Northern suburbs
The Northern suburbs is a green suburban district north of Copenhagen. The ghetto of the wealthy, the Whiskey belt; the nicknames are many, and the Northern suburbs 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sorgenfri Palace and Lyngby railway station.
Sorgenfri Palace
Castle
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Sorgenfri Palace is a royal residence of the Danish monarch, located in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, on the east side of Lyngby Kongevej, in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen.
Lyngby railway station
Railway station
Lyngby station is a railway station serving the town and suburb of Kongens Lyngby in Greater Copenhagen, Denmark. It is situated centrally in Kongens Lyngby, a short distance from its main artery Lyngby Hovedgade.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kongens Lyngby and Sorgenfri.
Kongens Lyngby
Town
Photo: Thomas81, CC BY 2.5 dk.
Kongens Lyngby is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of a branch of Magasin du Nord as well as Lyngby Storcenter.
Sorgenfri
Suburb
Sorgenfri is a neighbourhood in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in Greater Copenhagen lying just north of Kongens Lyngby. The neighbourhood is enclosed between the landmarks of a forest with Lyngby Åmose, Mølleådalen and Spurveskjulskoven in the south, the Furesø Lake in the west and the parklands of Sorgenfri Palace and the Open Air Museum in the east.
Vangede
Suburb
Photo: Henrik Johansen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vangede is a suburb 8 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. This area is primarily made up of one and two family houses and two and three story apartment buildings.
Northern suburbs
- Type: territory
- Also known as: “Copenhagen/Northern suburbs” and “northern suburbs of Copenhagen”
- Location: Copenhagen, Copenhagen municipality, Capital Region, Zealand, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.77° or 55° 46′ 12″ northLongitude
12.5° or 12° 30′ eastOpen location code
9F7JQGC2+22Wikidata ID
Q15473270
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Italian—“Northern suburbs” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “קופנהגן/הפרברים הצפוניים”
- Italian: “Sobborghi settentrionali di Copenaghen”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Northern suburbs”. Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY-SA 2.0.