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Tourist Information and Travel Guide

Copenhagen Santa Parade 

ABOVE: A summer parade of Santas on Strøget, Copenhagen's main shopping street. INSET BELOW: Copenhagen's Danish spelling on a boat fantail, and a navigation light in the Frihavnen cruise harbor.

Copenhagen, Denmark--Scandinavia's largest city--has been called "The Paris of the North." That may be an exaggeration, but it's an understandable display of hyperbole in a part of Europe where  joie de vivre is occasionally smothered under a blanket of earnestness. This is a city where the Queen designs opera costumes, gay marriage has been legal since 1989, and Santas parade through the streets in July.

Copenhagen's tourist attractions range from the world's oldest amusement park to royal palaces. On the museum scene, you can choose anything from a museum of the Danish Resistance to an open-air museum with rural buildings from all over Denmark.

Frihavnen navigation light

Shopping offers a plethora of opportunities, from amber trinkets to Royal Copenhagen Porcelain or Georg Jensen silver to Danish modern furniture. And when you're hungry from looking at countless empty Flora Danica plates, you can head for one of Copenhagen's more than 2,000 restaurants to enjoy smørrebrod with cold Carlsberg beer or a five-course French feast.

København

To start planning your trip to Copenhagen, use the links in the navigation table below:


Copenhagen main index
Introduction
Academic travel
Bars, nightclubs
Dining
Drugs
Events, culture
Excursions
Gay, lesbian
Miscellaneous
Museums
Photos, Webcams
Practical info
Sex, prostitution
Sightseeing
Shopping
Transportation
Umbrella sites

Copenhagen hotels/accommodations index
Hotels intro
5-star hotels
4-star hotels
3-star hotels
Budget hotels
Hostels, camping

Also see:
Tivoli Gardens
Icebar CPH

About the author:

Durant Imboden photo.Durant Imboden is a professional travel writer, book author, and editor who focuses on European cities and transportation.

After 4-1/2 years of covering European travel topics for About.com, Durant and Cheryl Imboden co-founded Europe for Visitors in 2001. The site has earned "Best of the Web" honors from Forbes and The Washington Post.

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1st inset photo copyright © Lone Elisa Ploughmann.
2nd inset photo copyright © Christian Alsing for Visit Copenhagen.