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Hard · 25.5 km · 2 hr 45 min

The True Side: Copenhagen's Big Signature Ride

The big signature ride - the whole real city in one long day.

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

Block out a day. The True Side ride is the grand signature loop, linking the best of everything else: the lakes and Dronning Louises Bro, the green calm of Assistens, the gardens of Frederiksberg, foodie Vaernedamsvej and the Kodbyen, over Cykelslangen to the harbour and Christianshavn, out to Reffen, up to Nordhavn's swim decks and home through Faelledparken. Pace it with a long lunch and plenty of coffee.

Surface: Mixed: harbour paths, greenways and city streets Traffic: Medium Better without small kids

Turn by turn

Directions

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

  1. Head north 19 m
  2. Turn left onto Østerbrogade 4 m
  3. Turn right onto the path 38 m
  4. Turn left onto Sortedam Dossering 532 m
  5. Turn right onto Sortedam Dossering 7 m
  6. Turn left onto Sortedam Dossering 298 m
  7. Turn left onto the path 168 m
  8. Turn left onto Sortedam Dossering 355 m
  9. Turn right onto Sankt Hans Gade 6 m
  10. Turn left onto Sortedam Dossering 258 m
  11. Turn left onto Dronning Louises Bro 17 m
  12. 1 Dronning Louises Bro 17 m
  13. Turn left onto Peblinge Dossering 103 m
  14. Turn right onto Baggesensgade 393 m
  15. Turn left onto Stengade 91 m
  16. Turn right onto Prins Jørgens Gade 90 m
  17. Turn right onto Griffenfeldsgade 79 m
  18. Turn left onto Bangertsgade 125 m
  19. Turn right onto Kapelvej 28 m
  20. Turn left onto the path 63 m
  21. 2 Assistens Cemetery 63 m
  22. Turn right onto Kapelvej 235 m
  23. Turn left onto Korsgade 84 m
  24. Turn right onto Griffenfeldsgade 1.1 km
  25. Turn right onto Kastanievej 90 m
  26. Turn left onto Uraniavej 228 m
  27. Turn right onto Gammel Kongevej 339 m
  28. Turn left onto Amicisvej 327 m
  29. Turn right onto Frederiksberg Allé 65 m
  30. Turn left onto Frydendalsvej 265 m
  31. Turn right onto Jacobys Allé 210 m
  32. Bear right onto Jacobys Allé 53 m
  33. Turn left onto Pile Allé 12 m
  34. Turn right onto Pile Allé 200 m
  35. Turn left onto the path 114 m
  36. Turn left onto the path 50 m
  37. 3 Frederiksberg Gardens 164 m
  38. Turn right onto Pile Allé 463 m
  39. Turn left onto Frydendalsvej 249 m
  40. Turn right onto the path 323 m
  41. Turn left onto Carit Etlars Vej 15 m
  42. Turn right onto Frederiksberg Allé 521 m
  43. Continue onto Frederiksberg Allé 22 m
  44. Turn left onto Værnedamsvej 101 m
  45. 4 Vaernedamsvej 81 m
  46. Bear left onto the path 36 m
  47. Turn left onto Vesterbrogade 236 m
  48. Bear right onto the path 122 m
  49. Turn right onto Gasværksvej 381 m
  50. Turn right onto Halmtorvet 121 m
  51. Turn left onto Høkerboderne 103 m
  52. Turn right onto Flæsketorvet 55 m
  53. Turn left onto the path 328 m
  54. 5 Kodbyen (The Meatpacking District) 328 m
  55. Turn left onto the path 23 m
  56. Turn left onto Skelbækgade 177 m
  57. Turn left onto Skelbækgade 146 m
  58. Bear left onto the path 345 m
  59. Turn left onto Cykelslangen 129 m
  60. 6 Cykelslangen (The Bicycle Snake) 349 m
  61. Turn left onto the path 34 m
  62. Turn right onto the path 70 m
  63. Turn left onto the path 1.3 km
  64. Bear right onto Langebrogade 206 m
  65. Turn left onto Applebys Plads 119 m
  66. Turn left onto Voldgården 163 m
  67. Turn right onto Cirkelbroen 569 m
  68. Turn left onto Strandgade 627 m
  69. Turn left onto the path 55 m
  70. 7 Broens Gadekokken 55 m
  71. Turn left onto the path 28 m
  72. Turn right onto the path 73 m
  73. Turn right onto the path 128 m
  74. Turn left onto Bodenhoffs Plads 168 m
  75. Turn left onto Prinsessegade 70 m
  76. Turn right onto the path 235 m
  77. Turn left onto Refshalevej 78 m
  78. Turn right onto the path 43 m
  79. Turn left onto the path 29 m
  80. Turn right onto the path 80 m
  81. Turn right onto the path 26 m
  82. Turn left onto the path 67 m
  83. Turn right onto Dyssebroen 77 m
  84. Turn left onto Midtdyssen 893 m
  85. Bear right onto Norddyssen 485 m
  86. Turn left onto Forlandet 573 m
  87. Bear left onto the path 142 m
  88. Bear right onto the path 79 m
  89. Bear right onto the path 158 m
  90. Bear left onto Refshalevej 176 m
  91. Turn right onto the path 72 m
  92. 8 Reffen Street Food 72 m
  93. Turn left onto Refshalevej 334 m
  94. Turn right onto the path 226 m
  95. Bear right onto the path 17 m
  96. Bear left onto Havnebussen 609 m
  97. Bear left onto the path 19 m
  98. Turn right onto Nordre Toldbod 89 m
  99. Turn right onto Nordre Toldbod 25 m
  100. Bear left onto Nordre Toldbod 32 m
  101. Continue onto the path 761 m
  102. Turn left onto the path 274 m
  103. Turn right onto the path 929 m
  104. Turn right onto the path 89 m
  105. Turn left onto the path 39 m
  106. Turn left onto the path 290 m
  107. Turn right onto the path 15 m
  108. Continue onto Gittervej 11 m
  109. Continue onto Sandkaj 161 m
  110. 9 Sandkaj Harbour Bath 187 m
  111. Turn right onto the path 150 m
  112. Turn left onto the path 682 m
  113. Turn left onto Randersgade 151 m
  114. Turn right onto Nøjsomhedsvej 312 m
  115. Turn left onto Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 182 m
  116. Turn left onto Per Henrik Lings Allé 342 m
  117. Turn right onto the path 314 m
  118. 10 Faelledparken 328 m
  119. Turn right onto Per Henrik Lings Allé 328 m
  120. Turn right onto Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 279 m
  121. Turn left onto Østerbrogade 158 m
  122. Turn right onto Århusgade 266 m
  123. 11 Juno the Bakery

