Vesterbro, Copenhagen
Vesterbro is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and city tax districts (bydele) comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vesterbro is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and city tax districts (bydele) comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 8.37 km2 (3.23 sq mi), has a population of 85,061 and a population density of 10,163 per km2.
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Worth seeing in and around Vesterbro, Copenhagen
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid becoming human. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark.
4 km · 1913 bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen in Copenhagen, Denmark · Wikipedia - 02University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is a public research university in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1.8 km · public research university in Copenhagen, Denmark · Wikipedia - 03Amalienborg
Amalienborg is the official residence of the Danish monarch and Danish royal family and is located in Copenhagen. Frederick VIII's palace complex has four identical Classical façades, effectively four palaces, with Rococo interiors, laid around an octagonal courtyard.
3 km · Palace and home of the Danish royal family in Copenhagen · Wikipedia - 04Royal Danish Library
The Royal Library in Copenhagen is the national library of Denmark and the academic library of the University of Copenhagen. It is among the largest libraries in the world and the largest in the Nordic countries.
1.9 km · national library of Denmark · Wikipedia - 05Christiansborg Palace
Christiansborg Palace is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament, the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court of Denmark.
1.8 km · Palace in Copenhagen, seat of the Danish Parliament · Wikipedia - 06Tivoli Gardens
Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, also in Denmark.
1.1 km · amusement park in Copenhagen, Denmark · Wikipedia - 07Rosenborg Castle
Rosenborg Castle is a renaissance castle in Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects.
2.5 km · palace in Copenhagen · Wikipedia - 08Børsen
Børsen is a 17th-century commodity bourse and later stock exchange in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. The historic building is situated next to Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament, on the island of Slotsholmen.
2 km · building in Copenhagen · Wikipedia - 09National Museum of Denmark
The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen.
1.5 km · Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history · Wikipedia - 10Statens Museum for Kunst
The National Gallery of Denmark is the Danish national gallery, located in the centre of Copenhagen. The museum collects, registers, maintains, researches and handles Danish and foreign art dating from the 14th century to the present day.
2.8 km · art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark · Wikipedia
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Getting to Vesterbro, Copenhagen
- Airports
- Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH), 8 km · Malmö Sturup (MMX), 54 km · Aarhus (AAR), 140 km
- Stations
- Copenhagen Central Station, 900 m · Kongens Nytorv Station, 2.3 km · Nørreport Station, 2.1 km · Gefion Fountain, 3.6 km · Lindevang Station, 3.2 km
- Aarhus → Vesterbro, Copenhagen156 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · kr205–275
- Odense → Vesterbro, Copenhagen139 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · kr110–150
- Billund → Vesterbro, Copenhagen216 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · kr180–235
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Vesterbro, Copenhagen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom the island of Bornholm, a high speed ferry shuttles passengers to Ystad in Sweden, where you will have to board the Swedish Pågatåg commuter train, then change trains to the Øresundstog (see below) again at any of the stations in Malmö to continue on to Copenhagen.
- Get inA one-way combined ferry/train ticket will only set you back DKK149.
- Get inA single ticket between Malmö and Copenhagen costs DKK92 if using the Rejsekort app or SEK150 if using the Skånetrafiken app, with the added benefit of unlimited local public transport on both sides of the border (except the bridge/ferry where only one crossing is permitted) for the highlighted zone until 04.00 the following day.
- Get inPassengers taking a day trip from Scania or are returning within 24 hours may consider purchasing a 24-hour ticket using the Skånetrafiken mobile app or ticket machines as it can cost as little as the price of two single tickets (e.g.
- Get inFrom continental Europe there are several bus companies which offer numerous daily connections from Germany often at very competitive rates, most run via the ferries from Rødby to Puttgarden or Gedser to Rostock.
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Next door to Vesterbro, Copenhagen
Vesterbro, Copenhagen is 1 km from Copenhagen, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Copenhagencapital and largest city of Denmark1.3 km
- Freetown Christianiaautonomous community in Copenhagen, Denmark2.9 km
- Frederiksbergtown area in Copenhagen Urban Area (and capital of Frederiksberg Municipality)1.8 km
- Frederiksberg Municipalitymunicipality in Denmark1.8 km
- Copenhagen Municipalitymunicipality in the Capital Region of Denmark1.8 km
- Christianshavnneighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark2.5 km