Nivå
Nivå is a town with a population of 8,816 in the municipality of Fredensborg on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark.

Nivå is a town with a population of 8,816 in the municipality of Fredensborg on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. Nivå is a residential town on the coast of the Øresund. It has a stop on the Copenhagen – Helsingør Kystbanen rail line.
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Worth seeing in and around Nivå
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, also known as the Louisiana, is an art museum located north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Attracting over 700,000 guests annually, the Louisiana is Scandinavia's most visited museum for modern and contemporary art, hosting 6 to 10 exhibitions each year alongside a permanent display of Yayoi Kusama's Gleaming Lights of the Souls.
4.6 km · art museum in Denmark · Wikipedia - 02Kokkedal hotel
Kokkedal Slot is a former country house located in Hørsholm north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is now operated as a 62-room, high-end hotel under the name Kokkedal Slot Copenhagen to distinguish it from Kokkedal Slot in North Jutland.
3.6 km · vacation house in northeast Zealand, Denmark · Wikipedia - 03Nivaagaard
Nivaagaard is a historic property in Nivå in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is now home to an art gallery and the park is open to the public.
700 m · Danish building now housing Nivaagaard museum · Wikipedia - 04Sophienberg
Sophienberg is a former royal summer retreat located on the Coast Road in Rungsted, Hørsholm Municipality, some 20 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is now operated as a venue for meetings and smaller conferences.
4.1 km · building in Rungsted, Denmark · Wikipedia - 05Humlebæk Church
Humlebæk Church is a parish church in Humlebæk, Fredensborg Municipality, som 20 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
4.8 km · church building in Fredensborg Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia - 06Krogerup Højskole
Krogerup Højskole is a folk high school located outside Humlebæk in Fredensborg-Humlebæk Municipality north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1953, it is based in a former manor house built from 1772 to 1777.
4.8 km · manor house in Fredensborg Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia - 07Strandbjerg
Strandbjerg, also known as Villa Standbjerg, is a mansion in Rungsted, Hørsholm Municipality, situated on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark.
5 km · mansion in Rungsted · Wikipedia - 08Mikkelgård
Mikkelgård is a former country house situated in Mikkelborg Beach Park, Hørsholm Municipality, some 25 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the former summer retreat of the composer Hakon Schmedes who named his house after the locality.
2.7 km · building in Hørsholm Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Gammel Strandvej 13, Humlebæk (a train from Copenhagen to Humlebæk takes about 30 min; the museum is within 15 min walking distance from the train station in Humlebæk),.
- 02Nivaagaards Malerisamling
Museum with paintings of Rembrandt, Eckersberg, Købke.
- 03Krogerupskovene
Forest preserve interspersed with farms, an organic food shop, and Krogerup Folk High School.
- 04Old Hørsholm
This cluster of pretty yellow buildings by the local church is what remains of the old Hørsholm city.
- 05Hørsholm Church
- 06Hørsholm Egns Museum
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Things to do
- 01Kokkedal Golfklub
- 02Rungsted Golfklub
Vestre Stationsvej 16, fax: +45 45865770, info@rungstedgolfklub.dk.
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Where to eat
The area has numerous restaurants, especially pricey ones. Most are situated around the harbour areas along the coast. Most exciting is Rungsted Havn with quite a few restaurants and a very lively harbour life, especially on warmer days. There are also a few places around Vedbæk Havn. Cheaper places are found further away from the coast, try Hørsholm for a selection.
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Getting to Nivå
- Airports
- Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH), 36 km · Malmö Sturup (MMX), 70 km · Aarhus (AAR), 124 km
- Stations
- Rungsted Kyst Station, 5.9 km · Humlebæk station, 3.8 km · Kokkedal station, 3.3 km
- Aarhus → Nivå145 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · kr225–300
- Odense → Nivå146 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · kr130–175
- Aalborg → Nivå201 km · quickest by road, 5h 55m · kr305–405
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Nivå
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Nivå. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere is a small ferry that goes between the castle and the main square, DKK 25.
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Next door to Nivå
Nivå is 29 km from Copenhagen, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hørsholm Municipalitymunicipality of Denmark5.6 km
- Humlebæktown at the Øresund coast in Denmark3.4 km
- Kokkedalsettlement and municipal seat north of Copenhagen, Denmark3 km
- Rungsteddistrict of Copenhagen5.8 km
- Mikkelborgtown in eastern Denmark2.7 km
- Vallerødneighbourhood in Hørsholm, Denmark4.2 km