight into the life and behaviour of animals from Europe, Africa, North America, South America and Asia.

70 ha

Marselisborg Dyrehave

Marselisborg Deer Park is a 22 hectares enclosed woodland area in the northern parts of the Marselisborg Forests. The trees are somewhat sparse here and the terrain especially hilly, compared to the surrounding forest.

22 ha

Nordsø Akvariet

1980 opened

Odense Zoo

1930 opened

9.1 ha

Øresund Aquarium

Aqua

Blåvand Zoo

1992 opened

Jyllandsakvariet

Kattegatcentret

Kattegatcentret is a public aquarium in Grenå, Denmark. Its name refers to the Kattegat sea.

1993 opened

Skærup Zoo

Terrariet Vissenbjerg

Zoopark

Eagleworld

1980 opened

Hadsund Dyrehave

1983 opened

7 ha

Jyllands Park Zoo

Munkholm Zoo Djursland

1994 opened

Odsherred Zoo Rescue

Ugleriget

Danmarks Fugle Zoo - Frydenlund Fuglepark

Dyrehavn Engholm

Falkecenter Samsø ApS

Glad Zoo

Klelund Dyrehave

Pangea Park Sjælland

Arden Dyrepark

Dyrehaven i Nørreskoven

Enghave Dyre og Naturpark

Hillerød Mini Zoo

Jyllandsakvariet Hvide Sande

Løvbakke Dyrehave

Nordisk Dyrepark

PapegøjeLand

Randers Dyrehave

Akvariet

Atlantis

Vandlaboratoriet

Skælskør Minizoo

Sommerfugleland

Tidsrejsen

Tivolis Akvarium

Vindebyøre Playzoo