Copenhagen - brief description and tourist attractions

Copenhagen - tourist attractions

	Christiania	Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania (Fristaden Christiania) is a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood of about 850 residents, covering 34 hectares (84 acres) in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital Copenhagen. Civic authorities in Copenhagen regard Christiania as a lar...
	Tivoli Gardens	Tivoli Gardens is a famous amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on August 15, 1843 and is the second oldest amusement park in the world. With 3.963 million visitors in 2011, Tivoli is the second most popular seasonal theme park in the world, the most visited the...
	City Hall Square in Copenhagen	The City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen) is a public square in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark, located in front of the Copenhagen City Hall. Due to its large size, its central location and its affiliation with the city hall, it is a popular venue for a variety of events, celebrations and demonstratio...
	Field's	Field's is the biggest shopping centre in Denmark and one of the largest in Scandinavia, owned by Steen & Strøm Danmark A/S. It has more than 140 retailers - 20 cafés and restaurants, 2,500 employees and 3,000 parking spaces. Field's opened on March 9, 2004, with more than 250,000 customers visiting...
	City Hall in Copenhagen	Copenhagen City Hall (Københavns Rådhus) is the headquarters of the municipal council as well as the Lord mayor of the Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. The building is situated on The City Hall Square in central Copenhagen. The current building was inaugurated in 1905. It was designed by the archi...
	Ørestad	Ørestad is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the island of Amager. The legislation regarding Ørestad was enacted in 1992 because the unused areas were regarded as being too valuable. Ørestad Development Corporation was founded March 11, 1993 to manage the growth of the city distric...
	Amager Beach Park	Amager Beach Park (Amager Strandpark) is a seaside public park in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located on the island of Amager and includes an artificial island and offers a total of 4.6 km (2.9 mi) of beaches. Amager Strandpark is a Blue Flag beach and the adjacent Kastrup Marina as well as the nearb...
	Øresund Bridge	The Öresund Bridge or Øresund Bridge (Danish: Øresundsbroen, Swedish: Öresundsbron, joint hybrid name: Øresundsbron) is a combined twin-track railway and dual carriageway bridge-tunnel across the Øresund strait between Sweden and Denmark. In Denmark and Sweden, the bridge is most often referred to a...
	Elephant Gate in Copenhagen	The Elephant Gate (Elefantporten), also referred to as the Elephant Tower (Elefanttårnet), is the most famous landmark of the Carlsberg area, the original brewery site of the Carlsberg Breweries, which is now under redevelopment as a new neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name from f...
	The Little Mermaid	The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue) is a statue of a mermaid in Langelinie, Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, the small and unimposing statue is a Copenhagen icon and a major tourist attraction. The statue was commissioned in...