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Style and substance rule happily from a well-designed throne.
Copenhagen has been Denmark's capital for 600 years. It's an appealing and largely low-rise city comprised of block after block of period six-storey buildings. Church steeples punctuate the skyline, with only a couple of modern hotels marring the view.
'Let us clink and drink one down/ To wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen/ Salty old queen of the sea.' - Hans Christian Andersen
It's a city that gleams with a contemporary edge, but seems to take you back hundreds of years. Whatever you're looking for -sleek or cosy, gay or straight, traditional or modern - it can provide. It's even affordable in Scandinavian terms.
Copenhagen sits on the east coast of Denmark's largest island, Zealand (Sjælland). A prominent point of orientation in the city is the main rail station, Central Station (Hoved Banegården), which is bordered to the west by the primary hotel precinct and to the northeast by the longstanding entertainment attraction of Tivoli. Just north of Tivoli is Rådhuspladsen, the central city square and the main terminus for the local bus network. To the east is the city's waterfront, including the canal-riddled district of Christianshavn.
Copenhagen boasts Europe's longest mall, Strøget, which is an amalgamation of five streets - Frederiksberggade, Nygade, Vimmelskaftet, Amagertorv and Østergade - running right through the centre of the city between Rådhuspladsen and Kongens Nytorv, the square at the head of the Nyhavn canal.
