Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital city of and forms the moderate conurbation that one million Danes call home. It is big enough to form a small Danish metropolis, with shopping, culture and nightlife par excellence, yet small enough still to feel intimate and be safe.
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Top destinations include Indre By and Northern suburbs.

is the central area and the historical heart of Copenhagen, bounded by the lakes circling the inner city and the harbour, it reflects the entire city’s extent during the reign of King Christian IV, when the town was fortified.

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The is a green suburban district north of Copenhagen. The ghetto of the wealthy, the Whiskey belt; the nicknames are many, and the is indeed home to most of the city's well-off population, but to casual visitors the difference may be subtle, due to the high income equality of Denmark and heavy taxation of the highest earners.

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is a district and island east and southeast of central Copenhagen, covering some 96 km2, and mostly notable as the home of and the charming old fishing hamlet of Dragør.

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Explore places such as Christiania and Østerbro.

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is a self-governing "free town" established in 1971, a city within the city, on the site of a military barracks as an alternative to mainstream culture. is considered to be the fourth largest tourist attraction in Copenhagen.

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is a mainly residential district of Copenhagen, just north of the . With its quiet cobblestone and tree lined streets, and its excellent shopping and cafe life, it makes for a good excursion from the downtown area.

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might look like a part of Copenhagen to a traveller, but the municipality of is an enclave of 103,000 people inside the municipality of Copenhagen.

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is just outside Copenhagen’s city centre, making it a very attractive place to live. It includes the districts of Sydhavnen. Enghave, Valby and Vanløse.

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is an inner district of Copenhagen and perhaps the most multicultural part of the city. A prime cross-section of contemporary Danish society is on offer here, ranging from boutique shopping to grand middle-class areas through to areas revitalised by immigration.

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is a municipality in the , approximately 15 km from central Copenhagen, . The municipality has a population of 50,000 in 2023. It is also the name of the municipal seat, city.

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is a suburban district west of inner Copenhagen, , mostly build up during the 1970-80s. There is little of general interest to travellers here, but some of Copenhagen's nicest hostels and a single top-notch art museum - oh, and 7 km of white beach if you are fortunate enough to run into sunny days.

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is a district east of the inner city of Copenhagen. Once a working-class neighbourhood, today is a trendy part of the city with its own unique identity. people from all walks of life, live side-by-side among cool cafes, old school bodegas, fancy restaurants and charming 19th-century houses along picturesque canals.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parken Stadium and castle Rosenborg.

Stadium
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Parken is a in the district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990 to 1992. The stadium, which features a retractable roof, currently has a capacity of 38,190 for football games, and is the home of F.C.

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Rosenborg Castle is a renaissance castle in Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects.

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is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, . It is the seat of the Danish Parliament, the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court of Denmark.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valby and Hellerup.

Suburb
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is one of the 10 official districts of , Denmark. It is in the southwestern corner of , and has a mixture of different types of housing.

Suburb
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is a very affluent district of in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most urban part of the district is centred on Strandvejen and is bordered by to the south and the to the east.

Suburb
is one of the 10 official districts of , . It lies on the western border of the municipality. covers an area of 6.69 km2, and has a population of 36,115, making the smallest district of Copenhagen, by population.

