Burgeoning with greenery, cuisine, and music, the harbourside Danish capital is
Fun Central.
Deliciously flat and laidback, Copenhagen is one of the world's easiest cities to explore. Featuring a beautiful blend of modern and medieval architecture, Denmark's capital is a breeze to get around on foot, by bus or train, or via innumerable bike paths. Facing the Oresund, the waterway that borders the island of Zealand, the Scandinavian port city of 1.2 million offers attractions
that are simultaneously civilized, stylish, and cheerful.
A natural starting point is Nyhavn. This 17th-century canal once brought merchants' goods into the city and now burgeons with colourful bars and restaurants. Board an electric boat and see Copenhagen on a narrated hour-long canal tour, checking out Christiansborg Palace (home to the Danish Parliament),
the $500-million Copenhagen Opera House, and the iconic Little Mermaid statue -
and now the Royal Arena with its wooden facade elements that will welcome sport
fans for almost three weeks of a hockey festival during the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
When you get peckish, culinary choices abound. Feast on open-faced sandwiches at Ida Davidsen, the oldest smorrebrod joint in town, with offerings from steak
tartare to smoked eel. Dive into the emerging Danish microbrewery scene at the 2003-founded Norrebro Bryghus, housed in a renovated brick building and featuring tasty beers such as Ravnsborg Red and Stuykman Wit paired with locally sourced fish and vegetarian dishes. Or get avant-garde at Noma, specializing in Scandinavian fusion cuisine like Norwegian king crab with baby leeks - it's a fixture in Restaurant Magazine's annual ranking of the world's top 50 eateries.
Both indoors and outdoors, you'll find plenty to do in the city that famously hosted an international climate change summit in 2009. Stroll through the free,
25-acre Botanical Gardens, showcasing more than 20,000 plant species from orchids to banana trees. Admire giant palm trees and classical statues beneath the glass dome of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, a century-old art museum that boasts a superb collection of Greek sculptures and a wing dedicated to French Impressionists, from Gauguin to Monet. You can burn off calories by climbing to
the top of Europe's oldest functional observatory, the 1642-completed Round Tower, and snapping some shots of the Copenhagen skyline.
Scope out the endless shopping and talented buskers during a stroll along winding Stroget, Copenhagen's famous pedestrian street. If you crave more music, a visit to the Copenhagen Jazzhouse always satisfies, spotlighting stars
from Curtis Stigers to Palle Mikkelborg. And be sure to spend an evening among the twinkling coloured lights of the Tivoli Gardens, sampling pastries and pancakes and riding the old Ferris wheel at Europe's best-known pre-Disney amusement park.
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