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...
	Church of Our Saviour in Copenhagen	Church of Our Saviour (Vor Frelsers Kirke) is a baroque church in Copenhagen, Denmark. Most famous for its corkscrew spire with an external winding staircase that can be climbed to the top, offering extensive views over central Copenhagen. It is also noted for its carillon, which is the largest in n...
	Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen	The Thorvaldsen Museum is a single-artist museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to the art of Danish neoclassicistic sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), who lived and worked in Rome for most of his life. The museum is located on the small island of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen next to C...
	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...
	Lakes in Copenhagen	The Lakes (Søerne) in Copenhagen, Denmark, are a row of 5 rectangular lakes (the 2 closest to Vesterbro are, combined, approximately the same size as the other three) curving around the western margin of the City Centre, forming one of the oldest and most distinctive features of the city's topograph...
	Carlsberg district	Carlsberg is an area straddling the border of Valby and Vesterbro districts in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the former industrial site of the Carlsberg Breweries, which decommissioned their Valby brewery at the end of 2008, concentrating their production of beer in Denmark at their other Danis...
	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...
	Sluseholmen Canal District	Sluseholmen Canal District (Sluseholmen Kanalby) is a residential development, located on Sluseholmen peninsula in the South Harbour area of Copenhagen, Denmark. The development comprises 1,350 apartments. The apartments are built on eight artificial islands, separated by dug-out canals. The Sluseh...
	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...