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Easy · 8.7 km · 1 hr

Amager Beach & the Blue Planet

Lagoon, dunes and Northern Europe's biggest aquarium.

Sights & culture Food & drink Your route, stop by stop

An easy out-and-back along Amager Strandpark's 5 km of lagoon and dunes - sushi in a 1776 gunpowder house, beach café at Havkajakvej, the spiral sea bath at Kastrup, and Den Blå Planet's whirlpool of an aquarium at the far end. Sweden on the horizon the whole way.

Surface: Paved beach-park paths Traffic: Low Kid-friendly

Turn by turn

Directions

Street-by-street cues for the whole ride - the numbered stops match the pins on the map.

  1. Head west 37 m
  2. Continue onto the path 140 m
  3. Turn left onto Krimsvej 145 m
  4. Turn right onto Tovelillevej 173 m
  5. Turn left onto Italiensvej 78 m
  6. Turn left onto the path 189 m
  7. Turn left onto Italiensvej 43 m
  8. 1 Sticks'n'Sushi Amager Strandpark 36 m
  9. Turn right onto Roselillevej 89 m
  10. Turn left onto the path 91 m
  11. Turn left onto the path 20 m
  12. Turn left onto the path 97 m
  13. Continue onto Tovelillevej 251 m
  14. Turn right onto Amager Strandvej 224 m
  15. 2 Café Baaden 63 m
  16. Turn right onto Amager Strandvej 858 m
  17. Turn left onto Lagunebroen 214 m
  18. Turn left onto Jollevej 239 m
  19. Turn right onto the path 43 m
  20. 3 Kastrup Søbad ("The Snail") 43 m
  21. Turn left onto Jollevej 204 m
  22. Turn right onto the path 43 m
  23. Continue onto Lagunebroen 170 m
  24. Turn left onto Amager Strandvej 1.4 km
  25. Turn left onto the path 308 m
  26. Turn right onto Kastrup Strandpark 178 m
  27. Bear left onto the path 130 m
  28. Turn left onto the path 89 m
  29. 4 Den Blå Planet 219 m
  30. Bear right onto Kastrup Strandpark 191 m
  31. Turn left onto Kastrup Strandpark 53 m
  32. Turn right onto Kastrup Strandpark 343 m
  33. Bear left onto the path 164 m
  34. Turn right onto Amager Strandvej 2.0 km
  35. Turn left onto Amager Strandvej 18 m
  36. Turn right onto the path 144 m
  37. Turn left onto the path 22 m
  38. Turn right onto the path 57 m
  39. 1 Amager Strandpark (back at the start)

Along the way

Stops worth making

park

1 Amager Strandpark

Five kilometres of lagoon, beach and dunes, ten minutes from the city.

Amager Strandvej
restaurant

2 Sticks'n'Sushi Amager Strandpark

Sushi in a preserved 1776 gunpowder house overlooking the beach park.

Amager Strandvej, 2300 København S kr kr
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cafe

3 Café Baaden

Laid-back café at the southern end of Amager Strandpark, right by the beach.

Havkajakvej 16 kr kr
attraction

4 Kastrup Søbad ("The Snail")

The sculptural sea bath spiralling into the Øresund - best at sunset.

Amager Strandvej 301
attraction

5 Den Blå Planet

Northern Europe's largest aquarium, in a building shaped like a whirlpool.

Jacob Fortlingsvej 1, Kastrup