Practical information
Here you can find the practical information you need in order to visit the Danish Parliament.
Security check
All visitors will be requested to go through a security check at the Visitors' Entrance, which is located beneath the main staircase in Rigsdagsgården. For security reasons, searches similar to those used in airports will be conducted upon entry. As a rule, security checks should only take a few minutes, but waiting time may occur during peak periods. Visitors are therefore requested to arrive 15 minutes before their appointed time.
When you arrive at the Visitors' Entrance, please ring the bell at the entrance door. When you have been admitted to the building, an employee will ask you to empty the contents of your pockets into a tray together with your bags, coat and jewellery. Your belongings will be scanned, and you must go through a body scanner.
After the scan, bags, coats and other items may be placed in a locked wardrobe.
Admission badges
All visitors to the Danish Parliament must wear a visible admission badge during the entire visit. Badges will be handed out by an employee at the Visitors' Entrance.
Regulations
Visitors must conduct themselves in an orderly manner during sittings in the Danish Parliament. Loud conversations, shouting, applause and similar noise are therefore forbidden.
Smoking is not permitted, and mobile phones must not be used.
Cloakroom
Bulky outer clothing, bags, parcels, etc., may not be taken into the Parliament and should be left in the cloakroom at the Visitors’ Entrance. Lockers are available. Instructions given by Parliament Officers must be followed at all times.
Accessibility
There is wheelchair access from the public entrance to the Danish Parliament. Wheelchair users have access to the remainder of the building via lifts. The Danish Parliament is a member of the Danish Accessibility Label Scheme, Godadgang.dk. The scheme’s website contains detailed information about the accessibility of individual rooms at the Danish Parliament and elsewhere at Christiansborg Palace.
There are stairs and level differences at Christiansborg Palace. Contact The Danish Parliament’s Visitors Service if you (or someone in your group) is disabled/a wheelchair user.
Photography
There are special rules for photography in the Danish Parliament, so please always ask one of the Parliament Officers before taking pictures. Photography is only permitted if it does not disturb the debates in the Chamber or other visitors, and if there is no risk of cameras or other equipment falling from the gallery to the floor of the Chamber. Artificial lighting and electronic flashes may not be used. Use of telescopic lenses is permitted, as long as this does not involve a risk of contents of official documents being disclosed.
Prams and pushchairs
You are welcome to bring along your pram or pushchair when visiting the Danish Parliament, but you can not bring them on a guided tour. You can leave your pram and pushchair at the Visitors’ Entrance.
Please note that the sights and guided tours available to visitors are less suited to children under the age of 12.
Public transportation to the Parliament
The Danish Parliament is housed in Christiansborg Palace on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen. You can get here by using various forms of public transportation:
- Buses: 2A, 37 and 23
- Metro: Gammel Strand station
- Train: Nearest stations are Copenhagen Central Station and Nørreport Station
- Harbour bus: Nearest station is the Royal Library/Det Kgl. Bibliotek
Plan your journey to Christiansborg with the journey planner Rejseplanen
Parking
Please be advised that parking in the area around Christiansborg Palace is very limited. Parking spaces at the Riding Ground (Ridebanen) and in the Inner Courtyard are reserved for Christiansborg employees.
Disabled parking
There are four designated disabled parking spaces in Tøjhusgade. From here, there is only a short distance to a lift serving all floors of Christiansborg Palace. To enter the building, please contact an employee via the intercom by the entrance door.
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