From
Hostelbookers:
 Sleep
in Green is a basic hostel that sets out to be the alternative
place to stay in Copenhagen, with minimum impact on the environment.
Includes organic breakfast, use of enviromental friendly cleaning
products, recycling, renewable energy and grey water for flushing
the toilets.
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Eco Friendly Copenhagen
Scandinavia's most vibrant capital,
Copenhagen is a city of designer hotels and cafe culture. It
welcomes pedestrians and cyclists. You can easily explore the
city by bicycle, seeing the sparkling Tivoli Gardens, the free
city of Cristiana, the Carlsberg Brewery or travel farther afield
to the Oresund Bridge connecting Malmo and Sweden, or see the
castles of Frederiksborg and Kronborg (Hamlet's Elsinore). Alternatively,
simply relax in one of the city's many bars and cafés.
Getting there
Ferries to Denmark are available
from DFDS
Seaways whose ferries run from Harwich to Esbjerg, and also
connect Copenhagen with Oslo.
There are direct flights from
Aberdeen, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester
and Newcastle to Copenhagen's main airport at Kastrup with SAS
Scandinavian Airlines, as well as BMI Baby, British Airways,
Brussels Airlins, Easyjet, Flybe, KLM and Lufthansa. See Copenhagen
Airports (www.cph.dk) for information
on Kastrup, and the smaller airport at Roskilde, including flight
arrival and departure times.
Getting Around
The Danish train company, DSB
(www.dsb.dk) provide national
and commuter train information -although mostly in Danish, they
do offer a tutorial in English on how to buy tickets.
Rejseplanen (www.rejseplanen.dk)
gives travel details by car, train and bus, including times for
routes throughout Denmark and even tells you how much C02 you
emit.
Copenhagen is a city that loves
cycling -it has more than 300km of dedicated cycle tracks. Between
May and October visitors can pick up one of two thousand free
City Bikes available, spread over 110 bike-stations in
the city (www.bycyklen.dk).
You only need to made a small deposit,
Bikes are allowed on the city's
Metro (www.m.dk), but not at rush
hours (7.00-9.00 am and 3.30-5.00 pm) -you do need to buy a bike
ticket.
A great way to see the city is
by Kayak -Kajakole (www.kajakole.com)
run guided trips in sit-on kayaks through Christianhavn's canals
and Copenhagen Harbour as well as kayak polo and team building
activities. Alternatively, Copenhagen walking tours (www.copenhagen-walkingtours.dk)
offer a choice of four city centre walking tours for groups of
up to twenty people. DFDS
run Copenhagen Canal Tours (www.canaltours.com)
with guided tours or the canals and harbour in Danish, English
or German
Sleeping
Hotels, Bed & Breakfast:
 CPH Living (pictured
-www.cphliving.com)
offer Denmark's first floating hotel with the best in Scandinavian
design and maybe also showing the future of a world after sea
level rises.
Arp-Hansen (www.arp-hansen.com)
is a chain of eleven hotels, all of which are green key rated.
Bicycles are available to hire from their receptions and there
is a choice for all. Copenhagen Island Hotel is peacefully located
on Kalvebod Brygge with panoramic views over Copenhagen Harbour,
Tivoli is a modern theme hotel within walking distance of the
famous gardens, while Imperial Hotel is a dynamic 4 star hotel
with the utmost in classic Danish design and modern architecture
with a special elegance and atmosphere.
Crown
Plaza Copenhagen (www.cpcopenhagen.dk) combines
sustainability with international 4* quality in a CO2 neutral
building. In their basement sits a groundwater heating and cooling
system, whilst on the south, east and west facades are clad in
solar cells generating electricity. All the bathrooms to over
three hundred bedrooms are supplied with products in biosegradable
packaging, and their "The Walk Of Sustanablity" shows
guests what makes this a CO2 neutral hotel.
Hotel
Alexandra (www.hotelalexandra.dk)
is a retro design hotel in the heart of Copenhagen, the Hotel
is Green Key accredited and is also actively sponsoring two children
in Burkina Faso, one of the poorest areas of the world. Their
61 rooms are all fitted out with classic Danish furniture.
Brochner Hotels (www.brochner-hotels.dk)
are four hotels in Copenhagen -Hotel Kong Arthur, Ibsens, Danmark
and Fox, that set out to be CO2 neutral. Each is different:
- Hotel Fox (www.hotelfox.dk)
is a fantastic art hotel in the centre of the city -each of its
rooms are decorated differently br the 21 artists involved.
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Hostels and budget accommodation:
- Danhostel -Danmarks Vandrerhjem is Denmark's representative
of the global organisation, Hostelling International.
Eating and drinking
Restaurant Geranium
(www.geranium.dk) not
only ranks high on the list of organic restaurants in Copenhagen,
it is also located in beautiful green surroundings in Kongens
Have, the park surrounding Rosenborg Palace. This organic gourmet
restaurant has two of the best chefs in the country at the helm.
