Copenhagen (København), Denmark

Copenhagen (map) sits on the Eastern shore of Zealand (Sjælland), the largest island of Denmark. See the wikipedia entry, or the Official Guide, for more details.

  • Eats

  • Nyhavn - New Harbour. Nice water-side tract of town with lots of cafés and restaurants.

  • Attractions

  • The Tivoli Gardens Amusement park and gardens, with fine restaurants and theatres.
  • The National Museum
  • The Danish Design Centre
  • Copenhagen Zoo
  • Den Blå Planet [The Blue Planet]Northern Europe's largest aquarium - on the way from Copenhagen to the airport. Get timed-entry tickets on-line.
  • The Tycho Brahe Planetarium
  • The Natural History Museum of Denmark
  • Christiania - a Freetown
  • Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Museum of Art.
  • The Little Mermaid statue
  • Carlsberg brewery tours

  • Performing Arts

  • The Royal Danish Theatre.

  • Transportation

    When planning travel within Sjælland [Zealand] you should use the on-line/mobile Public Transport Planner. There are even harbour busses (scroll down and hit the tab with the ferry icon) in Copenhagen! And all modes of transport are covered by the same ticket.

    There are also 24 hr (80Kr ~ US$11.73) to 5 day city-passes covering 4 zones around Cph Central.

    All fare-options are listed here.

  • Copenhagen Central Station (København H) ('H' for hovedstation - head station...)
  • Map of S-togs net - the Underground/Metro-trains
  • Copenhagen Airport = CPH = Kastrup Lufthavn (4 zones from Cph Central).

    • Surrounding Area

  • Eats

  • Attractions

  • The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde (8 zones West of Cph Central).
  • Karen Blixen Museet, at Rungstedlund (7 zones North of Cph Central). Acclaimed author of "Out of Africa", "Babette's Feast", "Seven Gothic Tales", etc.

  • Performing Arts

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