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The Danish capital offers the perfect all-round package for a city break: beautiful old town districts for shopping and wandering around, a varied restaurant scene, major attractions and a diverse cultural programme. With its picturesque waterfront location and numerous colourful houses, Copenhagen exudes a special kind of Scandinavian cosiness – also known as “hygge” in Danish.

For years, the port city has regularly enjoyed being named one of the world’s most liveable cities and in 2023, Copenhagen was named “World Capital of Architecture” by UNESCO. For many years now, innovative ideas coming out of the city have been showing us what urban life might look like in the future: from an (almost) car-free city centre to the abundance of squares and green spaces to spend your time, the focus here is clearly on quality of life. Welcome to the city of the future!

Copenhagen has set itself the goal of becoming climate neutral by 2025. With that goal in mind, appropriate measures have been initiated over the years, from sustainable architecture to expanding the transport network and creating green niches around the city. 

The impact of the measures on the residents’ quality of life can be seen in many places: whether bathing in clean water in the inner-city harbour basin or the “bicycle highways” that run through the city as fast route networks – here the infrastructure is oriented towards the needs of the people. In doing so, Copenhagen is showing the way to the urban life of the future.

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