Instant Cities: Copenhagen

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City Hall Square

Rådhuspladsen

The square in front of Copenhagen’s red-brick city hall, with its 105-metre tower.

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Photo: European Commission, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Copenhagen’s city hall was finished in 1905, in red brick with a tower of 105 metres. Inside is Jens Olsen’s World Clock, one of the most accurate mechanical clocks ever built.

Hans Christian Andersen sits in bronze on the boulevard that bears his name, looking towards the Tivoli. Visit it in 3D ›

More in Copenhagen

NyhavnThe 17th-century harbour of coloured houses, wooden ships and café terraces. Kongens NytorvThe King’s New Square, with the Royal Danish Theatre and a bronze king on horseback. ChristiansborgThe palace on Slotsholmen that holds the parliament, the prime minister’s office and the supreme court. BørsenChristian IV’s stock exchange of 1640, with a spire of four dragons’ tails, burned in 2024. Round TowerChristian IV’s observatory of 1642, climbed by a spiral ramp instead of stairs. StrøgetOne of the longest pedestrian shopping streets in Europe, from the City Hall Square to Kongens Nytorv. TivoliOne of the oldest amusement parks in the world, opened in 1843 in the middle of the city. AmalienborgFour identical rococo palaces round an octagonal square, home of the Danish royal family. The Little MermaidEdvard Eriksen’s statue of Andersen’s mermaid on a rock by the harbour, beyond this small map. Bikes and cargo bikesMore than half of Copenhageners bike to work or school, many on cargo bikes with the children in front. SmørrebrødOpen sandwiches on dark rye bread, piled with herring, roast beef or shrimps.