Copenhagen

Latitude
55.6867° or 55° 41′ 12″ north
Longitude
12.5701° or 12° 34′ 12″ east
Population
613,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
CPH
United Nations Location Code
DK CPH
Open location code
9F7JMHPC+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13707878
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2618425
Wiki­data ID
Q1748
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Copenhagen” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Копенҳаген”
  • Achinese: “Kopenhagen”
  • Afrikaans: “Kopenhagen”
  • Albanian: “Kopenhaga”
  • Albanian: “Kopenhagen”
  • Amharic: “ኮፐንሀገን”
  • Amharic: “ኮፕንሀግ”
  • Arabic: “كوبنهاغن”
  • Aragonese: “Copenaguen”
  • Armenian: “Կոպենհագեն”
  • Asturian: “Copenh.ague”
  • Asturian: “Copenhague”
  • Asturian: “Copenḥague”
  • Asturian: “CPH”
  • Avaric: “Копенгаген”
  • Aymara: “Kobenhavn”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kopenhagen”
  • Balinese: “Kopenhagen”
  • Bashkir: “Копенгаген”
  • Basque: “Kopenage”
  • Basque: “Kopenhage”
  • Belarusian: “Капенгаген”
  • Belarusian: “Капэнгаген”
  • Bengali: “কোপেনহাগেন”
  • Bengali: “কোপেনহেগেন”
  • Bengali: “কোবেনহাভেন”
  • Betawi: “Kopenhagen”
  • Bislama: “Copenhagen”
  • Bosnian: “Kopenhagen”
  • Breton: “Kopenhagen”
  • Bulgarian: “Копенхаген”
  • Burmese: “ကိုပင်ဟေဂင်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Copenhaguen”
  • Cebuano: “Copenhagen”
  • Central Bikol: “Copenhagen”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆپنھاگن”
  • Chavacano: “Copenhague”
  • Chechen: “Копенгаген”
  • Chinese: “Copenhagen”
  • Chinese: “哥本哈根”
  • Church Slavic: “Кобєнхавнъ”
  • Chuvash: “Копенгаген”
  • Cornish: “Kopenhavn”
  • Corsican: “Copenaghen”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Kopenhagen”
  • Croatian: “Kopenhagen”
  • Czech: “Kodaň”
  • Danish: “CPH”
  • Danish: “Havn”
  • Danish: “KBH”
  • Danish: “Kiøbenhaffn”
  • Danish: “Kjøbenhavn”
  • Danish: “Köbenhavn”
  • Danish: “København”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kopenhag”
  • Dotyali: “कोपनहेगन”
  • Dutch: “Kopenhagen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبينهاجين”
  • Erzya: “Копенгаген ош”
  • Esperanto: “Kopenhago”
  • Estonian: “Kopenhaagen”
  • Ewe: “Copenhagen”
  • Extremaduran: “Copenagui”
  • Faroese: “Keypmannahavn”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Copenhagen”
  • Finnish: “Kööpenhamina”
  • French: “Copenhague”
  • Gagauz: “Kopenhagen”
  • Galician: “Copenhague”
  • Georgian: “კოპენჰაგენი”
  • German: “Hafnia”
  • German: “Kobenhaven”
  • German: “Kopenhagen”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Copenhagen”
  • Gilaki: “کؤپنهاگ”
  • Gothic: “𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌽𐌰”
  • Greek: “Κοπεγχάγη”
  • Greek: “Κοπενχάγη”
  • Guarani: “Kopenihage”
  • Gujarati: “કોપનહેગન”
  • Haitian: “Kopènag”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Copenhagen”
  • Hausa: “Kwapanhagan”
  • Hebrew: “קופנהאגן”
  • Hebrew: “קופנהגן”
  • Hindi: “कोपनहेगन”
  • Hungarian: “Koppenhága”
  • Icelandic: “Höfn”
  • Icelandic: “Kaupinhafn”
  • Icelandic: “Kaupinhöfn”
  • Icelandic: “Kaupmannahöfn”
  • Icelandic: “Köben”
  • Ido: “København”
  • Iloko: “Copenhagen”
  • Inari Sami: “Kööbenhaammân”
  • Indonesian: “Kopenhagen”
  • Interlingua: “Copenhagen”
  • Interlingue: “Köbenhavn”
  • Irish: “Cóbanhávan”
  • Italian: “Copenaghen”
  • Japanese: “クブンハウン”
  • Japanese: “ケブンハウン”
  • Japanese: “コゥペンヘイゲン”
  • Japanese: “コペンハーゲン”
  • Japanese: “北欧のパリ”
  • Javanese: “Kopenhagen”
  • Kabiyè: “Kopɛnhaagɩ”
  • Kabyle: “Kopenhagen”
  • Kalaallisut: “København”
  • Kannada: “ಕೋಪನ್ ಹ್ಯಾಗನ್”
  • Kannada: “ಕೋಪನ್ಹಾಗೆನ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Kopengagen”
  • Kashmiri: “کوپَن ہیگن”
  • Kashubian: “Kòpenhaga”
  • Kazakh: “Копенгаген”
  • Kirghiz: “Копенгаген”
  • Komering: “Kopenhagen”
  • Komi: “Копенгаген”
  • Korean: “코펜하겐”
  • Korean: “쾨벤하운”
  • Korean: “쾨뻰하븐”
  • Kotava: “København”
  • Kurdish: “Kopenhag”
  • Ladino: “Kopenhage”
  • Latgalian: “Kopenhaga”
  • Latin: “Hafnia”
  • Latin: “Haunia”
  • Latin: “Havnia”
  • Latvian: “Copenhagen”
  • Latvian: “Kopenhāgena”
  • Ligurian: “Copenaghen”
  • Limburgan: “Koupenhage”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Kobenhavn”
  • Literary Chinese: “哥本哈根”
  • Lithuanian: “Kopenhaga”
  • Livvi: “Kopengagen”
  • Lombard: “Cupenaghen”
  • Low German: “Kopenhagen”
  • Low German: “Kopenhoaven”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Kopenhagen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kopenhagen”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Copenhagen”
  • Macedonian: “Копенхаген”
  • Magahi: “कोपनहेगन”
  • Magahi: “कोपेनहेगन”
  • Malagasy: “Kaopenagy”
  • Malay: “Copenhagen”
  • Malay: “Kopenhagen”
  • Malayalam: “കോപ്പൻഹേഗൻ”
