Copenhagen City Guide

Your guide to Denmark’s capital…

Copenhagen is clean, cool and colourful. It’s also one of my favourite cities to visit solo. ‘One of the happiest cities in the world’ combines fascinating history with contemporary culture. And don’t even get me started on the food. Danish pastry, anyone?

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Essential Copenhagen

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  • Woman sat alone in a park in Copenhagen, looking out over a lake, green bushes and trees
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  • Pancakes at Cafe Next Door, Copenhagen
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  • Narrow street with colourful buildings
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Top Copenhagen Activities

  • Merry go round with passengers at Tivoli Gardens
tivoli gardens
  • Vegetarian hot dog with crispy fried onions and pickles
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  • Colourful houses alongside the canal at Nyhavn, Copenhagen
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  • Statue of a man riding a horse with palace buildings behind it
amalienborg palace
  • Boats in Nyhavn
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