attraction
1 Islands Brygge Harbour Bath
The original harbour bath - clean enough to swim in the middle of the city.
Moderate · 13.2 km · 1 hr 35 min
Bring a Towel: The Swim & Sauna RideA safe cycling route in Copenhagen
Harbour baths, saunas and bathing culture, end to end.
Sights & culture
Food & drink
Your route, stop by stop
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Bring a towel. This ride links the city's swim spots along the clean harbour: the original Islands Brygge bath, the timber Kalvebod Waves, the dockside dip and sauna at La Banchina, and Nordhavn's sunny Sandkaj decks. Between swims it's all waterfront - bakeries, coffee and the easy, salty rhythm of Copenhagen bathing culture.
Turn by turn
Directions
Street-by-street cues for the whole ride - the numbered stops match the pins on the map.
- Head south-west 39 m
- Turn left onto Islands Brygge 348 m
- Bear right onto Langebrogade 19 m
- Turn left onto the path 193 m
- Bear right onto the path 33 m
- Turn left onto Christians Brygge 545 m
- Turn left onto Kalvebod Brygge 56 m
- Turn right onto the path 496 m
- 1 Kalvebod Bolge (Kalvebod Waves) 496 m
- Turn right onto Kalvebod Brygge 48 m
- Turn right onto Kalvebod Brygge 552 m
- Turn right onto the path 121 m
- 2 Lille Langebro 83 m
- Turn left onto Langebrogade 330 m
- Bear right onto Overgaden Oven Vandet 131 m
- Turn left onto Dronningensgade 181 m
- Turn right onto Sofiegade 132 m
- Turn left onto Christianshavns Voldgade 157 m
- Turn right onto Torvegade 45 m
- Turn right onto the path 194 m
- Turn left onto Syddyssen 1.7 km
- Bear right onto Norddyssen 485 m
- Turn left onto Forlandet 573 m
- Bear left onto the path 98 m
- 3 La Banchina 44 m
- Bear right onto the path 79 m
- Bear right onto the path 139 m
- Turn left onto the path 115 m
- 4 Refshaleoen 115 m
- Turn right onto the path 139 m
- Turn right onto the path 226 m
- Bear right onto the path 17 m
- Bear left onto Havnebussen 609 m
- Bear left onto the path 19 m
- Turn right onto Nordre Toldbod 89 m
- Turn right onto Nordre Toldbod 25 m
- Bear left onto Nordre Toldbod 32 m
- Continue onto the path 761 m
- Turn left onto the path 274 m
- Turn right onto the path 929 m
- Turn right onto the path 89 m
- Turn left onto the path 39 m
- Turn left onto the path 290 m
- Turn right onto the path 15 m
- Continue onto Gittervej 11 m
- Continue onto Sandkaj 161 m
- 5 Sandkaj Harbour Bath 137 m
- Turn left onto Göteborg Plads 83 m
- 6 Andersen & Maillard (Nordhavn) 8 m
- Turn right onto Hamborg Plads 76 m
- Turn left onto Århusgade 231 m
- Turn left onto the path 199 m
- Turn left onto Østbanegade 297 m
- Turn left onto the path 36 m
- 7 Nordhavn 256 m
- Turn right onto the path 214 m
- Turn left onto Århusgade 216 m
- Turn right onto Hamborg Plads 76 m
- Turn left onto Göteborg Plads 60 m
- Turn right onto Göteborg Plads 37 m
- 8 Original Coffee Nordhavn
Along the way
Stops worth making
attraction
2 Kalvebod Bolge (Kalvebod Waves)
A zig-zag boardwalk of timber waves stepping down to the harbour - swim ladders, kayaks and sun decks.
sight
3 Lille Langebro
A gracefully curved, undulating bike bridge that swings open for boats - BLOX on one bank, Christianshavn on the other.
restaurant
4 La Banchina
Tiny dockside cafe and wine bar on Refshaleoen with its own swim pier and sauna.
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sight
5 Refshaleoen
A post-industrial shipyard turned creative edge of the city - street food, saunas, galleries and salt air.
attraction
6 Sandkaj Harbour Bath
Nordhavn's sunny swim spot - wide wooden decks and clean, deep water off the new quarter.
cafe
7 Andersen & Maillard (Nordhavn)
The roastery-bakery's Nordhavn outpost, right by the Sandkaj swim deck - coffee and pastries at the water's edge.
Website →
sight
8 Nordhavn
The old container port reborn as a waterfront district of silos-turned-flats and sharp new architecture.
cafe
9 Original Coffee Nordhavn
Specialty coffee among Nordhavn's sharp new architecture.
The essentials
The 3 rules that keep you safe in Copenhagen
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Ride in the bike lane - always
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Lights on after dark
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Keep your phone in your pocket
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