sight
1 BLOX & Danish Architecture Center
The architecture centre in a building people love to argue about - fitting.
Easy · 13.8 km · 1 hr 35 min
Bridge & Architecture Ride
Copenhagen's greatest hits of contemporary architecture and bridges.
Sights & culture
Food & drink
Your route, stop by stop
A ride built around the city's bike bridges and landmark buildings: from BLOX over Cirkelbroen and Inderhavnsbroen, past the Opera and Holmen, over Cykelslangen and down toward DR Byen and Orestad. Equal parts engineering and sculpture - start with coffee at the architecture centre and end among Orestad's set-pieces.
Turn by turn
Directions
Street-by-street cues for the whole ride - the numbered stops match the pins on the map.
- Head north-east 11 m
- 1 DAC Cafe 45 m
- Turn right onto Frederiksholms Kanal 10 m
- Turn right onto Bryghuspladsen 103 m
- Turn left onto Vester Voldgade 47 m
- Bear right onto the path 211 m
- Turn left onto Voldgården 531 m
- Turn left onto the path 19 m
- Continue onto Havnebussen 35 m
- 2 Cirkelbroen 35 m
- Continue onto the path 19 m
- Turn left onto Knippelsbrogade 258 m
- Turn left onto Strandgade 38 m
- Turn right onto Sankt Annæ Gade 252 m
- Turn left onto Dronningensgade 151 m
- Turn right onto Bådsmandsstræde 77 m
- Turn left onto Prinsessegade 402 m
- Turn left onto Bodenhoffs Plads 30 m
- Turn right onto the path 80 m
- 3 The Corner at 108 80 m
- Turn right onto Bodenhoffs Plads 138 m
- Turn right onto the path 128 m
- Turn right onto the path 216 m
- Continue onto Takkelloftvej 453 m
- Turn left onto Fabrikmestervej 40 m
- Turn left onto Ekvipagemestervej 134 m
- Turn right onto the path 58 m
- 4 The Royal Danish Opera 76 m
- Turn right onto Orlogsværftvej 82 m
- 5 Hart Holmen 4 m
- Turn right onto Ekvipagemestervej 130 m
- Turn left onto Ekvipagemestervej 50 m
- Turn right onto Fabrikmestervej 180 m
- Turn left onto Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 199 m
- Bear right onto Kongebrovej 168 m
- Turn left onto Krudtløbsvej 557 m
- Turn left onto Refshalevej 134 m
- Bear left onto the path 142 m
- Bear right onto the path 79 m
- Bear right onto the path 252 m
- 6 Reffen Street Food 473 m
- Continue onto Refshalevej 573 m
- Turn right onto Norddyssen 385 m
- Bear left onto Norddyssen 1.8 km
- Turn sharp left onto the path 59 m
- Turn right onto the path 31 m
- Turn right onto the path 107 m
- Bear right onto Ved Stadsgraven 279 m
- Bear right onto the path 533 m
- Bear right onto Ved Langebro 201 m
- Turn left onto the path 1.2 km
- Turn right onto the path 61 m
- Turn left onto the path 41 m
- Bear right onto the path 199 m
- Turn right onto the path 169 m
- 7 Cykelslangen (The Bicycle Snake) 169 m
- Turn left onto Bryggebroen 199 m
- Turn left onto the path 34 m
- Turn right onto the path 316 m
- Turn right onto Artillerivej 5 m
- Turn left onto the path 207 m
- Turn left onto the path 540 m
- At the roundabout, take exit 3 onto Tom Kristensens Vej 55 m
- Turn right onto Tom Kristensens Vej 97 m
- Turn right onto the path 241 m
- Turn right onto the path 120 m
- 8 DR Koncerthuset
Along the way
Stops worth making
cafe
2 DAC Cafe
The obvious architecture starting point - cafe inside BLOX with harbour views.
sight
3 Cirkelbroen
Olafur Eliasson's circular "ship-mast" bridge over Christianshavn Canal.
cafe
4 The Corner at 108
Coffee, bakes and wine from the 108 team, on the Christianshavn canal corner.
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sight
5 The Royal Danish Opera
Across the water from Amalienborg; great photo stop on the harbour axis.
cafe
6 Hart Holmen
Richard Hart's bakery near the harbour and Opera side - among the city's best bread.
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restaurant
7 Reffen Street Food
A waterfront street-food village with ~35 stalls on Refshaleøen (open roughly March-September).
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sight
8 Cykelslangen (The Bicycle Snake)
The orange bike-only ramp snaking over the harbour - a Copenhagen icon you ride, not look at.
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9 DR Koncerthuset
Jean Nouvel's blue concert hall, glowing like a screen after dark.