Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark. It is also the largest city in Denmark. In 2014, 1,246,611 people lived in the urban area. Copenhagen is on the island of Zealand and the smaller island named Amager.
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| Coordinates: 55°40′34″N 12°34′06″E / 55.67611°N 12.56833°ECoordinates: 55°40′34″N 12°34′06″E / 55.67611°N 12.56833°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Capital (Hovedstaden) |
| Area | |
| • Municipal | 86.39 km2 (33.36 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 606.5 km2 (234.2 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 91 m (299 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Population (January 2018) | |
| • Municipal | 613,288 (details) |
| • Urban | 1,308,893 (details) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1050–1778, 2100, 2150, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2450, 2500 |
| Website | www |
Founded as a Viking fishing village. Copenhagen was built in the 12th century A.D. and got City rights in 1254. A few years later, it was destroyed nearly completely. In 1443, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark. In 1801, there were more than 100,000 inhabitants in Copenhagen for the first time. In the 1960s, more than 700,000 people lived in Copenhagen Municipality, and today there are 528,000 inhabitants in the municipality. Near the city centre there is the famous Freetown Christiania.
Districts
Copenhagen is divided into 10 districts. The districts are:
Famous people
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Copenhagen Media
Reconstruction of Copenhagen c. 1500
Frederik VIII's Palace, also known as Brockdorff Palace in Frederiksstaden, part of the Amalienborg Palace
Gottlieb Bindesbøll's Thorvaldsen Museum
Danish soldiers returning to Copenhagen in 1849, after the First Schleswig War – painting by Otto Bache (1894)
Slotsholmen canal, as seen from the Børsen building (c. 1900). In the background from left to right: Church of the Holy Ghost, Trinitatis Complex, St. Nicholas Church, and Holmen Church.
Central Copenhagen in 1939
The RAF's bombing of the Gestapo headquarters in March 1945 was coordinated with the Danish resistance movement.
People celebrating the liberation of Denmark at Strøget in Copenhagen, 5 May 1945. Germany surrendered three days later.
The Copenhagen Opera House (Operaen) in Copenhagen Holmen, Denmark.
The Harbour Bath at Islands Brygge
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References
- ↑ ARE207: Area by region. Statbank.dk (January 2016)Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ↑ Statistics Denmark: Copenhagen City/Urban Area (Københavns Kommune, Hovedstadsområdet), 2012 (tables: FOLK1, BEF44)Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ↑ Population at the first day of the quarter by urban areas, age and sex. statbank.dk (1 January 2016)Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/7962764/1-30032017-AP-EN.pdf/4e9c09e5-c743-41a5-afc8-eb4aa89913f6
Other websites
- Copenhagen Portal - Tourist & Visitors Guide to Copenhagen Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Insider Travel Tips and Tourist Guides to Copenhagen
- VisitCopenhagen.dk - Wonderful Copenhagen
- Copenhagen for Partiers - Tourist Guide Archived 2007-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
- WorldFlicks in Copenhagen: Photos and interesting places on Google Maps Archived 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Official website of the city of Copenhaguen (Danish, English)
- Depiction of the City 1588 in Civitates orbis terrarum Archived 2021-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Guide to information about Denmark, Sweden, Copenhagen, Malmö, and the Øresund region
- Guide to popular attractions including Tivoli Gardens, Nyhavn, and Amalienborg Palace
Archived 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
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