Carlsberg’s Bottle Collection 

   Carlsberg’s Bottle Collection: Currently displaying more than 18,177 beers (as of 07/01/09) tThe bottle collection at the Visitor Center at Old Carlsberg Brewery, features Carlsbergs beers from every corner of the world. 

Originally the private collection belonging to Danish engineer Mr. Leif Sonne.  Sonne began collecting the unopened bottles in 1968, the collection grew to nearly 10,000 by the early 1990′s.  Due to sheer size, the collection was transferred to The Carlsberg Breweries in 1993 and has been a tourist favorite every since, viewed by more than 135,000 visitors per year.   

   Organized in geographical order, then by breweries and brands. Bottle to bottle, side by side,  the entire collection measures 1,213 meters or about  3,979 feet (more than 11 football fields)! The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed in February 2007, that this was the largest collection of beer bottles in the world! (It took a team the whole day just to count them all).

  Want to visit this unique tourist destination?  The Visitors Centre is located in Valby, a part of Copenhagen about 3.5 km from the City Hall Square and the Central Station.  Carlsberg Visitor’s center is on major bus routes and the S-Trains. CLICK HERE FOR MAP  >http://www.visitcarlsberg.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Map.pdf