Copenhagen, Denmark – General Info

Getting About

Copenhagen international airport is on the southern outskirts of the city, a short train ride from Central Station or a wallet bashing twenty minute taxi ride.

A local bus service (# 250S) connects the airport with Radhuspladsen, the city’s central square, and also with Central Station – it costs the same as the train (US$2) but the trip takes 35 minutes. There’s also a direct SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) bus running from the airport to Central Station and the SAS hotels located in the city.

The city is also building a new metro system which should be open early 2002.

In the Greater Copenhagen area you can transfer freely between buses and trains using the same tickets and discount cards. You just have to travel within the period and zones they are valid for. The Greater Copenhagen area is divided into 95 zones. Coloured zone maps are posted at stations and bus stops. The red zone is the zone you are in and forms the basis of the fare calculation. The fare depends on the number of coloured zones (zone rings) you travel through. On certain trains (for instance InterCity and international trains) you pay a seat reservation fee/surcharge.

Ordinary basic tickets can be purchased from vending machines at stations, ticket offices and on buses from the driver (not cards though).The tickets are stamped with time, date and departure zone. You pay for the number of zones you need, but the minimum fare is for 2 zones and the maximum for 7 (all) zones.

Discount cards are available for 10 journeys within two, three, four, five, six or all zones. It is cheaper per journey to use a discount card than to buy a ticket. Before your journey starts, you punch the card in a yellow card-clipping machine on a bus, at a station or on a private railway train. Each clip entitles the passenger to travel within the number of zones indicated on the face of the card. By clipping the card more times you can travel in a greater number of zones than one clip allows.

Weather

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Accommodation

There are approx. 80 hotels with 18,000 beds in Copenhagen, of which more than half are located centrally in the City. Generally these are quite expensive, but some do offer the occasional special offer.

Youth hostels are always clean, reasonably cheap and a good place to meet bleach drinking locals: check out the hostel guide.

Camping is a good alternative to hotels and hostels especially during the summer months.

Staying in a B&B can be a cost effective and interesting option. Bookings can be arranged through: www.bbdk.dk

The city also offers a good booking service:

Wonderful Copenhagen

Tourist Information & Booking service

Gammel Kongevej 1

DK 1610 Copenhagen V.

Tel.: +45 70 22 24 42

Fax: +45 70 22 24 52

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