Copenhagen - Κοπεγχάγη

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THE Copenhagen (Danish: Copenhagen) is its capital Denmark.

At a glance

Most of it is built on the island of Sjælland, while a smaller part is located on the island of Amaer. It has a population of 528,208 inhabitants (1,918,239 in the metropolitan area). Located in Copenhagen's Christianshavn district, the free state of Christiania. Danish newspapers rank Copenhagen as one of the cities with the best standard of living, despite its high cost. In addition, according to a survey conducted by Monocle magazine in 2008, Copenhagen is the most human-friendly city in the world. The Strøget, a sidewalk complex in central Copenhagen, was inaugurated in 1961.

Ideal period of visit

How to get there

By air

Copenhagen Airport (IATA: CPH) is on the nearby island of Amanga is the hub for Scandinavia's largest international carrier SAS - Scandinavian Airlines. Kastrup Airport consistently scores high in both design and operation - this is a much more enjoyable place to fly than, say, London Heathrow or Frankfurt, and many airlines have direct intercontinental routes to Copenhagen, including: , Delta, Egypt Air, PIA, Qatar Airways, Thailand, Singapore Airlines and United Airlines. Check-in lines can take a long time during peak hours, however, so be sure to spend more time in the summer. self-service check-in counters are available, which can reduce waiting hours.

A number of low cost carriers to and from the airport. EasyJet serves Copenhagen from London Stansted, Manchester, the Milan, τη Geneva, the Paris CDG and the Berlin Schönefeld. Air Berlin flies directly to Düsseldorf, and her Palma de Mallorca. of Of Norway offers budget tickets for (among others) Oslo, Stockholm, the Amsterdam, τη Budapest, the Paris, τη Geneva, τη Vienna and Warsaw.

While CPH is one of its busiest airports Of Europe, with a flight taking off every 2 minutes on average and at night, many facilities have limited opening hours. Slightly in gastronomy or retail mode it is open after 20:00, even the CPH Apartment Lounge closes at 20:00 and frequent travelers and business / first class passengers are required to wait in the empty terminals. If your flight is in the early morning hours, you can take advantage of the facilities (snacks, drinks, free Wi-Fi, relaxation and work facilities) of CPH Apartment 05: 00-20: 00 for DKK165 (from 2014), except if your frequent flyer or tariff program already covers you.

By train

Links between the capital and the rest of the country are frequent and excellent. There are many trains per hour to Malmö and then to Lund and Gothenburg. There are 12 daily itineraries in Stockholm. Further train services are available in the direction of Karlskrona and Kalmar. There are six quick connections to Hamburg and one to Berlin.

From the rest of Denmark connections are frequent and numerous. In Jutland more railway branches from Aarhus / Aalborg to the north, Struer to the north-west, Esbjerg to the west, and finally Sønderborg to the south summon to Fredericia, where you connect on a main line with up to four intercity trains per hour, divided and Intercity trains, which cross the Fin before crossing the Great Belt (Storebælt). From there it reaches all the way to Zealand before finishing at Copenhagen Central Station. If you are going in the opposite direction without a seat, keep in mind that the train is often split into Fredericia to serve the various industries, so if you do not have a seat, it is a bad idea to just take a random Copenhagen transfer. All cross zone trains operate with Danish (DSB State Railways).

From the island of Bornholm, a high-speed passenger bus to Ystad in Sweden, where the IC-Bornholm train awaits the passenger bus to the final straight to Copenhagen, the whole journey takes just over three hours, and a one-way combination ferry ticket / train will put you back DKK245.

Opposite the Øresund Strait in Sweden, the Øresundstog train departs from various cities in southern Sweden, and via Lund and Malmö crosses the σύνδεσηresund fixed link to Copenhagen, with a stop at the airport. Travel time from Malmö to Central Station is 25 minutes and trains run every ten minutes all day to this section, and every hour overnight. One way ticket between Malmö and Copenhagen is DKK75. Swedish Rail operates up to seven X2000 express trains from Stockholm daily (five and a half hours). An easy change to Malmö almost doubles that number and also gives you the option of a night train connection.

In mainland Europe, Eurocity trains connect Hamburg with Copenhagen up to six times a day; only one of these trains runs directly from Berlin daily. Normal prices are € 130 from Berlin and € 78 from Hamburg, but it is often possible to find discounted tickets - in Denmark they are called Orange Tyskland or "fare attractions", which is the same price as the bus.

By road

Since the summer of 2000 the cities of Copenhagen and Malm. Have been connected by a toll bridge / tunnel (Oresund Bridge), through which trains and cars can pass.

