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Denmark : Copenhagen - March 2008

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Getting around

Copenhagen Airport

Train: The journey from the airport costs €4/DKK 30. Trains stop at all the major urban stations, taking around 13 minutes to reach the city centre. The metro takes 19 minutes to reach the city centre and stops at Nørreport too. Tickets are also €4/DKK 30.
Taxi: A trip into the centre costs around €27/DKK 200 and takes 20 minutes.
Tourist information: The main office can be found opposite Tivoli Gardens (tel. , visitcopenhagen.com).

CENTRE

You’ll find most of Copenhagen’s famous sights within a mile of the centre’s quaint cobblestone streets.

Sleep soundly – The five-star First Hotel Skt Petri is housed in a converted department store. Its ambience is sleek and modern, while its location is prime.

Culture vultures – See fine films, have lunch and shop for DVDs at Det Danske Filminstitut (55 Gothersgade). This welcoming bastion of civilisation has a monthly film schedule, an excellent café and restaurant and a great film library for serious cinema buffs.

Must eat – Low-key and elegant Restaurant M (56 Store Kongensgade, tel. ) is frequented by businesspeople and sophisticated travellers. Its lunch smørrebrod (traditional Danish open-faced sandwich) is excellent.

Shop til you drop – Danes don’t kid around when it comes to design. For hard evidence, check out Illums Bolighus (10 Amagertorv). It’s clear some people spend a lot of time thinking about the meaning of kettles, candlestick holders and lamps.

NØRREBRO

Nørrebo has been totally regenerated in the past 15 years and is now full of clubs, bars and cafés.

Must eat – For modern Thai cuisine in an elegant setting, head for Kiin Kiin (21 Guldsbergsgade, tel. ). The seafood comes fresh from the North Sea, less than an hour away.

Must drink – Sankt Hans Torv is a gathering point and Wi-fihotspot for this young, diverse neighbourhood. Mingle and chill at Pussy Galore’s Flying Circus and Café Sebastopol, both right on the square.

Dance the night away – Gefärlich (7 Fælledvej) is a club, clothes store, bar and restaurant – a sort of cool catch-all, and so hip it hurts. The club opens at 10.30pm – leave any square travelling companions at the hotel.

FREDERIKSBERG

This area of Copenhagen is full of green spaces and grand townhouses, and is also one of the city’s most desirable neighbourhoods.

Culture vultures – In Søndermarken, the park across Roskildevej from Frederiksberg Palace, you’ll find Cisternerne Museum of Modern Glass Art (55 Pile Alle). The museum is actually under the park – the works of legendary glass artists are exhibited in a historic cistern. The entrance is marked by two glass triangles on Søndermarken’s large central lawn.

Must eat – Not fancy, just really Danish, Sans Souci (15 Madvigs Allé, tel. ) is intimate, comfortable and serves hearty portions of comfort food. It’s the perfect place to refuel after a day spent walking around the city (but bear in mind it’s closed at weekends).

Shop til you drop – Værnedamsvej, between Gammel Kongevej and Vesterbrogade, is a charming Parisian-style shopping street on the border of Frederiksberg and Vesterbro. It’s lined with boutiques, a florist, a deli and an expert wine shop.

VESTERBRO

This once-seedy district west of Central Station has been transformed into a bustling hub favoured by the city’s most fashionable.

Sleep soundly – Bertrams Hotel Guldsmeden is elegant, understated and convenient. There’s an organic bakery, private garden and a bus stop right outside the door for trips into the city centre.

Must eat – Even if you wouldn’t bother going all the way to France for Danish food, it’s worth trying Les Trois Cochons (10 Værnedamsvej, tel. ) – entrecôte like there’s no tomorrow and good wine too.

Must drink – The Moscow mules at Riesen (36 Oehlenschlägergade) kick. You’re also encouraged to bring your awful 80s records here, hit the decks and “ruin the night for everybody else”.

Compiled by Scott Berman