  • Maltese: “Copenhagen”
  • Maltese: “Kopenħagen”
  • Manx: “København”
  • Maori: “Copenhagen”
  • Maori: “Kōpenehēkene”
  • Marathi: “कोपनहेगन”
  • Mazanderani: “کپنهاگن”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Copenhagen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Copenhagen”
  • Minangkabau: “Kopenhagen”
  • Mingrelian: “კოპენჰაგენი”
  • Mirandese: “Copeñaguen”
  • Moksha: “Копэнгавн”
  • Mongolian: “Копенхаген”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كوپنهاڭن”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كوپنهاݣن”
  • Narom: “Copèneĥague”
  • Nauru: “Copenhagen”
  • Navajo: “Baandaʼiniihii Bitsinaaʼeeł Báhazʼání”
  • Neapolitan: “Copenaghen”
  • Nepali: “कोपनहेगन”
  • Newari: “कोपेनहेगन”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kopenhuuwen”
  • Northern Luri: “کوپنهاگ”
  • Northern Sami: “Københámman”
  • Northern Sami: “Københápman”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Køben”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “København”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kjøpenhamn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “København”
  • Norwegian: “København”
  • Novial: “København”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Copenaga”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “København”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܟܘܦܢܗܓܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܩܘܦܢܗܐܓܢ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cēapmannahæfen”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cēapmannhæfen”
  • Oriya: “କୋପେନହେଗେନ”
  • Ossetian: “Копенгаген”
  • Pampanga: “Kopenhage”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਪਨਹੈਗਨ”
  • Papiamento: “Kopenhagen”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Kopenhagen”
  • Persian: “کپنهاگ”
  • Picard: “Kopenhague”
  • Piemontese: “Copenàghen”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Copenhagen”
  • Polish: “Kopenhaga”
  • Portuguese: “Copenhaga”
  • Portuguese: “Copenhague”
  • Pushto: “کوپنهاګن”
  • Quechua: “København”
  • Romanian: “Copenhaga”
  • Romansh: “Copenhagen”
  • Russia Buriat: “Копенһаген”
  • Russian: “Копенгаген”
  • Rusyn: “Кодань”
  • Sakizaya: “Ke-pen-ha-ken”
  • Samogitian: “Kuopenhaga”
  • Sanskrit: “कोपनहागन”
  • Sardinian: “Copenaghen”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Kopenhagen”
  • Scots: “Colpenhaven”
  • Scots: “Copenhagen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Copenhagen”
  • Serbian: “Копенхаген”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kopenhagen”
  • Shona: “Copenhagen”
  • Sicilian: “Copenaghen”
  • Silesian: “Kopynhaga”
  • Sindhi: “ڪوپن هيگن”
  • Sinhala: “කෝපන්හේගන්”
  • Slovak: “Kodaň”
  • Slovenian: “Kobenhaven”
  • Slovenian: “Köbenhavn”
  • Slovenian: “København”
  • Slovenian: “Kopenhagen”
  • Somali: “Kobanhaygan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوپنهاقن”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوپینهاگ”
  • Southern Sotho: “Copenhagen”
  • Spanish: “Copenhague”
  • Spanish: “CPH”
  • Spanish: “Hafn”
  • Spanish: “Hafnia”
  • Spanish: “Havn”
  • Spanish: “Kobmhaun”
  • Swahili: “Kopenhagen”
  • Swedish: “Köpenhamn”
  • Swiss German: “Kopenhagen”
  • Tagalog: “Copenhagen”
  • Tagalog: “Copenhague”
  • Tajik: “Копенҳаген”
  • Talysh: “Kopenhagen”
  • Talysh: “Kopenhaqen”
  • Tamil: “கோபனாவன்”
  • Tamil: “கோபன்ஹேகன்”
  • Tatar: “Копенгаген”
  • Tatar: “Копенһаген”
  • Tatar: “Көбенһавн”
  • Telugu: “కోపెన్‌హాగన్”
  • Thai: “โคเปนเฮเกน”
  • Tibetan: “ཀའོ་པེན་ཧ་ཀེན”
  • Tibetan: “ཁོ་ཕེན་ཧ་ཀེན།”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kopenhagen”
  • Turkish: “Kopenhag”
  • Turkmen: “Kopengagen”
  • Twi: “København”
  • Udmurt: “Копенгаген”
  • Uighur: “Kopénhagén”
  • Uighur: “كوپېنھاگېن”
  • Ukrainian: “Копенгаген”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kopenhagen”
  • Urdu: “کوپن ہیگن”
  • Uzbek: “Kopengagen”
  • Venetian: “Copenaghen”
  • Veps: “Kopengagen”
  • Veps: “Kopenhagen”
  • Vietnamese: “Copenhagen”
  • Vlaams: “Kopenhagen”
  • Vlax Romani: “Copenhagen”
  • Volapük: “Köbenhavn”
  • Volapük: “København”
  • Võro: “Kopõnhaagõn”
  • Walloon: “Copenhågue”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Copenhagen”
  • Welsh: “Copenhagen”
  • Western Armenian: “Քոփընհակըն”
  • Western Armenian: “Քոփընհեկըն”
  • Western Frisian: “Kopenhagen”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوپن ہیگن”
  • Wolof: “Kopenagen”
  • Wu Chinese: “哥本哈根”
  • Yakut: “Копенһаген”
  • Yiddish: “קאפנהאגן”
  • Yoruba: “Copenhagen”
  • Yue Chinese: “哥本哈根”
  • Zeeuws: “Kopenagen”
  • Zeeuws: “Kopenhagen”
  • Zulu: “i-Copenhagen”
  • “Copenague”
  • “Cupenàghen”
  • “København”
  • “Kopõnhaagõn”
  • “Kuopenhaga”
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