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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"A capital where you swim in the harbour in the middle of the city, cycle more than you walk, and pay Scandinavian prices for the privilege.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304114","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"5 | Harbour baths, free to swim in\r\n1843 | Tivoli, the second oldest amusement park\r\n62% | Of commuters cycle to work","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A city built around bikes and water","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Copenhagen spent thirty years rebuilding itself around bicycles and cleaning up its harbour, and both worked: more than sixty per cent of people cycle to work, and the water in the middle of the city is clean enough to swim in, with free harbour baths at Islands Brygge and Havnebadet Sluseholmen.\r\n\r\nThe old city is Renaissance brick and copper spires, the new bits are the architecture people fly in to look at, and Christiania \u2014 a self-governing commune in a former military barracks since 1971 \u2014 is neither.\r\n\r\nIt is also very expensive. A beer is \u20ac7 to \u20ac9, a main is \u20ac20 to \u20ac35, and dorms run \u20ac30 to \u20ac55. The compensations are that the best things here are free or cheap: the harbour, the parks, the bikes and the food markets.\r\n\r\nThree days, four if you want a day trip.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in from the airport | Metro to the centre, 15 minutes, about \u20ac4.50\r\nGetting around | Bike, or a 24-hour transport pass at about \u20ac11\r\nCurrency | Danish krone, not the euro. Around 7.45 to the euro\r\nCash | Barely used. Cards and MobilePay everywhere, including market stalls\r\nTap water | Excellent, and asking for it in a restaurant is normal\r\nHarbour swimming | Free, and the water is tested. Summer only, realistically","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A compact centre with distinct neighbourhoods either side of it, all cyclable in fifteen minutes.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Indre By | First-timers | The old centre: Str\u00f8get, Nyhavn, Rosenborg and the Round Tower. Walkable to everything and the priciest. | 55.6800 | 12.5800 |  | \nVesterbro | Food and nightlife | West of the station: the Meatpacking District, the best bars and restaurants, and most of the hostels. | 55.6690 | 12.5510 | Kobenhavn v | \nN\u00f8rrebro | Value and character | North: the most diverse part of the city, J\u00e6gersborggade, Assistens cemetery and cheaper everything. | 55.6930 | 12.5530 |  | \nChristianshavn | Canals and Christiania | Across the water: canals, houseboats, the Church of Our Saviour spire and the Christiania commune. | 55.6730 | 12.5920 |  | \nAmager and Islands Brygge | Harbour swimming | South, along the water, with the harbour baths, a beach park and the airport metro line. | 55.6650 | 12.5790 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Hire a bike on the first morning. The city is flat, the lanes are separated from traffic, and it changes how the whole place works \u2014 \u20ac12 to \u20ac20 a day, or use the city scheme.\r\n\r\nSwim in the harbour. Islands Brygge is the famous one, five minutes from the centre, free, with water quality tested and posted. It runs June to August realistically, and Danes go in regardless.\r\n\r\nClimb the Church of Our Saviour in Christianshavn: an external spiral staircase winding around the outside of the spire, 400 steps, and not for anyone who dislikes heights. About \u20ac10.\r\n\r\nChristiania is a self-governing commune founded in a squatted barracks in 1971. It is free to walk into. Pusher Street, its open cannabis market, was closed by the residents themselves in 2024 after years of gang violence, and the commune is best treated as somebody's home rather than an attraction.\r\n\r\nTivoli, from 1843, is the second oldest amusement park in the world and is at its best after dark.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Hire a bike | \u20ac12\u201320 a day. It changes the whole trip\r\nHarbour baths | Free, clean, tested. Islands Brygge is the one\r\nChurch of Our Saviour | 400 steps up an external spiral. About \u20ac10\r\nChristiania | Free to enter. Treat it as a home, not a sight","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The harbour baths are free and so are the beaches at Amager Strandpark, twenty minutes out on the metro.\r\n\r\nNyhavn, the Superkilen park in N\u00f8rrebro, and the Assistens cemetery where Hans Christian Andersen and Kierkegaard are buried are all free, and the cemetery is used as a park.\r\n\r\nBotanical gardens, the Marble Church, and the King's Garden at Rosenborg cost nothing.\r\n\r\nSeveral museums are free on certain days: the National Museum is free year-round, and the SMK national gallery has free permanent collections.\r\n\r\nThe Little Mermaid is free, small, and consistently voted one of Europe's most disappointing sights \u2014 go if you must, it takes ten minutes.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Harbour baths and beaches | Free, and genuinely good\r\nNational Museum | Free year-round\r\nAssistens cemetery | A park with Andersen and Kierkegaard in it\r\nThe Little Mermaid | Free, small, and famously underwhelming","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_food_body":"This is one of the best food cities in the world and one of the most expensive. Restaurant mains run \u20ac20 to \u20ac35 before drinks.