Tycho Brahe Planetarium

Tycho Brahe would probably turn in his grave if he discovered the state of this planetarium.
Once he was the pride of Denmark, one of the world’s most famous astronomer that gave his name to this supposed to be superb place to learn about astronomy and the science behind it, but this place is so run down I began to feel sad already once I stepped in.
Now it’s mostly IMAX theatre — playing a couple of hi-​res film in the curved giant screen. Not much of the old planetarium part of it left.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the IMAX theatre and the film they play. I went there just today to see «Space Next» and I think it’s awesome seeing with 3D glasses and the big screen and all. It’s definitely an experience that you can’t get in normal cinema.
But the state of the place apart from the theatre is sad. Toilet is dingy and old (clean, but kinda smelly), the supposedly educating exhibition seems like it’s been there for so long and nobody really takes good care of it. The «mission launch» game is so boring that I doubt it would catch anyone’s interest. Even the game room for kids are so worn down that you felt like you stepped back into the time machine and came out on the wrong era or something.
All in all, this place needs facelifting, the exhibition, the shop (most importantly! — they need to be more serious in selling popcorn and candy if they want to focus on selling the theatre!) but I do recommend seeing the film in the IMAX theatre.

Despite studying — and working in, for a brief time — astronomy and astrophysics, at age 31 I had STILL never been to a planetarium, so I was happy to have the chance while visiting Copenhagen in May 2015. Tycho Brahe is one of the world’s best-​known astronomers, so I was expecting great things from a planetarium named after him. However, I found the experience somewhat underwhelming. I think this was the first place I went in Denmark that wasn’t perfectly organised and easy to navigate, so I’m wondering if I might have visited in the middle of refurbishments.
The entrance itself was difficult to find — it seemed to have been moved recently — and it took a few minutes to find my way inside. Once in, I paid the (high) entrance fee, and started making my way through the exhibits. Heading left from the entrance, the first thing you come to is a bunch of computers with quizzes and other activities for kids. Despite being a fully-​grown woman, I spent about 45 minutes watching videos, taking quizzes, building a (virtual) rocket and planning missions to various planets. This area was quite excellent, and I think kids of all ages will enjoy the activities available. All activities in this area were available in both Danish and English.
Following the circular passage around to the led, the next thing I came to was a set of boxes that show how you look in UV light, infrared and X-​Ray. I love the idea of this, but it wasn’t executed brilliantly — one of the side bulbs on the UV box was broken, making it difficult to see anything, and the X-​Ray box responded very sluggishly. I was quite impressed with my heat signature in infrared, though, even on a wet and chilly day.
Continuing around, I watched an adorable video about satellites, got lost and ended up in maintenance rooms a couple times, and attempted to read several more exhibits, with limited success. About half of the exhibits had text in both Danish and English, and the other half only in Danish, which I found a little odd. I’m not arrogant enough to expect English in every country I go to, but there was something strange about being able to view half of the information — it seems to me that it would be better to adopt a more uniform policy, and either translate everything, or don’t translate it at all.
Overall, the Tycho Brahe Planetarium gave off a sense of disarray and disorganisation, something that I fully expect in England, but was surprised to see in practical Denmark. That said, I did enjoy the interactive sections, and would probably come back with kids. On this visit I was unable to take in a star show, so I’ll try to do that if I return.
Entrance fee is normally 144 DKK (adults) /​94 DKK (kids), so it’s not a cheap day out. The girl at the front let me in for 90 DKK as I told her I didn’t have time to stay and watch a movie, which was nice of her. Still, it’s expensive, even for Denmark.

If you buy the Copenhagen Card, entry and a movie is included. Being an astronomer, it was my first stop on my trip to CPH. It’s great for the young and old alike, with activities for kids and interesting displays. I was hoping for more about Tycho Brahe, as I’m a bit of an astronomy fangirl, but what they have suffices. The IMAX movie, or should I say movies as there are three: one is 3D with pretty good graphics, an introduction to the Solar System and finally, the feature film The Hidden Universe. All three were great. Just make sure to bring your own pair of headphones for the English dubbing for each person as sharing was troublesome, doable, but troublesome.
If you love space, you must visit! Especially for the IMAX movies as its over the dome, not the flat ones. The best! :)

We came here on our last day in Kopenhagen, to see dinosaurs and galaxies… It appeared to be an Imax-​theatre, with also one exposition hall. Not attending a movie, the tickets were still 89 DDK — which I think is very very much, for what you get. No dinosaurs, some galaxies. This whole thing might be interesting for school classes, but certainly not for grown up tourists. We saw the exposition hall in 5 minutes and were ready then.
Ah, I see the same reviews as mine from the Kopenhagen people. What a bummer!

It was ages ago I last visited the Planterium, so it was with great excitement when me, my mom and a small crowd went in for a early Sunday showing.
I have to admit that very little has changed since I last visited this place in 8^th grade. This is mainly a place to bring kids with a large emphasis on ‘education’. Which is a bit sad since the venue itself is great and could really do some awesome showings.
The floor plan consists of rows after rows of chairs in a steep slope. The screen is round in the chape of a dome and covers your entire field of vision. Cool!
We saw a show on storms in outer space and I actually enjoyed it — only slightly annoyed by the very educational voice over. Also, the show is not ONE movie but consists of several short movies shown in a row — a bit odd for a 1 hour showing, but ok.
All in all, I liked it and would most likely take my kids (when I have me some of those) someday.

Very
expensive for what it is. Especially as the 3D film (dino-​frickin-​saurs!) that
brought us here was mis-​advertised and was not actually until later, too late
for my travel home.
The short 15 min coral reef documentary was very interesting but did not make
up for it, especially as there wasn’t much depth to the rest of the ‘rium.