
:''This article is about the city of Copenhagen. For the play by Michael Frayn, see Copenhagen (play)''. Copenhagen (Danish language: ''København'') is the capital and largest city of Denmark. The contemporary Danish name for the city is a corruption of the original designation for the city, "Købmandshavn," or "Merchants' Harbour" in Danish. The English language word for the city is derived from its German language name, "Kopenhagen." Copenhagen is home to the national Folketing, Government of Denmark, and List_of_Danish_monarchs, which are all situated in the heart of the city. == History of Copenhagen == :''Main article: History of Copenhagen'' Copenhagen was founded around year 1000 by Sweyn I of Denmark and his son Canute the Great ([http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_2._den_Store Knud den Store]). It was only a fishing village until the middle of the 12th century when it grew in importance after coming into the possession of the Bishop Absalon, who fortified it in 1167. The excellent harbour encouraged Copenhagen's growth until it became an important centre of commerce (hence its name). It was repeatedly attacked by the Hanseatic League as the Germans took notice. In 1254, it received its charter as a city under Bishop Jakob Erlandsen. [[Image:Copenhagen_1895.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Copenhagen circa 1895]] 1658-1659 it withstood a severe siege by the Sweden under Charles X of Sweden. In 1801 a British fleet under Horatio Nelson fought a major battle, the Battle of Copenhagen, with the Danish navy in Copenhagen harbour. When a British expeditionary force bombarded Copenhagen with rockets in 1807, to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon, the city suffered great damage and hundreds of people were killed. During World War II Copenhagen was Occupation of Denmark along with the rest of the country from 9th of April 1940 until 4th of May 1945. The city has grown greatly since the war. [[Image:KgsNytorv.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kongens Nytorv in the Wintertime]] Since the summer 2000, the cities of Copenhagen and Malmö have been connected by a toll bridge/tunnel (Oresund Bridge), which allows both rail and road passengers to cross. It was inaugurated in July 2000 by Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden of Sweden and Margrethe II of Denmark of Denmark. As a result, Copenhagen has become the center of a larger metropolitan area which spans both nations. The construction of the bridge has led to a large number of changes to the public transportation system and the extensive redevelopment of Amager, south of the main city. However, the bridge has not been as widely used as was originally hoped, likely due to the high tolls, slowing the planned integration of the region. Another hindrance to the integration of the region is the lack of a commonly acceptable currency throughout the area. It is still difficult to pay with either nation's currency in the other country. [[Image:CopenhagenNyHavn2001.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Nyhavn]] == Geography == Copenhagen is located on the eastern shore of the island of Zealand and partly on the island of Amager. Copenhagen faces the Oresund, the strait of water that separates Denmark from Sweden, and that connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. On the Swedish side of the sound directly across from Copenhagen lie the towns of Malmö and Landskrona. 1,116,979 people live in metropolitan Copenhagen (Storkøbenhavn). Of these 502,204 live in the Municipality of Copenhagen, 91,721 in the Municipality of Frederiksberg, 68,704 in the Municipality of Gentofte and another 454,350 in other nearby municipalities. An even larger metropolitan region is known as ''Hovedstadsregionen'' (translated, "the capital region"), which consists of the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, and the counties of Copenhagen_County, Frederiksborg_County and Roskilde_County. The population of ''Hovedstadsregionen'' is 1,823,109. Copenhagen is also a part of the Øresund region, which consists of Eastern Zealand and Western Scania (in Sweden), and has a population of 2.8 million people. == Culture == [[Image:The Little Mermaid 4.