\r\n\r\nSm\u00f8rrebr\u00f8d \u2014 open rye sandwiches with herring, roast pork or prawns \u2014 is the traditional lunch at \u20ac8 to \u20ac15 a piece, and two make a meal.\r\n\r\nThe cheap end is good: Reffen and Broens Gadek\u00f8kken street food markets, hot dogs from a p\u00f8lsevogn at \u20ac4 to \u20ac6, and shawarma on N\u00f8rrebrogade.\r\n\r\nTorvehallerne market is where to buy for a picnic.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac7 to \u20ac9 in a bar, and buying from a supermarket before going to a park is completely normal here and legal.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Sm\u00f8rrebr\u00f8d | \u20ac8\u201315 a piece, and two is lunch\r\nStreet food markets | Reffen and Broens. The affordable end\r\nP\u00f8lsevogn hot dogs | \u20ac4\u20136, and a Danish institution\r\nPark drinking | Legal and normal. A supermarket beer is a third of bar prices","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"The Meatpacking District in Vesterbro is the obvious one \u2014 former abattoir buildings now full of bars and clubs, busy from ten.\r\n\r\nN\u00f8rrebro has the better neighbourhood bars, particularly around J\u00e6gersborggade and Elmegade, and a strong craft beer scene.\r\n\r\nCulture Box and the clubs around Gothersgade run properly late, and Copenhagen's electronic scene is serious.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac7 to \u20ac9 and cocktails \u20ac13 to \u20ac18, so pre-drinking in a park or at the hostel is standard practice rather than a budget tactic.\r\n\r\nIn summer the whole city drinks outside, on the harbour and in the parks, and that is the best version of a night here.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Meatpacking District | Vesterbro, in former abattoir buildings\r\nN\u00f8rrebro | Neighbourhood bars and craft beer\r\nPrices | Beer \u20ac7\u20139, cocktails \u20ac13\u201318\r\nOutside in summer | The parks and the harbour, and it is legal","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Cycle. The city has more bikes than people, the lanes are physically separated from traffic, and everything is flat. Rental is \u20ac12 to \u20ac20 a day. Cycling rules are enforced: hand signals, lights after dark, and staying off the pavement.\r\n\r\nPublic transport is a single zonal system across metro, bus, S-train and harbour buses. A 24-hour City Pass is about \u20ac11, and the metro runs 24 hours.\r\n\r\nThe airport is 15 minutes by metro for about \u20ac4.50.\r\n\r\nHarbour buses 991 and 992 are normal public transport on the water and cost a standard fare, which makes them the cheapest boat tour in the city.\r\n\r\nTrains reach Malm\u00f6 in Sweden in 35 minutes and Aarhus in three hours.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Bike | \u20ac12\u201320 a day, and the way the city works\r\n24-hour City Pass | About \u20ac11 for everything\r\nHarbour buses | Public transport on the water at a normal fare\r\nMalm\u00f6 | 35 minutes by train, and a different country","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Copenhagen costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Expensive, and there is no way around that. Dorms are \u20ac30 to \u20ac55, a restaurant main \u20ac20 to \u20ac35, and a beer \u20ac7 to \u20ac9.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac75 to \u20ac120.\r\n\r\nWhat genuinely helps: cycling instead of transport, harbour swimming instead of paid attractions, street food markets and p\u00f8lsevogn instead of restaurants, supermarket beer in a park, and the free museums.\r\n\r\nDenmark uses the krone, not the euro, at around 7.45 to one. Cash is almost extinct \u2014 cards and MobilePay work everywhere including market stalls, so there is no need to carry any.\r\n\r\nThe Copenhagen Card at about \u20ac60 for 24 hours covers transport and most museums, and pays off only if you are doing several paid attractions in a day.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac30\u201355\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac75\u2013120\r\nNo cash needed | Cards and MobilePay everywhere, including stalls\r\nThe free things are the good things | Harbour, parks, bikes, National Museum","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Copenhagen is a very safe city with low crime, and walking or cycling home at night is unremarkable.\r\n\r\nThe bike lanes are the thing visitors get wrong. Danes cycle fast and expect you to signal, keep right, and not stop in the lane \u2014 stepping into one while looking at a phone is the most common way tourists get hurt here.\r\n\r\nPickpocketing happens on Str\u00f8get, at the main station and in Nyhavn crowds.\r\n\r\nIn Christiania, residents closed Pusher Street, the cannabis market, in 2024 after years of gang violence. Cannabis is illegal in Denmark, buying it anywhere in the city carries real risk, and residents still ask that you do not photograph people.\r\n\r\nHarbour swimming is safe at the marked baths and not elsewhere \u2014 there is boat traffic. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Bike lanes | Look before stepping into one. Cyclists move fast\r\nChristiania | Cannabis is illegal, and Pusher Street closed in 2024\r\nSwim at the baths only | Boat traffic elsewhere in the harbour\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Castles, an art museum on a cliff and another country, all within an hour.