Insight Guides Explore Copenhagen

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Insight Guides
• ISBN:
  9781786714992
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Persönliche Entwicklung
• Subtopic: Reisen

Insight Explore Guides: pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of top international destinations. Now with free eBook.

Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this will make the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to Copenhagen
Enjoy 14 irresistible Best Routes to walk, from royal palaces to the Little Mermaid and the city's Viking past at Roskilde
Features concise insider information about landscape, history, food and drink, and entertainment options
Invaluable maps: each Best Route is accompanied by a detailed full-colour map, while the large pull-out map provides an essential overview of the area
Discover your destination's must-see sights and hand-picked hidden gems
Directory section provides invaluable insight into top accommodation, restaurant and nightlife options by area, along with an overview of language, books and films
Includes an innovative extra that's unique in the market - all Insight Explore Guides come with a free eBook
Inspirational colour photography throughout

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps aswell as picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

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Age restrictions

In Denmark, you must be 18 to purchase alcohol and drink in a bar, and 16 to buy alcohol from a shop. The minimum age for driving is 18.

Shoppers on Kobmagergade

Wonderful Copenhagen

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Budgeting for your trip

Money-saving tips. All national museums are free for children under 18, some have one day a week where admission is free. A Copenhagen Card (for more information, click here) can be good value. A free three-hour city tour leaves at 11am from the Rådhus steps – look out for the bright-green umbrella (for more free walking tours see www.copenhagenfreewalkingtours.dk). Alternatively, climb the Christiansborg Palace tower for magnificent views of the city. To save money on a bus tour, hop on bus 11A which stops at the museums and major attractions. Gardens and parks, including the Botanical Garden are also free to visit, as are harbour baths in summer. Many restaurants offer a good-value dagens ret (daily special).

Accommodation. Youth-hostel dormitory bed: 200–500dkk. For a double room with breakfast in high season, expect to pay 1,500–2500dkk for a mid-range hotel and over 3000dkk for a high-end hotel.

Eating out. Three-course evening meal (set menu) in a mid-range restaurant: around 350dkk. Drinks: coffee 35dkk, beer 35–50 dkk and soft drinks 25dkk.

Entertainment. Cinema 100dkk; Royal Danish Opera tickets 125–895dkk; nightclub entry 70–350dkk; Tivoli Gardens: free admission for children under 8, others 120dkk, multi-ride pass 230dkk.

Flights. Air tickets to Copenhagen vary greatly depending on carrier, flight availability and season. Budget carrier easyJet (www.easyjet.com) has peak-season return flights from London Gatwick for £100–200 (in low season prices drop to £50 or even less). Norwegian Air (www.norwegian.com) has similar flights for around £200 (high season).

Business hours

Shops are generally open Mon–Thu 10am–6pm, Fri until 7pm; Sat 10am–4pm; Sun noon–4pm. Department stores and large supermarkets, as well as newspaper and tobacco kiosks often have longer opening hours; commercial centres and department stores also stay open on Sunday.

Museums often open late one night a week (usually Wednesday) and are closed on Monday.

Banks are usually open Mon–Fri 9.30/10am–4pm; some until 5.30/6pm Thu. They are closed Sat–Sun and on public holidays. If you are looking to exchange money out of usual hours, Den Danske Bank at Copenhagen airport is open 5am–10pm and Forex at Hovedbånegard is open 8am–9pm.

Office hours are usually Mon–Fri 9am–4/4.30pm.

Waterside Copenhagen in winter

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Children

Copenhagen is peaceful and safe, with plenty of sights and activities to keep kids amused. Most museums have excellent children’s sections, and generally don’t charge for under-18s; other attractions offer reduced rates. Highchairs and child-sized portions are widely available in cafés and restaurants.

As well as central sights such as Tivoli (for more information, click here), there are several major family attractions lying just outside Copenhagen which are well worth visiting.

Bakken and Bellevue Beach

The world’s oldest funfair, Bakken (www.bakken.dk; Apr–Aug), attracts 2.5 million visitors a year during its short opening season with rides, sideshows and circus acts. A day pass costs adult 269dkk/child 189 dkk. The funfair is set in Dyrehaven, a lovely forested deer park just a short train-ride north of Copenhagen. Alight at Klampenborg, from where the park is a 10-minute walk. Another big family attraction at Klampenborg is the white-sand Bellevue Beach, two minutes’ walk from the station.

Experimentarium

Located in an impressive new modern building, the interactive science centre Experimentarium (Tuborg Havnevej 7, DK-2900 Hellerup; summer Mon–Wed and Fri 9.30am–6pm, Thu until 8pm, Sat–Sun 10am–6pm; www.experimentarium.dk), based north of the city in Hellerup, has two floors with 16 interactive installations and a roof terrace for outdoor activities.

National Aquarium Denmark (Den Blå Planet)

Northern Europe’s largest aquarium (Danmarks Akvarium; Jacob Fortlingsvej 1; www.denblaaplanet.dk; Mon 10am–9pm, Tue–Sun 10am–5pm; charge) is located out near the airport at Amager. To get here from the city centre, take the 5A bus towards Lufthavnen, alighting at the stop Den Blå Planet, from where the aquarium is a 200-metre/yd walk; or take the metro line M2 to Kastrup, then walk 600 metres/yds down Alleen in an easterly direction. There is also shuttle bus (free with ticket to the aquarium or Copenhagen Card) leaving every 45 mn from various stops in the city centre (Apr–Aug), see w...