Insight Guides: Explore Copenhagen

How To Use This E-Book

This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With top-quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the worlds most exciting destinations.

Best Routes

The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destinations many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights, and there are also excursions for those who want to extend their visit outside the city. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.

We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments options are shown in the Food and Drink box at the end of each tour.

Introduction

The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink, shopping and more, while a succinct history timeline highlights the key events over the centuries.

Directory

Also supporting the routes is a Directory chapter, with a clearly organised AZ of practical information, our pick of where to stay while you are there and select restaurant listings; these eateries complement the more low-key cafs and restaurants that feature within the routes and are intended to offer a wider choice for evening dining. Also included here are some nightlife listings, plus a handy language guide and our recommendations for books and films about the destination.

Getting around the e-book

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

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Table of Contents

Recommended Routes For...

Art Enthusiasts

Explore the National Gallery ().

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Children

Treat the kids to a trip to Tivoli ().

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design copenhagen

Lap up serious modern design at Illums Bolighus on Strget ().

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food and wine

Copenhagen has 15 Michelin-starred restaurants. Vrnedamsvej () offers an excellent food hall.

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hans christian andersen

Wander through his stamping ground around Kongens Nytorv and Nyhavn ().

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Renaissance Architecture

Visit the Round Tower and Trinity Church ().

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royalists

Follow in the steps of kings at Slotsholmen ().

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shoppers

Resist temptation in the department stores on Strget ().

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Explore Copenhagen

Copenhagen is a pretty seaside city with a thriving nightlife, the sophisticated gastronomic and cultural offerings of a far larger city and a visible history going back 900 years.

Copenhagen (Kbenhavn), the capital of Denmark, is located on the eastern side of Sjlland (Zealand), the largest of Denmarks 407 (named) islands, with only the resund (Sound) separating it from Sweden. It was founded by Bishop Absalon in 1167, and these days, including its greater metropolitan area, is home to about 1.2 million of the countrys estimated 5.63 million people. The smaller municipality of Copenhagen made up of 15 districts that extend beyond the geographical scope of this book accounts for approximately 747,000 inhabitants.

Copenhagen has over 300km (186 miles) of cycle paths

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Strategic link to Europe

Connected by the south of Jutland to Germany, Denmark is the only Scandinavian country physically joined to the European mainland and, as such, is the bridge between Scandinavia and the rest of the continent. It is also literally the bridge to Sweden with the resund road and rail bridge linking it with the city of Malm.

Consequently, Denmark shares many of the characteristics of its Nordic neighbours: liberal welfare benefits coupled with a high standard of living, and a style of government that aims at consensus and the avoidance of petty bureaucracy. Yet Denmark is also more European and accessible than the rest of Scandinavia, and its appeal is universal.