Along the way

Stops worth making

viewpoint

1 Soerne (The Lakes)

The string of lakes curving along the old ramparts - swans, herons, rowers and the city's best morning light.

Sortedams / Peblinge / Sankt Jorgens So
viewpoint

2 Dronning Louises Bro

The busiest bike bridge in the world at rush hour - grab the railing and watch the flow.

Norrebrogade, over the lakes
sight

3 Assistens Cemetery

Where H.C. Andersen and Kierkegaard rest - locals use it as a park, and so should you.

Kapelvej 4
park

4 Frederiksberg Gardens

Romantic canals and herons - park your bike at the gate, cycling isn't allowed inside.

Frederiksberg Runddel
sight

5 Vaernedamsvej

The "little Paris" food street straddling Vesterbro and Frederiksberg - wine shops, cheese, flowers and bistros.

Vaernedamsvej
sight

6 Kodbyen (The Meatpacking District)

White-tiled former meat halls now packed with restaurants, galleries and bars - dead by day, alive at night.

Flaesketorvet
sight

7 Cykelslangen (The Bicycle Snake)

The orange bike-only ramp snaking over the harbour - a Copenhagen icon you ride, not look at.

Kalvebod Brygge, by Fisketorvet
restaurant

8 Broens Gadekokken

A waterfront street-food yard right by Inderhavnsbroen - tacos, lobster rolls and harbour views.

Strandgade 95 kr kr
restaurant

9 Reffen Street Food

A waterfront street-food village with ~35 stalls on Refshaleoen (roughly March-September).

Refshalevej 167A kr
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attraction

10 Sandkaj Harbour Bath

Nordhavn's sunny swim spot - wide wooden decks and clean, deep water off the new quarter.

Sandkaj, Nordhavn
park

11 Faelledparken

Copenhagen's biggest park - football pitches, playgrounds, cherry trees and the national stadium.

Faelledparken, Osterbro
cafe

12 Juno the Bakery

Award-winning Osterbro bakery famous for its cardamom buns - perfect grab-and-go.

Arhusgade 48 kr
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