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The city has also invested in a five-kilometre<br />

manmade sandy beach, amager Strand,<br />

complete with water sports such as kite<br />

surfing – just seven minutes from downtown<br />

by metro.<br />

opening in September 2012 is <strong>Copenhagen</strong>’s<br />

new floating fish market by the new harbour<br />

promenade along havnegade, close to<br />

nyhavn Canal. The covered fish market will<br />

also f<strong>eat</strong>ure a panoramic café.<br />

designer green spaces<br />

a green city, <strong>Copenhagen</strong>’s many leafy parks<br />

have each their own character and life. Family<br />

birthday parties, open-air concerts – even<br />

weddings – are a part of the experience. Just<br />

a few hundred meters apart, several of the<br />

city’s grand urban parks are located on<br />

what used to be the city’s old medieval<br />

ramparts. <strong>Copenhagen</strong> has recently vowed<br />

to give residents no more than 15 minutes’<br />

walk to the nearest green space. pocket<br />

parks are popping up citywide. one of the<br />

city’s most popular parks for ballgames and<br />

open-air concerts, Fælledparken has recently<br />

H. C. Ørstedsparken - on of <strong>Copenhagen</strong>’s most popular green parks.<br />

trans formed into an activity park. and<br />

Super kilen, a new global park designed by<br />

<strong>Copenhagen</strong> practice BIg (see page 49), is<br />

set to open in 2012, f<strong>eat</strong>uring trees and park<br />

furniture sourced from around the world.<br />

Market places and sports activity zones add<br />

to the park’s urban liveability.<br />

The urban village in Nørrebro.<br />

Three greaT ways To<br />

discover copenhagen<br />

copenhagen<br />

– for urban explorers<br />

explore <strong>Copenhagen</strong>’s canals and waterways<br />

by kayak. Visit the new covered<br />

food market, Torvehallerne, the<br />

Danish Architecture Centre and<br />

Designmuseum Denmark. Ride<br />

through the Dyrehaven deer park on<br />

bicycles. and discover the city’s urban<br />

villages in Christiania and Nørrebro.<br />

copenhagen<br />

– for families<br />

Climb the corkscrew stairway of the<br />

golden spire of Our Saviour’s Church –<br />

or the winding walkway of the Round<br />

Tower. Visit the new arctic habitat in<br />

Copen hagen Zoo opening in the<br />

autumn 2012! go to Nyhavn Canal and<br />

hop aboard a tour boat. Spend a day in<br />

Tivoli – a truly magical amusement park.<br />

copenhagen<br />

– The good life<br />

Visit the home of designer Finn Juhl<br />

at the Ordrupgaard Museum, or the<br />

world-famous Louisiana Museum of<br />

Modern Art. Discover royal attrac tions<br />

such as Kronborg Castle, the setting of<br />

Shakespeare’s Hamlet – or Rosenborg<br />

Castle, home of the Crown Jewels.<br />

enjoy jazz and nordic gourmet cuisine<br />

in Tivoli.<br />

cph-tourist.dk<br />

<strong>Copenhagen</strong> 19

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