Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bus
#11A
does a big loop from the train station through the core of town
up to Nørreport, then down to Nyhavn before retracing its steps back via Nør-
report to the train station.
Other, non-“A” buses, which are bigger and tend to be more direct, can be
faster for some trips:
Bus #
14
runs from Nørreport (and near my recommended hotels) down to
the city center, stopping near the Strøget and Slotsholmen Island, and eventu-
ally going near the main train station.
Buses
#15
and
#26
run a handy route right through the main tourist zone:
trainstation/TivolitoSlotsholmen IslandtoKongensNytorv(nearNyhavn)to
the Amalienborg Palace/
Little Mermaid
area. Bus #26 continues even farther
northward to the city's cruise ports, but the line splits, so pay attention to
which bus you're on: Those marked
Langelinie
go to the Langelinie Pier,
while
Færgehavn Nord
heads for Frihavnen. Note that bus #26 does not run
on weekends.
Bus #
29
goes from Nyhavn to Slotsholmen Island to Tivoli.
Copenhagen's
Metro
line, while simple, is super-futuristic and growing.
For most tourists' purposes, only the airport and three consecutive stops with-
in the city matter: Nørreport (connected every few minutes by the S-tog to
the main train station), Kongens Nytorv (near Nyhavn and the Strøget's north
end), and Christianshavn. Nearly all recommended hotels are within walking
distance of the main train station or these three stops.
The city is busy at work on the new Cityringen (City Circle) Metro line.
When it opens in 2018, the Metro will instantly become far handier for tour-
ists—linking the train station, Rådhuspladsen, Gammel Strand (near Slotshol-
men Island), and Kongens Nytorv (near Nyhavn). In the meantime, you can
expect to see massive construction zones at each of those locations. Eventu-
ally the Metro will also extend to Ørestad, the industrial and business center
created after the Øresund Bridge was built between Denmark and Sweden (for
the latest on the Metro, see www.m.dk).
The
S-tog
is basically a commuter line that links stations on the main train
line through Copenhagen; for those visiting the city, the most important stops
are the main train station and Nørreport (where it ties into the Metro system).