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The statue of The Little Mermaid, a monument to Hans Christian Andersen, in Copenhagen harbour.]] Copenhagen has by Danish newspapers been rated one of the best cities in the world in which to live, though it also has a high cost of living. ''Strøget'', a pedestrian shopping street in central Copenhagen was inaugurated in 1961. Copenhagen's extensive pedestrian network has been developed over the last 40 years through the work of one man, the Danish architect and professor Jan Gehl. === Cuisine === Copenhagen offers a great variety of fine restaurants and modest eateries with open sandwiches (called "smørrebrød") as the most known dish. Also, Copenhagen is known for the great tasting hotdog stands found throughout the city. Lately, immigration from the Middle East and North Africa has made dishes like kebab and falafel as popular as more traditional Scandinavian fast foods. == Transportation == Copenhagen has a public transportation system, consisting of commuter trains (called "S-Trains" (''S-tog'')), buses, and a new but still small Copenhagen Metro. The S-trains form the basis of the transportation network, stretching to most areas of metropolitan Copenhagen, with their main hub at Copenhagen Central Station (København H). Some regional trains supplement the S-train services with lines extending further such as to the Copenhagen Airport, Elsinore, and Malmö. The entire system is governed by the same overall authority and tickets are transferable from one mode to another. The region is divided up into 99 zones which govern the cost of a ticket. Travelling through 2 zones is less expensive than 3, 4, or more zones. A trip of 7 or more zones costs a base rate. Ticket prices are high and have increased substantially in recent years leading to a decrease in passenger numbers. In fact the percentage of trips made on public transportation in Copenhagen is quite low by northern European standards. An extensive road system is also in place for private automobiles, and the city's bicycle paths are extensive and well-used. The city provides Yellow bicycle program which can be found throughout the downtown area and used with a returnable deposit of 20 Danish krone. Bicycle paths are often separated from the main automobile lanes and have their own signal systems. ==Places of Notes in or Near Copenhagen== [[Image:Img_0050_edited.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Folketing at Christiansborg.]] [[Image:kopenhagenborse.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Danish stock exchange (Børsen) with parliament (Christiansborg) in the background]] *Amalienborg Palace *Arken Museum of Modern Art *Børsen The Stock Exchange *Dyrehavsbakken *Free State of Christiania *Christiansborg *Copenhagen Zoo *Statens Museum for Kunst *Dyrehaven *Frederiksborg Palace in Hillerød *Gefion fountain *Kastellet *Kongens Have *Kronborg - Hamlet's castle in Elsinore (''Helsingør'') *The Little Mermaid *La Fontaine(jazz) *Louisiana Museum of Modern Art *Danish National Museum *Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek *Nyhavn *Rosenborg Castle *Strøget *Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen == Famous Copenhageners == *Karen Blixen a.k.a. Isak Dinesen *Niels Bohr *Aage Bohr *Tycho Brahe *Nicolai Grundtvig *Ludvig Holberg *Iben Hjejle *J. C. Jacobsen (founder of Carlsberg Brewery) *Søren Kierkegaard *Jakob Nielsen *Ole Rømer *Jørn Utzon *Hans Christian Ørsted *Tove Ditlevsen ==See also == * Transportation in Denmark * Ports of the Baltic Sea == External links == *[http://www.visitcopenhagen.dk/ Wonderful Copenhagen] official tourism web site *[http://dr.dk/hca/en/tidsmaskinen/default.asp The Time Machine] The history of Copenhagen in the 1800's in sound and images from [http://dr.dk Danish Broadcasting Corp. (DR)] *[http://copenhagen.expozed.net/ Copenhagen Expozed] The complete tourist guide to Copenhagen *[http://www.megaholiday.com/copenhagen/index.html Copenhagen in Pictures] *[http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/Denmark/Copenhagen_photos.html Copenhagen photo gallery] *[http://www.netkontor.dk/cph/ Daily Pictures from Copenhagen] *[http://www.copenhagenpictures.dk/kastel.html Kastellet (the fort)] *[http://www3.aok.dk/Copenhagen/Visiting_Copenhagen/ Visiting Copenhagen (AOK)] *[http://www.rejseplanen.dk/bin/query.exe/en? Rejseplanen: Getting around with public transportation] *[http://www.useit.dk/ Useit - Copenhagen Low Budget Tourist Guide] *[http://www.copenhagen.at/ Pictures of Copenhagen] Site with a lot of pictures of Copenhagen and the surrounding area Copenhagen Coastal cities fo:Keypmannahavn la:Hafnia nds:Kopenhagen
