The country's capital is Copenhagen that in the dim and distant past was a small Viking village. It's now a lively major metropolis with so much to see and do. There are numerous museums, art galleries and monuments. One of the most famous being the statue of the Little Mermaid. If your money's burning a hole in your pocket head to the Strøget, a pedestrian only shopping area. Also check out the Tivoli Gardens and the beautiful 17 th century Rosenborg Castle.
The capital city of Denmark is densely populated and packed with attractions. Even though you’ll find separate sections for Frederiksberg and Gentofte, suburbs of Copenhagen with their own particular identity, this still leaves a multitude of possibilities. Plan on spending a fair number of days in Copenhagen to see everything that it has to offer.
The city has a special blend of grandeur and fun. For example, the Tivoli amusement park in the very heart of the city is just across the road from the impressive City Hall. Tivoli itself is a savvy mix of attractions for thrill-seekers and cultural events such as evening jazz concerts. Families can often happily spend most of a day in Tivoli alone. When you feel you’ve seen most if not all of it, you might choose to wander down Strøget, which starts next to the City Hall, and which is approximately a kilometer of pedestrian shopping streets joined end to end.
The city also has a number of impressive monuments in the form of castles and towers, including Amalienborg, the official royal residence, Rosenborg with its extensive gardens and public park and the Rundetaarn, an ancient tower with a spiral driveway inside, up which it was possible to drive a coach and horses. Even more famous, but much smaller, is the statue of the Little Mermaid on Copenhagen’s seafront. Back towards the city’s hyper-center, and picturesque with its bright colors, Nyhavn is the traditional port area with its half-timbered houses either side of the marina, yet still in the heart of the city.
Because of its privileged position in the centre of road and rail networks, Copenhagen can also be a good base for excursions to other places such as Hillerød with its magnificent Frederiksborg Castle (a 30-40 minute train ride from Copenhagen), or a trip across the combined Øresund bridge and tunnel that lets you drive over and under the water to neighboring Malmö in Sweden.
Other attractions in Copenhagen include Tivoli Gardens, a family friendly central amusement park, very popular in summer when events and festivities occur almost every evening. The Impressive and imposing Palace of Rosenberg is worth a visit simply to admire the intricate architecture on the facade. Copenhagen’s aquarium would be a much welcomed day out for inquisitive children.
The Copenhagen Card works out well for huge discounts to visitors with unlimited travel on city transport and lowered prices to attractions as well as free entrance to others. The Copenhagen card is available in 24, 48 and 72 hour denominations from transport stations and tourist information desks.
For a day trip out of Copenhagen, the much revered Freetown of Christiana makes for an enlightening experience due to the principality running itself with a liberal attitude towards all thing illegal elsewhere and its own set of laws and rules. The Freetown of Christiana is a free lover’s paradise of artisan inhabitants and social reformists.
The position of Copenhagen of the island of Zealand puts the city in a prime location for exploration of both Zealand and islands further afield. Copenhagen itself is well served by an international airport as well as being a major Baltic port. By water, ferries leave from the port to Oslo in Norway, to Sweden and to Poland on a daily basis. By land, Copenhagen is linked to Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Hamburg in Germany by direct train route.
