Copenhagen

København
København
	Lesser coat of arms
	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.kk.dk

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.

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

Søren Kierkegaard (d. 1855), philosopher
Niels Bohr (d. 1962), physicist
Ejnar Hertzsprung (d. 1967), chemist, astronomer
Victor Borge (d. 2000), entertainer
Carl-Henning Pedersen (d. 2007), painter
Jørn Utzon (d. 2008), architect
Klaus Rifbjerg (d. 2015), writer
Anker Jørgensen (d. 2016), prime minister
Kim Larsen (d. 2018), singer, guitarist, songwriter
Michael Laudrup, coach, footballer
Peter Schmeichel, footballer
Lars von Trier, movie director
Lars Ulrich, musician

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