Personally I see no point in thumbnailing the main image in this article. It makes more of a visual impact, and is not overly large. Does anyone strenuously object to reinstating the large image? User:Peregrine981 13:40, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC) :I agree. --User:Stonor 14:17, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC) ::It was just way too large at 354px; the reccomended maximum is 300, made it a bit smaller. --User:Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 22:18, 2004 Jul 7 (UTC) ''23:08, 21 Apr 2004 -- Guest User'': Corrected the spelling of Crown Prince Frederik (was misspelled as 'Fredrik') and added the proper link ---- What's the point in adding Copenhagen's name in German and Faroese? - User:Kaare 15:42, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC) == from Romania == wots the name of mayor of Kopenhagen? : His name is ''Jens Kramer Mikkelsen''. - User:Kaare 13:40, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC) : ''election soon to come'' == Chinatown == I found out about Copenhagen's Chinatown from the Copenhagen Post - http://www.cphpost.dk/get/64197.html However, I wasn't able to find much more information about Copenhagen's Chinatown beyond that newspaper article. How much has it grown? What are the streets? Any pictures? Please make any additions or corrections to the existing Denmark section on Chinatowns in Europe as you see fit. :I live in the "Vesterbro" part of Copenhagen, and I have never heard about a Chinatown in Copenhagen before. But it's true that there is a very small area in the Colbjørnsensgade/Halmtorvet vicinity which has a number of Far Asian stores. I'll take a look and ask around and perhaps take a few photographs. User:Tarvin 00:32, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC) :Lived in Copenhagen for 24 years, and have never heard the expression "China town". There is however, "Little somalia". A few stores just behind the Grand central station does not add up to a "town" IMO. : Agree with IMO. There are no China-town in Copenhagen. The citizens seems to be allergic to foreigners and a few shops is enought to create a name for it. By European comparison Denmark has very few foreing inhabitants and still they seems to discuss the "problem" more than in other countries with much larger immigrant population. Mads : No Chinatown in Copenhagen (yet), the largest minority is Arabs and Swedes --User:80.196.107.246 17:56, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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:''This article is about the city of Copenhagen. For the play by Michael Frayn, see Copenhagen (play)''. Copenhagen (Danish language: ''København'') is the capital and largest city of Denmark. The contemporary Danish name for the city is a corruption of the original designation for the city, "Købmandshavn," or "Merchants' Harbour" in Danish. The English language word for the city is derived from its German language name, "Kopenhagen." Copenhagen is home to the national Folketing, Government of Denmark, and List_of_Danish_monarchs, which are all situated in the heart of the city. == History of Copenhagen == :''Main article: History of Copenhagen'' Copenhagen was founded around year 1000 by Sweyn I of Denmark and his son Canute the Great ([http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_2._den_Store Knud den Store]). It was only a fishing village until the middle of the 12th century when it grew in importance after coming into the possession of the Bishop Absalon, who fortified it in 1167. The excellent harbour encouraged Copenhagen's growth until it became an important centre of commerce (hence its name). It was repeatedly attacked by the Hanseatic League as the Germans took notice. In 1254, it received its charter as a city under Bishop Jakob Erlandsen. [[Image:Copenhagen_1895.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Copenhagen circa 1895]] 1658-1659 it withstood a severe siege by the Sweden under Charles X of Sweden. In 1801 a British fleet under Horatio Nelson fought a major battle, the Battle of Copenhagen, with the Danish navy in Copenhagen harbour. When a British expeditionary force bombarded Copenhagen with rockets in 1807, to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon, the city suffered great damage and hundreds of people were killed. During World War II Copenhagen was Occupation of Denmark along with the rest of the country from 9th of April 1940 until 4th of May 1945. The city has grown greatly since the war. [[Image:KgsNytorv.