The City
Copenhagen is one of Europe's most manageable capitals: it takes just thirty minutes to walk across the compact centre, and the wealth of green spaces and pedestrianized areas makes exploring the city a relaxed and thoroughly civilized experience. The historic core of the city is the small district of Slotsholmen , originally the site of the twelfth-century castle from which Copenhagen derived its earliest wealth and now home to the city's highest concentration of historic buildings, foremost among them the huge royal and governmental complex of Christiansborg. Facing Slotsholmen over the Slotsholmen Kanal is the medieval maze of Indre By , the bustling heart of the modern city, traversed by Strøget, the world's longest pedestrianized street, and packed with an abundance of swish cafes, shops and bars, and an eclectic clutch of museums and churches. On the opposite side of Slotsholmen from Indre By, the island of Christianshavn - popularly known as "Little Amsterdam" on account of its Dutch-style canals and gabled houses - was built on reclaimed land in the seventeenth century. It's now one of the inner city's most relaxed and bohemian areas, and is also home to the "free city" of Christiania, Copenhagen's famous alternative-lifestyle community. Northeast of Indre By, the fairy-tale palace of Rosenborg , one of several royal residences in the city, sits at the heart of the inner city's greenest area, with the immaculate lawns of Kongens Have and the lush greenhouses of the Botanisk Have close by. Abutting Kongens Have are the wide, aristocratic streets of Frederikstad , Frederik V's royal quarter, dominated by the huge dome of the Marmorkirke church and centred on the royal palaces of Amalienborg, while just to the north are the green ramparts of Kastellet , Europe's oldest working military fort. Back across Indre By to the south is the city's transport and entertainment hub, grouped around the famous Tivoli pleasure gardens, close to both the city's main transport terminus, Central Station, and its main square, Radhuspladsen. Ringing the centre are a series of distinctive and contrasting inner-city areas: to the west, down-at-heel, multicultural Vesterbro , home to the city's red-light district, next to the genteel, villa-lined streets of Frederiksberg , where you'll also find another royal palace, Frederiksberg Slot, and the city's zoo. To the north is the formerly working-class but increasingly gentrified district of Nørrebro , centred on the trendy bars and restaurants of Skt Hans Torv and Blagardsgade. East of Nørrebro, snooty Osterbro is home to Copenhagen's old money, as well as the national football stadium Parken and the city centre's largest open space, Faelled Park.
All Danish telephone numbers have eight digits - there are no separate area codes. To call Copenhagen from abroad, dial the international access code, followed by the Danish country code (45) and the subscriber's number.
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