The main priority is exclusively to use organic and biodynamic
ingredients in their creative preparation of the food, and they
only import wine, which can meet this requirement. Geranium's
meals are organic-Danish with many vegetables and herbs and the
chefs enjoy updating old classical recipes. Geranium received
its first Michelin star in March 2008.
Cap Horn (www.caphorn.dk)
In lovely Nyhavn you find one of the organic pioneers: Restaurant
Cap Horn was one of the first eating places to adopt the organic
philosophy in an atmosphere oozing history and ambiance. All
basic ingredients such as eggs, milk, butter, vegetables etc.
are organic. Wines, beers and soft drinks are organic as well,
including the coffee. Cap Horn has preserved its original style
with different chairs and porcelain and funny knick-knacks; all
contributing to the relaxed and homely atmosphere. During the
summer you can drink an organic beer or have your meal on the
large terrace overlooking the old wooden ships in the Nyhavn
canal.
Shopping
Specialist shops
In the up-and-coming and oh-so-trendy Norrebro district you find
CommonZenz. This was the first organic lifestyle boutique selling
Danish and International environmentally conscious fashion. Jewellery,
beauty products, footwear and clothing. The owner carefully selects
each Item for sale and ensures it is of good design and quality
at the same time respecting the environment the health of the
consumer. Typical materials used are flax and naturally dyed
cotton. In addition to owner's own designs, brands like Edun,
Elsom, iNTI Knitwear, Philippa and Patagonia footwear are on
sale. www.commonzenz.dk
Aniel (www.aniel.dk) In this fine, angel-inspired
boutique in the district of Frederiksberg you can purchase the
cutest children's clothing, wooden toys and home accessories
made of organic and natural materials. The boutique is named
after Aniel - the angel, who rules over nature and everything
green. Aniel is also connected to beauty, harmony, peace and
love, and the boutique fully lives up to its name.
For fashion and beauty products,
have a look at Sungifu (www.sungifu.dk)
in Fiolstraede Street which specialises in ecological fashions,
and Pureshop in Gronnegade Street (www.pureshop.dk)
for organic beauty products.
Things to see and do
A good alternative
to discover Copenhagen is on a guided bike safari. It is a different
and more active way to experience the city's life and architecture.
Both Copenhagen Tours and City Safari arrange guided tours for
one person or groups. The tours' themes range from Historical
Copenhagen, In H.C. Andersen's Footsteps or Danish Design Safari
as well as themed tours such as Photo and Quiz Safari, Big City
Organics and a guided tour through the city's nightlife can be
arranged. Tours are 2,5 - 4,5 hours long and it is possible to
supplement your experience with lunch in the green areas along
the way.
Hop in the water
- it is good enough to swim in!
A great summer attraction is the harbour pool near Islands Brygge,
where you can cool off and join the locals for a swim right in
the city centre. Another one is the Copencabana close to Fisketorvet
shopping centre. At 'Copencabana' you find three pools covering
approximately 650 square metres. There is a children's pool,
a diving pool and an ordinary pool for swimming. Investments
in recent years ensure that city swimming waters are as clean
as the sea outside Copenhagen.
Prefer dip in
the sea? Then it is easy to cycle out to nearby Bellevue or the
Blue Flag Amager Beach for plenty of space, fresh air and great
views across the Oresund Strait.
Get your hair
cut and treated the organic way at Zenz (4 salons in the city)
or after a busy day relax in the Sundform Spa located in Kronprinsessegade.
www.zenz.dk, www.sundform.com
Sightseeing, events, tours and information:
- Theatre:
- Museums and Galleries
- Arken
museum of modern art -
Huge museum of modern art, which was recently refurbished.
- The
Glyptoteket - Denmarks
largest art museum featuring Northern Europe's largest collection
of art.
- Louis
Tussaud's wax museum
- Another of Denmark's most popular tourist attractions featuring
over 200 wax works including the chamber of horrors!
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- Visit Copenhagen
-the official tourist site.
- Carlsberg
Visitor Centre -probably
the best brewhouse to visit in the world.
- Tivoli
Gardens - Not just botanical
gardens but now a massive complex including shopping, theme parks
and concerts. Denmarks most popular tourist attraction.
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- Denmark's aquarium
- Large aquarium featuring a huge tank of Pirhanas in addition
to around 300 species from around the world
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- Copenhagen
Zoo - Huge zoo featuring
over 3,300 animals and a wooden Eiffel Tower!
- FC
København - Denmark's
most succesful football club FC København (Copenhagen)
- Parken
Stadium - Danish national
stadium used for football matches, athletics and concerts - Future
headliners include Eminem and Depeche Mode.
- Amager
strand - New man made
beach park just 5km from the centre of Copenhagen.
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- The Rough Guide to Copenhagen
- Miss Lone Mouritsen Paperback
- May 2010
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- Time Out Copenhagen 5th edition
- Time Out Guides Paperback -
3 Jun 2010
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- Copenhagen Encounter (Lonely Planet Encounter Guide)
- Cristian Bonetto Paperback -
Apr 2011
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- Richard Hammond and Jeremy Smith
- Paperback - Aug 2009
- Unique experiences and new ways
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