Zoo Copenhagen
Copenhagen Zoo is a zoological garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1859, it is one of the oldest zoos in Europe and is a member of EAZA. It comprises 11 hectares and is located in the municipality of Frederiksberg, sandwiched between the parks of Frederiksberg Gardens and Søndermarken.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo
- Also known as: “Copenhagen Zoo” and “København Zoo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cisternerne and Frederiksberg Gardens.
Cisternerne
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cisternerne is an exhibition space for contemporary art in Copenhagen, Denmark with one annual site-specific total experience - and a wide range of events during the year. Cisternerne is situated 350 metres southeast of Zoo Copenhagen.
Frederiksberg Gardens
Park
Photo: Gomer Pyle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frederiksberg Gardens is one of the largest and most attractive greenspaces in Copenhagen, Denmark. Together with the adjacent Søndermarken it forms a green area of 64 hectares at the western edge of Inner Copenhagen.
Søndermarken
Park
Photo: jonassmith, CC BY 2.0.
Søndermarken is a park in Frederiksberg on the border to Valby and the Carlsberg area in Copenhagen, Denmark. It shares much of its history with Frederiksberg Gardens from which it is separated only by Roskildevej. Cisternerne—an underground venue for art exhibitions in the former cisterns—are located inside the park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frederiksberg and Carlsberg.
Frederiksberg
Photo: Elgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frederiksberg might look like a part of Copenhagen to a traveller, but the municipality of Frederiksberg is an enclave of 103,000 people inside the municipality of Copenhagen.
Carlsberg
Suburb
Photo: Nillerdk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carlsberg is an area located straddling the border of Valby and Vesterbro districts in central Copenhagen, Denmark approximately 2.4 km from the City Hall Square.
Humleby
Neighborhood
Humleby is an enclave of terraced houses situated next to the Carlsberg area in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. They were built between 1885 and 1891 by the Worker's Building Society to provide healthy housing for the workers at Burmeister & Wain.
Zoo Copenhagen
- Categories: tourist destination, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Frederiksberg Municipality, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Zoo Copenhagen” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Zoo de Copenhaguen”
- Chinese: “哥本哈根動物園”
- Danish: “København Zoo”
- Danish: “Københavns Zoo”
- Danish: “Zoologisk Have i København”
- Dutch: “Dierentuin van Kopenhagen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات كوبنهاجن”
- Finnish: “Kööpenhaminan eläintarha”
- French: “zoo de Copenhague”
- French: “Zoo de Copenhague”
- German: “Zoo Kopenhagen”
- Indonesian: “Kebun Binatang Kopenhagen”
- Italian: “zoo di Copenaghen”
- Italian: “Zoo di Copenaghen”
- Japanese: “コペンハーゲン動物園”
- Navajo: “Baandaʼiniihii Bitsinaaʼeeł Báhazʼánídi naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “København Zoo”
- Norwegian: “København Zoo”
- Persian: “باغوحش کپنهاگ”
- Polish: “København Zoo”
- Polish: “Zoo w Kopenhadze”
- Portuguese: “Jardim Zoológico de Copenhague”
- Portuguese: “Zoológico de Copenhague”
- Russian: “Копенгагенский зоопарк”
- Slovak: “Zoologická záhrada Kodaň”
- Slovenian: “Københavnski živalski vrt”
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Copenhague”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Copenhague”
- Swedish: “Köpenhamns zoo”
- Ukrainian: “Копенгагенський зоопарк”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as Copenhagen Zoo Tower and Hotel Rossini.
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