Copenhagen & Denmark Links

Useful Links

The DIS Copenhagen links page hopes to provide a useful resource to study abroad students and their visitors that are looking for general information on the city, how to get around Copenhagen and what events are currently happening.

Introducing Copenhagen and Denmark | Copenhagen Event Guides and Listings | Danish News in English | Transport in Copenhagen | Copenhagen Directory | Danish to English Translation

Introducing Copenhagen and Denmark

• Wonderful Copenhagen The official tourism site for Copenhagen, including hotels, shopping, culture, local videos and more.

• WikiTravel Copenhagen The WikiTravel site for Copenhagen provides a ton of useful information and a nice introduction to city life as well as what to do, see and taste. It also has a nice map breaking down the city into its different areas.

• Wikipedia on Copenhagen This is the official Wikipedia page for Copenhagen with a history of the city, and information on the people, culture and geography of the area.

• Lonely Planet Guide to Copenhagen An introduction to Copenhagen and the Danes, useful for statistics and logistics.

• City of Copenhagen Information about local services run by the Copenhagen City Government and Administration.

• Copenhagen Photos Some very cool photos of Copenhagen life, highlighting the city’s relaxed, stylish and exciting character.

• Video Introduction to Copenhagen Take a tour of Copenhagen with actress Connie Nielsen (Gladiator, Rushmore) on CNN's My City, My Life.

• Denmark DK The official website of Denmark from The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• National Geographic article on Denmark (pdf) A very insightful introduction to Denmark from National Geographic magazine.

• Denmark - An Overview A series of publications from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which gives an in-depth description of Denmark.

• Copenhagen.com It may not look the best, but the Copenhagen City Guide has decent information on shopping and culture and provides many useful links.

What’s Happening? Copenhagen Event Guides and Listings

• Alt om København – AOK (English version) This is a major event and entertainment guide for Denmark, providing information on restaurants, museums and so forth.

• In and Out Guide The online event and entertainment guide from the Copenhagen Post.

• IBYEN Tragically only in Danish (see our links to auto translate tools further down!), IBYEN has movie reviews, events, gallery information and all the good stuff happening in CPH.

Danish News in English

• Copenhagen Post The Copenhagen Post provides local news in English. This is the online version, so remember to look out for the print publication.

• Politiken in English This is the English section of the online version of the Politiken newspaper covering all the major stories (weekdays only). Politiken, published since 1884, is one of the most read and respected Danish newspapers.

Transport in Copenhagen – Getting from A to Ø!

• Google Maps Being the kind creatures we are, the above link takes you directly to downtown Copenhagen with DIS marked on the map!

• Plan your journey This is an invaluable resource that allows you to enter your start point and final destination anywhere in Copenhagen and Denmark and then plots your best way to navigate through the city.

• Transport Options in Copenhagen From the official tourist site, this page in English gives a pretty thorough run through of all of Copenhagen’s transportation options.

• Copenhagen Airport Information for travelers, flight timetables and transport information.

• S-tog Map Wikimap of the suburban train (S-tog) network, which covers the greater Copenhagen area.

• Local Bus Network Not the easiest to figure out, but the above link gives a complete overview of the bus routes across Copenhagen.

• Copenhagen Metro Map It’s not very complex, but nonetheless, here is a map of the Metro system in Copenhagen.

• Night Busses in the City A map of night busses around Central Copenhagen that run all night long.

• Night Busses in Greater Copenhagen Similar map showing the routes of night busses to and from Central Copenhagen at night.

Copenhagen Directory (Businesses and People)

• Krak DirectoryA searchable online directory of companies (Firma), people and maps (kort). This is in Danish only, but is still quite easy to find your way around. Oh, and Search is Søg in Danish!

• EniroThis is pretty similar to Krak, but offers another local search alternative.

Danish to English Translation

• Google Translate So Google translate still likes to invent a whole new language vaguely reminiscent of English, but hey it’s probably a little clearer than Danish! Provides both English to Danish and Danish to English translation.

• GramTrans  Translating just 200 characters in one go, GramTrans is a little difficult to use, but if Google translate is failing, this is probably the best for a second opinion on Danish to English translation.