Bus

Buses between Jutland and Copenhagen are only marginally cheaper than the train, although there are significant discounts offered Monday through Thursday. International buses on the other hand offer significantly lower fares than the train. However, the railways have a political priority, so Copenhagen still lacks an intercity bus terminal. Most international buses stop somewhere around the main train station (usually next to the DGI-byen), but be sure to check the exact location when you buy your ticket. Domestic long-distance buses mostly end at Toftegårds Plads, near Valby Station in the Vesterbro district.

From Jutland and Fyn the bus company EkspresRuten connects Copenhagen with Aarhus, Vejle and South Odense several times a day. There is also a stop in Roskilde.

EkspresRuten, ☎ 45 40 75 11 71, e-mail: [email protected]. editFrom Jutland bus number 888 connects Copenhagen with Aarhus and Aalborg several times a day. Travel time is five hours and fifteen minutes from Aalborg. In Zealand there are additional stops in Holbæk and Roskilde. Line 882 runs between Copenhagen and Fjerritslev in northwest Jutland once a day.

Abildskou, MF 8: 00-17: 00, Sat 8: 00-14: 00, Su 9: 00-17: 00, ☎ 45 70 21 08 88. EditLinks from Scandinavia are quite common and very economical compared to the train . Most buses arrive and depart from DGI Byen, near the south main bridge of the main station. Passengers are generally encouraged to purchase tickets online, but tickets can also be purchased at the Copenhagen Right Now Tourist Information Office near Central Station. In winter (December-April) Fjällexpressen whisks skiers between Copenhagen and the Swedish ski resorts. When booking online, it is helpful to know that Copenhagen is called Köpenhamn in Swedish.

GoByBus, ☎ 45 33 23 54 20, e-mail: [email protected]. M-F 7: 30-18: 00, Sat 7: 30-17: 00, Su 9: 00-18: 00. Oslo (8.5 hours), via Gothenburg (4.5 hours), line 300. c. DKK225. editGråhundbus. Local Beagle Bus operator has many daily connections to Malmö and once a day at Malmö Airport. It also works with partners elsewhere in Europe. editSwebus Express, ☎ 46 771 218218, e-mail: [email protected]. M-F 8: 00-18: 00, Sat 9: 00-15: 00, Su 9: 00-18: 00. Oslo (9th) via Gothenburg (5 hours) c. SEK300, line 820; Stockholm (9th) via Jönköping (4½ hours) ~ SEK350, line 832 .. editFrom Europe there are many bus companies that offer many daily routes from Germany often at very competitive prices, most run by ferry from Rødby-Puttgarden or Gedser to Rostock. Many of these services, especially if directed to East points such as Berlin, are much faster than the best rail links. Most of these buses stop near the DGI byen for Ingerslevsgade.

Swebus Express, ☎ 45 80 70 33 00, e-mail: [email protected]. M-F 8: 00-18: 00, Sat 9: 00-15: 00, Su 9: 00-18: 00. Tickets are on sale at the central tourist information office. This company does not allow bicycles on board their coaches. Berlin (7.5H) via Rostock (4.5 hours) ~ SEK450, line 902. Edited by Berlin, ☎ 30 88568030, e-mail: [email protected]. (Gråhundbus ☎ 45 44 68 44 00, Denmark) Tickets are on sale by bus, but booking in advance is recommended. This company does not allow bicycles on board their coaches. Berlin (8h) via Rostock (4 hours) ~ DKK300 (€ 40), line E55. edited by Eurolines, Halmtorvet 5, ☎ 45 33 88 70 00. Daily 9: 00-17: 00. Tickets are sold at their office or online, in Hamburg there are connecting buses to Amsterdam and Paris. This company does not allow bicycles on board their coaches. Most services in Denmark have 230V plugs and Wi-Fi is available in Germany. Berlin (7th) c. DKK300, line 260R; Hamburg (6 hours), via Lübeck (5 hours) c. DKK300, line 210. Bohemian Editing Lines, ☎ 420 416 810 054, e-mail: [email protected]. Daily 8: 00-20: 00. Only operator welcoming bicycles to Berlin and then for a small amount, reserve in advance. Prague (13 hours, twice a week via Berlin, and then to Brno) c. CZK1450 (€ 55). edited by Autoprevoz, ☎ 387 51 317 333, e-mail: [email protected]. Luca Baths (25H, twice a week) c. BAM300 (€ 150) EditToptourist, ☎ 45 48 25 38 37, e-mail: [email protected]. Tickets can be paid on the bus, but advance booking and payment is recommended. Sarajevo via Salzburg (twice a week) c. DKK1000 (€ 140) return. processing

The ship from Oslo docked at the DFDS terminal in the Østerbro areaFrom to Poland there are a number of different bus companies each with a few routes a week. Unfortunately the market is very fluid and the routes and operators tend to change quickly. Try Baltic Bus twice a week connections to Gdansk (25h30m). Agat offers four return flights a week between Copenhagen and Katowice (20th) in southern Poland, and Eurobus for connections to Warsaw (20h via Hamburg) once a week. If any of these companies are closed, try looking for alternatives as there is a good chance someone else will have taken over the move.

