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COPENHAGEN / DENMARK
COPENHAGEN
Copenhagen has been Denmark's capital for 600 years. It's an appealing and largely low-rise city comprised of block after block of period six-storey buildings. Church steeples punctuate the skyline, with only a couple of modern hotels marring the view.
It's a city that gleams with a contemporary edge, but seems to take you back hundreds of years. Whatever you're looking for -sleek or cosy, gay or straight, traditional or modern - it can provide. It's even affordable in Scandinavian terms.
Districts
Indre By, Downtown. The historical heart of Copenhagen, dotted with churches and historic buildings.
Christianshavn. Originally laid out as a working class neighbourhood 300 years ago, it is now a thriving area notable for its many canals. The Freetown of Christiania is situated in the northern part of Christianshavn.Kastellet. One of the best preserved fortifications of its time in Europe - a witness that Copenhagen was for many years a heavily fortified city.Holmen. North of Christianshavn, this area was until recently occupied by the military, but is now home to a lot of creative educational institutions as well as Copenhagen's new Opera House.Vesterbro. This district still has its share of sex shops and sleazy hotels, but has evolved tremendiously the last years and is now one of the 'hippest' places to live, with cafes and bars dotted along its main artery, Istedgade.Frederiksberg. A small town which originally formed around Frederiksberg castle, this area is still a separate municipality. Literally surrounded by the City of Copenhagen, it has preserved a special conservative, up-scale feel.
Nørrebro. The most vibrant part of Copenhagen, especially along the main artery, Nørrebrogade, with a mix of immigrants, students, and original working-class Nørrebro-inhabitants.Østerbro. A cosy neighbourhood north of the center, less vibrant than Nørrebro and Vesterbro, but less quaint than Frederiksberg.North West, NV. A traditional and still quite worn down working class neighbourhood.
Vanløse. A mix of cosy middle-class houses and bohemian variety. Less vibrant than most other neighbourhoods in Copenhagen.
Transportation By plane -
Copenhagen's Kastrup Airport (CPH) is the main hub of Scandinavia's largest carrier SAS Scandinavian and regularly wins favorable comments from passengers for both design and function — this is a much more pleasant place to transit than, say, London Heathrow or Frankfurt. Check-in lines for SAS can get very long however during the peak hours of the summer months so make sure to allocate some extra time for this. Self-service check in counters are actually available, but it appears that not too many people make use of them.
A number of low-cost carriers also fly to the airport. EasyJet serve Copenhagen from London Stansted and Berlin Schönefeld. Sterling connects Copenhagen with 35 cities in Europe. Air Berlin flies direct to Dusseldorf and Berlin. Norwegian offers budget flights to Oslo and Warsaw. Transavia flies to Amsterdam.
By train and bus
- All buses and trains stop at Central Station, the main transport hub. There are hourly trains from major cities such as Odense and Aarhus via the Storebælt Bridge.
The easiest and fastest way to get in from Sweden is to cross the Øresund Bridge via Malmö, a journey of only 30 minutes.
Öresund bridgeGråhundbus (DKK 60, DKK 100 same day return), Swebus Express, and Säfflebussen have routes to Malmö and Sweden. To Malmö the buses take longer but are cheaper than the train, especially for daytrips.
Travel by train has been prioritized politically, therefore Copenhagen still lacks an international bus terminal. Most international busses stop somewhere around the Central Station (usually next to DGI-byen), but be sure to check the exact location when you buy your ticket.
There are about half a dozen daily trains to Hamburg and Lübeck in Germany via Rødby-Puttgarden (train ferry).
Tickets and the zone system
All public transport in Copenhagen, as well as the rest of the country, operates on a zone system. The smallest ticket is the two-zone ticket which will cost you DKK
19, and can be purchased from ticket offices, vending
machines and bus drivers. It will allow you to travel
around Copenhagen in two zones (the zone where you
stamped or purchased the ticket plus one adjacent zone)
for an hour. You can switch freely between all trains,
metro and busses within this hour. Usually one zone is
around 7 minutes in the metro or 15 minutes in a bus,
but always check the zone maps in the stations, some
stations are closer to zone borders than others.
Built in 1880, the hotel offers a total of 162 rooms spread over 4 floors, of which 38 are single rooms, 25 are double rooms and 3 are suites. Guests may make use of the cosy bar, pub and excellent, air-conditioned à la carte restaurant with separate non-smoking area as well as the parking facilities....
By train and bus
- All buses and trains stop at Central Station, the main transport hub. There are hourly trains from major cities such as Odense and Aarhus via the Storebælt Bridge.
The easiest and fastest way to get in from Sweden is to cross the Øresund Bridge via Malmö, a journey of only 30 minutes.
Öresund bridgeGråhundbus (DKK 60, DKK 100 same day return), Swebus Express, and Säfflebussen have routes to Malmö and Sweden. To Malmö the buses take longer but are cheaper than the train, especially for daytrips.
Travel by train has been prioritized politically, therefore Copenhagen still lacks an international bus terminal. Most international busses stop somewhere around the Central Station (usually next to DGI-byen), but be sure to check the exact location when you buy your ticket.
There are about half a dozen daily trains to Hamburg and Lübeck in Germany via Rødby-Puttgarden (train ferry).
