Copenhagen Denmark - Travel Information

Copenhagen Location: Copenhagen is located in the eastern portion of Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is the largest city in Denmark with 1.7 million people populating the greater Copenhagen area.

Language: Danish is a related to both Swedish and Norwegian, but many in Copenhagen speak English as well.

Getting to Copenhagen from the Airport: The trip from Copenhagen airport to the city center takes 20 minutes and costs DKK 22,50 (around $3) -- remember to purchase the ticket before getting on the train.

(DKK is the Danish Kroner, linked to the Euro through the formula 1 Euro = DKK 7.46038 +/- 2.25%. While a member of the European Union, Denmark citizens elected to use their own currency instead of the Euro. This could change in 2004 or 2005 elections.)

Discount Copenhagen - The Copenhagen Card: A Copenhagen Card City is valid for 24 hours and gives you free entrance to 40 of the most popular museums and attractions in Copenhagen. (From 1 April 2004 this card will also include free travel on all buses and trains in the area)

A Copenhagen Card Plus is valid for 72 hours and gives you free entrance to 70 of the most popular museums and attractions in the Greater Copenhagen area, as well as free travel on all buses and trains in the area.

Dine with the Danes: Want to have a more personal experience with Danish food and hospitality? Find out about Danish life by having dinner with a Danish family through the Dine with the Danes program.

Dine at the Best Restaurants: Wonderful Copenhagen has compiled a list of Copenhagen's Best Restaurants.

Ferries: Direct ferries connect Copenhagen with Sweden, Norway and Poland. For more on ferry companies, see Wonderful Copenhagen.

Copenhagen Attractions:

Tivoli Gardens - A garden park dating from 1843, located in the center of Copenhagen and featuring over 40 restaurants, Jazz venues and classical music events and festivals, as well as amusement rides, games and arcades, and midnight fireworks on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Carlsberg Brewery - Take a self-guided tour with beer tasting afterwords.

Nyhavn district - A seafarer's canalside haunt best experienced on a summer's night. Formerly hosting seedy bars, tatoo parlors, and brothels, now a tourist favorite for people-watching in outdoor cafes.

Stroget - The pedestrian strolling area of Copenhagen features shops, restaurants, bars and cafes.

Christiansborg Palace (Christiansborg Slot), the seat of the Danish Parliament. Guided tours through the royal reception rooms and Parliament areas are offered.

Christiania - a "social experiment" with self-government and a democracy based on dialogue replacing majority voting. Christiania was started in an abandoned army baracks in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1971. The current government is not particularly sympathetic with the aims and achievements of Christiania, since soft drugs have been part of the experience.

Top Copenhagen Museums

• Frihedsmuseet - The Museum of Danish Resistance
• Glyptotek - Collection of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman collections. Also Danish and French fine arts from the 19th and 20th century.
• National Museet (The National Museum) Denmark's cultural history.
• Royal Copenhagen Factory and Museum. Selection of priceless porcelain.
• Museum Erotica - Illustrates erotic history from ancient times to our time.
• Tøjhusmuseet (The Royal Arsenal Museum)
• Copenhagen Amber Museum - Exhibition of amber jewelry in one of Copenhagen's best preserved houses from 1606.
• Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Around Copenhagen:
Frederiksborg Castle and Museum (pictures)- Renaissance castle located in Hillerød, 45 min. by train from Copenhagen.

Kronborg (Hamlet's Castle) in Helsingør, accessible by train from Copenhagen.