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Malm\u00f6, Sweden | 35 minutes | Train, about \u20ac14 each way | Another country over the bridge, with a twisting tower, a good food scene and lower prices. |  | 1304248\nKronborg Castle | 50 minutes | Train to Helsing\u00f8r, about \u20ac14 | Hamlet's Elsinore, a Renaissance fortress on the narrowest point of the sound. |  | 1304249\nDrag\u00f8r | 40 minutes | Bus, about \u20ac4 | A preserved fishing village of yellow houses and cobbles, near the airport and almost unvisited. |  | 1304250","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to September for daylight and harbour swimming. Winter is dark, and that is the whole point of hygge.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The latitude is the thing: midsummer gives about seventeen hours of light and December about seven, which shapes the entire feel of the city either side of the year.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 3 | 2 | Dark and cold, with about seven hours of light. Cheapest month\r\nFebruary | 3 | 2 | Still dark. Museums and caf\u00e9s weather\r\nMarch | 6 | 3 | Lengthening. Terraces start appearing on the first warm day\r\nApril | 11 | 4 | Good. The city comes back outside\r\nMay | 16 | 5 | Excellent. Long evenings and everything opens\r\nJune | 20 | 5 | The best month. Light until eleven and harbour swimming starts\r\nJuly | 22 | 5 | Peak. Warmest water, busiest city, Roskilde Festival\r\nAugust | 22 | 5 | Warm and busy, with the sea at its warmest\r\nSeptember | 18 | 4 | Superb. Quieter, still swimmable early in the month\r\nOctober | 13 | 3 | Autumn, and the light goes quickly\r\nNovember | 8 | 2 | Dark and wet. Christmas markets open at the end\r\nDecember | 4 | 4 | Tivoli at Christmas, which is the best reason to be here in winter","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A jazz festival in July and Tivoli at Christmas.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/denmark\/copenhagen\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Copenhagen Jazz Festival | July | Citywide | Ten days with hundreds of concerts across the city, many of them free and outdoors. |  | \nTivoli Christmas | Mid-November to early January | Tivoli Gardens | The park decorated and lit for Christmas, and the best thing to do here in winter. |  | \nDistortion | June | N\u00f8rrebro and Vesterbro | Street parties taking over whole neighbourhoods for several days. |  | \nRoskilde Festival | Late June and July | Roskilde | One of Europe's largest music festivals, thirty minutes away, with a week-long warm-up camp. |  | \nHarbour swimming season | June to August | Islands Brygge and others | When the baths are open, staffed and busy. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Prices are in kroner on the ground, at about 7.45 to the euro. The transport line assumes a bike or the \u20ac11 day pass.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 30 | 20 | 5 | 8\r\nMiddle of the road | 48 | 45 | 11 | 25\r\nComfortable | 90 | 80 | 15 | 50","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A strong scene with some of the best-designed hostels in Europe, concentrated in Vesterbro and near the station. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Copenhagen","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/denmark\/copenhagen\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Copenhagen travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Can you really swim in the harbour? | Yes. The city spent decades cleaning the water and there are now free harbour baths in the middle of town, with water quality tested and posted. Islands Brygge is the best known. Realistically it is a June to August activity, though Danes disagree.\r\nShould I hire a bike? | Yes, on the first morning. The city is flat with lanes separated from traffic, rental is \u20ac12 to \u20ac20 a day, and it is genuinely how Copenhagen works. Signal with your hands, keep right, and never stop in the lane.\r\nHow expensive is it really? | Dorms \u20ac30 to \u20ac55, restaurant mains \u20ac20 to \u20ac35, beer \u20ac7 to \u20ac9, and a day around \u20ac75 to \u20ac120. Street food markets, p\u00f8lsevogn hot dogs, supermarket beer in a park and the free museums bring it down a long way.\r\nDo I need cash? | No. Denmark is close to cashless \u2014 cards and MobilePay work everywhere including market stalls and hot dog vans. The krone is not the euro, at about 7.45 to one, so you will not need to change anything.\r\nIs Christiania worth visiting? | It is a self-governing commune founded in a squatted barracks in 1971 and it is free to walk into. Its cannabis market on Pusher Street was closed by the residents in 2024 after years of gang violence; cannabis remains illegal in Denmark. It is best treated as somebody's home rather than a sight, and residents ask that you do not photograph people.\r\nIs the Little Mermaid worth it? | It is small, free and regularly voted one of Europe's most disappointing attractions. It takes ten minutes if you are passing, and nobody should build a day around it.\r\nWhen should I visit? | June for the longest days and the start of harbour swimming, or July and August for the warmest water. December has Tivoli lit for Christmas, which is the one genuinely good reason to come in the dark months.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Copenhagen hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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