By boat

By boat you can get to Copenhagen DFDS Seaways Terminal (Dampfærgevej 30) is close to Nordhavn station. City bus line 26 stops at the entrance of the ferry terminal, also stops at Copenhagen Central Station, City Hall Square and Østerport Station. There are two regular connections directly to Copenhagen Port. The most famous is from Oslo, Norway, with daily departures, and a night trip lasting 16 hours. It is marketed as a cruise line, and occasionally a return cruise ticket can be less expensive than a one-way ticket, starting at € 181 (incl. Car € 206). The other ferry link is the lesser known Fredericia bus link, Denmark and Klaipeda, Lithuania. Since the latter is a Ro-Ro freight line, you should contact DFDS for more information.

If you arrive with your own sail, Copenhagen has many marinas, the largest of which is Svanemøllehavnen. There are no set visitor piers, but it is almost always possible to find one with a green sign. Daily charge: DKK 75-120. Copenhagen is also a very popular cruise port touring both the Baltic Sea and the Norwegian fjords. The port is located north of the statue of the Little Mermaid and is forty minutes from the center (Tivoli Gardens).

Apartments

How to move

By road

Bus

Copenhagen has a network of buses, which serve both the central areas of the city and the suburbs.

Subway

The Copenhagen Metro is a two-line metro network, which was launched in 2002 and serves mainly the center and some adjacent suburbs as well as a part of Amager Island. In December 2007, the extension of metro line 2 to the city airport was completed.

By foot

Bike

Many Copenhageners use the bicycle for daily commuting, and most of the city's highways have a dedicated lane for cyclists.

What to see

•   National Museum (Nationalmuseet). With finds dating to the ice age. Admission is free. (updated Apr 2016)
•   Rosenborg Castle. Copenhagen Palace, Renaissance, each room is dedicated to a monarch of the country. The entrance is open daily, 60 kroner. Change of guard at 12:00. (updated Apr 2016)
•   The little Mermaid (Den lille Havfrue). On the edge of the harbor, a work by Edvard Eriksen from 1913. Refers to a fairytale heroine by Hans Christian Andersen. (updated Apr 2016)

•   Castellet. Old fortress, near the little mermaid, which today has been turned into an amusement park. (updated Apr 2016)
•   Τίβολι. The traditional amusement garden in the center. (updated Apr 2016)
•   Strøget. All the sidewalks in the heart of Copenhagen attract many tourists. (updated Apr 2016)
•   Christiansborg. Palace that today houses its parliament Denmark. (updated Apr 2016)
• Undresundsbroen. It was inaugurated in 2000 and is a bridge connecting Copenhagen with Sweden. (updated Apr 2016)
•   Amalienborg. The winter palaces, the residence of the royal family. (updated Apr 2016)
•   Marmorkirken. The marble church is located near Amalienborg Palace. The dome of the church is the largest in Northern Europe and is inspired by the dome of St. Peter in the Vatican. (updated Apr 2016)
•   Nyhavn. The old and picturesque canal of the city is one of its main attractions. In one of the houses of this canal, the storyteller Hans Christian Andersen spent a large part of his life. (updated Apr 2016)
•   Opera. The modern opera house is located in the port of Copenhagen and its construction was completed in 2005. (updated Apr 2016)
•   For Frelsers Church. It is located in the Christianshavn district and the ascent to the top offers a panoramic view of Copenhagen. (updated Apr 2016)

•   Carlsberg Brewery. Beer factory, where guided tours take place. (updated Apr 2016)
•   National Museum of Art (Statens Museum for Kunst). This is the national gallery of Denmark. There are numerous collections, both from Denmark and the rest of Europe. Admission is free on Wednesdays. (updated Apr 2016)
•   Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Art museum with Greco-Roman and Egyptian sculpture collections. Both the Nationalmuseet and the Statens Museum for Kunst have rooms specially dedicated to children. (updated Apr 2016)

Entertainment

What will you buy

Studies

The University of Copenhagen is one of the leading research institutes in Europe. He had 9 Nobel Prize winners and 1 Turing Prize winner.

Job opportunities in Copenhagen

Stay safe

The weather in Copenhagen in general remains unstable all year round. In summer the temperature ranges from relatively low levels of 20 ° C to lower levels of 12 ° C. In winter the mercury usually reaches close to zero. The average temperature in January is -3 ° C while in July 16.5 ° C. Rainfall is frequent throughout the year while snowfall in winter is particularly common.

Health and precautions

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