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kongens Nytorv in the Wintertime]] Since the summer 2000, the cities of Copenhagen and Malmö have been connected by a toll bridge/tunnel (Oresund Bridge), which allows both rail and road passengers to cross. It was inaugurated in July 2000 by Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden of Sweden and Margrethe II of Denmark of Denmark. As a result, Copenhagen has become the center of a larger metropolitan area which spans both nations. The construction of the bridge has led to a large number of changes to the public transportation system and the extensive redevelopment of Amager, south of the main city. However, the bridge has not been as widely used as was originally hoped, likely due to the high tolls, slowing the planned integration of the region. Another hindrance to the integration of the region is the lack of a commonly acceptable currency throughout the area. It is still difficult to pay with either nation's currency in the other country. [[Image:CopenhagenNyHavn2001.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Nyhavn]] == Geography == Copenhagen is located on the eastern shore of the island of Zealand and partly on the island of Amager. Copenhagen faces the Oresund, the strait of water that separates Denmark from Sweden, and that connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. On the Swedish side of the sound directly across from Copenhagen lie the towns of Malmö and Landskrona. 1,116,979 people live in metropolitan Copenhagen (Storkøbenhavn). Of these 502,204 live in the Municipality of Copenhagen, 91,721 in the Municipality of Frederiksberg, 68,704 in the Municipality of Gentofte and another 454,350 in other nearby municipalities. An even larger metropolitan region is known as ''Hovedstadsregionen'' (translated, "the capital region"), which consists of the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, and the counties of Copenhagen_County, Frederiksborg_County and Roskilde_County. The population of ''Hovedstadsregionen'' is 1,823,109. Copenhagen is also a part of the Øresund region, which consists of Eastern Zealand and Western Scania (in Sweden), and has a population of 2.8 million people. == Culture == [[Image:The Little Mermaid 4.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The statue of The Little Mermaid, a monument to Hans Christian Andersen, in Copenhagen harbour.]] Copenhagen has by Danish newspapers been rated one of the best cities in the world in which to live, though it also has a high cost of living. ''Strøget'', a pedestrian shopping street in central Copenhagen was inaugurated in 1961. Copenhagen's extensive pedestrian network has been developed over the last 40 years through the work of one man, the Danish architect and professor Jan Gehl. === Cuisine === Copenhagen offers a great variety of fine restaurants and modest eateries with open sandwiches (called "smørrebrød") as the most known dish. Also, Copenhagen is known for the great tasting hotdog stands found throughout the city. Lately, immigration from the Middle East and North Africa has made dishes like kebab and falafel as popular as more traditional Scandinavian fast foods. == Transportation == Copenhagen has a public transportation system, consisting of commuter trains (called "S-Trains" (''S-tog'')), buses, and a new but still small Copenhagen Metro. The S-trains form the basis of the transportation network, stretching to most areas of metropolitan Copenhagen, with their main hub at Copenhagen Central Station (København H). Some regional trains supplement the S-train services with lines extending further such as to the Copenhagen Airport, Elsinore, and Malmö. The entire system is governed by the same overall authority and tickets are transferable from one mode to another. The region is divided up into 99 zones which govern the cost of a ticket. Travelling through 2 zones is less expensive than 3, 4, or more zones. A trip of 7 or more zones costs a base rate. Ticket prices are high and have increased substantially in recent years leading to a decrease in passenger numbers. In fact the percentage of trips made on public transportation in Copenhagen is quite low by northern European standards. An extensive road system is also in place for private automobiles, and the city's bicycle paths are extensive and well-used. The city provides Yellow bicycle program which can be found throughout the downtown area and used with a returnable deposit of 20 Danish krone. Bicycle paths are often separated from the main automobile lanes and have their own signal systems. ==Places of Notes in or Near Copenhagen== [[Image:Img_0050_edited.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Folketing at Christiansborg.]] [[Image:kopenhagenborse.