Copenhagen - My Hometown

FREKI · #1 Posted: **Nov 20, 2006, 1:37 AM**

Well here's a few pictures of my beloved Copenhagen

( the Capital of Denmark for all you yanks outthere

)

nomarandlee · #2 Posted: **Nov 20, 2006, 8:31 AM**

Simply awesome D. Everything almost looks too perfect. Its almost trippy. Some people say Chicago is clean but it looks like you could eat off the side walk in most of Copenhagen.

Grumpy · #3 Posted: **Nov 20, 2006, 9:45 AM**

I am surprised!
I never tought seeing so many new buildings -not tall but well designed- , a lovely waterfront and those tiny canals...

It has an Amsterdam touch but it is much cleaner , CPH is much more than the flocked Nyhavn area.

A big thanks for sharing these pictures

FREKI · #4 Posted: **Nov 20, 2006, 4:03 PM**

Thanks guys!

Bergenser · #5 Posted: **Nov 20, 2006, 5:41 PM**

Definetly worth a visit!

OhioGuy · #6 Posted: **Nov 20, 2006, 6:23 PM**

What a lovely city.

SHiRO · #7 Posted: **Nov 21, 2006, 5:27 AM**

Great pics, great city...

Fehn · #8 Posted: **Nov 21, 2006, 5:51 PM**

It s beautiful.
The city and the Photos. But where is the Jesus Kirken ?
You can also photograph the siren.

BamaGrad04 · #9 Posted: **Nov 22, 2006, 5:24 PM**

Man, what a city! That second pic is great (all are wonderful!). What is that building, and what type of trees are those? They are so cool. Good tour!

FREKI · #10 Posted: **Nov 22, 2006, 6:20 PM**

Thanks all!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fehn

It s beautiful.
The city and the Photos. But where is the Jesus Kirken ?
You can also photograph the siren.

Jesus Kirken.... ehmm.... you like that?

Well... here's the Mermaid for you

For an extensive coverage of the city I have a district by district like thread on SSC: http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=341884

Quote:

Originally Posted by BamaGrad04

Man, what a city! That second pic is great (all are wonderful!). What is that building, and what type of trees are those? They are so cool. Good tour!

The building is Frederiksberg Palace... now used by the Army as part of the Officer Academy...

The trees I believe is called "Lime trees" in English "Lindetræ" in Danish..

The park they are in used to be a private royal hunting park - so they are a bit modified..

"Pimp my tree"

gatt · #11 Posted: **Nov 26, 2006, 11:40 PM**

this one is impressive.

a friend of mind lived in your city for a year and just loved it.is it true that it take only 5 hours by car to go from one side to the other of Denmark?

cmoonflyer · #12 Posted: **Nov 27, 2006, 9:25 AM**

What a cool city !

FREKI · #13 Posted: **Nov 28, 2006, 7:22 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by gatt

is it true that it take only 5 hours by car to go from one side to the other of Denmark?

Yes, if you let your grandmother drive...

By Car:

Copenhagen - Esbjerg ( 270km ) can be done borderline legally in about 2h

Copenhagen - Århus ( 290km ) can be done in 2h 30m

Add 30min and you have the train time...

Freeway speed here is 130hm/h btw

From the northern most point ( Skagen ) to the most southern ( Gedser ) - Greenland and other islands excluded - there's around 530km by car, so that will take you around 5 hours with a few bathroom breaks.. but that trip also covers all the major islands..

Edan · #14 Posted: **Dec 24, 2006, 7:37 PM**

so thats what urban design is supposed to look like. thanks for sharing pictures of a city that works!

Major AWACS · #15 Posted: **Dec 25, 2006, 3:33 AM**

Great pics!

I'll be making my first trip in late January can't wait to party in Denmark!

Thanks for the early trip. I will check some of those places out.

Ciao, and Hook 'em Horns,
Capt-AWACS, Veni, Vidi, Bibi, Carpe Imperium

FREKI · #16 Posted: **Dec 25, 2006, 5:45 AM**

Thanks again people!

@ Capt AWACS - cool I hop you have a great trip here - as you know January isn't the most charming month a year in this part of the world, but you should still be able to have a great time...

Feel free to ask if you have any questions

For more pics you could also check out:

Copenhagen by Night: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=121788

roner · #17 Posted: **Dec 25, 2006, 7:25 AM**

Beautiful city Mr D. As someone said earlier the place is super clean and looks like a pleasure to bike and walk, or take the train. Personally I love the mid-rise approach to develoment. There is something to be said for lots and lots of sun and light hitting the streets. Great tour.

Swede · #18 Posted: **Dec 25, 2006, 10:36 AM**

These two are from the station where the Metro meets the S-tog (one raidal line and the orbital line), right? Did it get as busy as they thought it would?
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6154/02rd3.jpg
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5585/04tt8.jpg

FREKI · #19 Posted: **Dec 25, 2006, 8:28 PM**

^Yes, it's Flintholm Station where 2 S-Train lines and 1 Metro line meets... ( 2 elevated and one at ground level )... it's already pretty busy and here from Jan. 6 the full F-line will be completed ( has been extended from Frederiksberg all the way out to Ellebjerg the last few years )... this will make it a "ring line" with 5 minute S-train operation and will cut A LOT of time off for people living in the outer parts of the CPH municipal..

Here's the full S-Train and Metro map for Jan-6-07: http://wikitravel.org/en/Image:Map_trains_cph.png

It's also a BUS hub btw

JManc · #20 Posted: **Dec 25, 2006, 10:09 PM**

nice pics. a city i must visit some time in the immediate future.

are we led to believe that us yanks are unique in not knowing that copenhagen is the capital of spain?