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Moderate · 12 km · 1 hr 20 min

Kalvebod Faelled Wilderness Loop

City to genuine wilderness and back, over the reclaimed common.

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

Ten minutes from Orestad you can be alone with grazing cattle, skylarks and a horizon-wide sky. This loop runs from Islands Brygge across Amager Faelled into Orestad, past the 8 House and Naturcenter Amager, then out over the wild, reclaimed flats of Kalvebod Faelled and back via Vestamager. Best stocked up before you go - the only real "stops" are at the edges.

Surface: Paved and packed-gravel nature paths Traffic: Low 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 247 m
  2. Turn right onto the path 383 m
  3. Turn right onto the path 172 m
  4. Turn right onto the path 616 m
  5. Turn left onto the path 290 m
  6. Turn right onto Ørestads Boulevard 910 m
  7. Turn left onto the path 137 m
  8. Turn right onto the path 637 m
  9. Turn right onto the path 23 m
  10. Turn left onto the path 585 m
  11. Turn left onto the path 1.1 km
  12. Turn left onto the path 34 m
  13. Turn right onto Kalvebod Sti 482 m
  14. Turn sharp right onto the path 36 m
  15. Turn left onto the path 50 m
  16. Bear right onto Robert Jacobsens Vej 98 m
  17. Turn left onto the path 29 m
  18. 1 The 8 House (8tallet) 29 m
  19. Turn right onto Robert Jacobsens Vej 34 m
  20. 2 Café 8tallet 52 m
  21. Bear left onto the path 62 m
  22. Bear right onto the path 37 m
  23. Turn left onto the path 262 m
  24. Turn left onto the path 42 m
  25. Turn right onto the path 173 m
  26. Turn right onto Kanalvej 713 m
  27. 3 Naturcenter Amager 453 m
  28. Turn left onto Fårestien 508 m
  29. Turn right onto Granatvej 15 m
  30. Turn left onto Kanonvej 434 m
  31. Bear left onto Kalvebod Sti 266 m
  32. Turn right onto the path 23 m
  33. Turn right onto the path 49 m
  34. 4 Kalvebod Faelled 49 m
  35. Turn left onto the path 23 m
  36. Turn left onto Kalvebod Sti 1.1 km
  37. Turn left onto the path 34 m
  38. Turn right onto the path 1.1 km
  39. Turn right onto the path 145 m
  40. Turn right onto the path 37 m
  41. Turn right onto the path 232 m
  42. Turn left onto the path 58 m
  43. Turn right onto the path 60 m
  44. 5 Roots Cafe 100 m
  45. Turn right onto the path 23 m
  46. 6 Fields & Royal Arena Cafes

Along the way

Stops worth making

park

1 Amager Faelled

Wild common right on the city edge - birch scrub, ponds and skylarks.

Amager Faelled
sight

2 The 8 House (8tallet)

Bjarke Ingels' figure-eight block - you can cycle the ramp all the way up.

Richard Mortensens Vej
cafe

3 Café 8tallet

Café at the tip of the 8 House, looking straight out over the wild Kalvebod Fælled.

Richard Mortensens Vej 81A kr kr
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attraction

4 Naturcenter Amager

The gateway to Kalvebod Faelled - bike hire, grazing cattle and open sky.

Granatvej 3-9
park

5 Kalvebod Faelled

Reclaimed seabed turned wild common - grazing cattle, herons and a huge sky.

Entrance by Asger Jorns Alle
cafe

6 Roots Cafe

A practical Orestad coffee and brunch stop before or after the nature stretch.

Orestad kr kr
cafe

7 Fields & Royal Arena Cafes

Not romantic, but convenient - reliable cafes by the Orestad arena and mall.

Orestad kr kr