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Danish stock exchange (Børsen) with parliament (Christiansborg) in the background]] *Amalienborg Palace *Arken Museum of Modern Art *Børsen The Stock Exchange *Dyrehavsbakken *Free State of Christiania *Christiansborg *Copenhagen Zoo *Statens Museum for Kunst *Dyrehaven *Frederiksborg Palace in Hillerød *Gefion fountain *Kastellet *Kongens Have *Kronborg - Hamlet's castle in Elsinore (''Helsingør'') *The Little Mermaid *La Fontaine(jazz) *Louisiana Museum of Modern Art *Danish National Museum *Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek *Nyhavn *Rosenborg Castle *Strøget *Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen == Famous Copenhageners == *Karen Blixen a.k.a. Isak Dinesen *Niels Bohr *Aage Bohr *Tycho Brahe *Nicolai Grundtvig *Ludvig Holberg *Iben Hjejle *J. C. Jacobsen (founder of Carlsberg Brewery) *Søren Kierkegaard *Jakob Nielsen *Ole Rømer *Jørn Utzon *Hans Christian Ørsted *Tove Ditlevsen ==See also == * Transportation in Denmark * Ports of the Baltic Sea == External links == *[http://www.visitcopenhagen.dk/ Wonderful Copenhagen] official tourism web site *[http://dr.dk/hca/en/tidsmaskinen/default.asp The Time Machine] The history of Copenhagen in the 1800's in sound and images from [http://dr.dk Danish Broadcasting Corp. (DR)] *[http://copenhagen.expozed.net/ Copenhagen Expozed] The complete tourist guide to Copenhagen *[http://www.megaholiday.com/copenhagen/index.html Copenhagen in Pictures] *[http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/Denmark/Copenhagen_photos.html Copenhagen photo gallery] *[http://www.netkontor.dk/cph/ Daily Pictures from Copenhagen] *[http://www.copenhagenpictures.dk/kastel.html Kastellet (the fort)] *[http://www3.aok.dk/Copenhagen/Visiting_Copenhagen/ Visiting Copenhagen (AOK)] *[http://www.rejseplanen.dk/bin/query.exe/en? Rejseplanen: Getting around with public transportation] *[http://www.useit.dk/ Useit - Copenhagen Low Budget Tourist Guide] *[http://www.copenhagen.at/ Pictures of Copenhagen] Site with a lot of pictures of Copenhagen and the surrounding area Copenhagen Coastal cities fo:Keypmannahavn la:Hafnia nds:Kopenhagen
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Personally I see no point in thumbnailing the main image in this article. It makes more of a visual impact, and is not overly large. Does anyone strenuously object to reinstating the large image? User:Peregrine981 13:40, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC) :I agree. --User:Stonor 14:17, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC) ::It was just way too large at 354px; the reccomended maximum is 300, made it a bit smaller. --User:Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 22:18, 2004 Jul 7 (UTC) ''23:08, 21 Apr 2004 -- Guest User'': Corrected the spelling of Crown Prince Frederik (was misspelled as 'Fredrik') and added the proper link ---- What's the point in adding Copenhagen's name in German and Faroese? - User:Kaare 15:42, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC) == from Romania == wots the name of mayor of Kopenhagen? : His name is ''Jens Kramer Mikkelsen''. - User:Kaare 13:40, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC) : ''election soon to come'' == Chinatown == I found out about Copenhagen's Chinatown from the Copenhagen Post - http://www.cphpost.dk/get/64197.html However, I wasn't able to find much more information about Copenhagen's Chinatown beyond that newspaper article. How much has it grown? What are the streets? Any pictures? Please make any additions or corrections to the existing Denmark section on Chinatowns in Europe as you see fit. :I live in the "Vesterbro" part of Copenhagen, and I have never heard about a Chinatown in Copenhagen before. But it's true that there is a very small area in the Colbjørnsensgade/Halmtorvet vicinity which has a number of Far Asian stores. I'll take a look and ask around and perhaps take a few photographs. User:Tarvin 00:32, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC) :Lived in Copenhagen for 24 years, and have never heard the expression "China town". There is however, "Little somalia". A few stores just behind the Grand central station does not add up to a "town" IMO. : Agree with IMO. There are no China-town in Copenhagen. The citizens seems to be allergic to foreigners and a few shops is enought to create a name for it. By European comparison Denmark has very few foreing inhabitants and still they seems to discuss the "problem" more than in other countries with much larger immigrant population. Mads : No Chinatown in Copenhagen (yet), the largest minority is Arabs and Swedes --User:80.196.107.246 17:56, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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