sight
1 Arhusgadekvarteret
The first finished Nordhavn neighbourhood - a walkable grid of cafes, shops and converted warehouses.
Easy · 4.8 km · 50 min
Nordhavn: Riding the City of TomorrowA safe cycling route in Copenhagen
The city of the future - silos, waterfront and harbour swims.
Sights & culture
Food & drink
Your route, stop by stop
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Opens in the app if you have it installed, with every stop in ride order.
Roll into Copenhagen's tomorrow. Nordhavn is a whole new district built on the old container port: the walkable Arhusgade grid, the swim decks at Sandkaj, the glass-topped Portland Towers, the elevated metro out at Orientkaj and sharp architecture in every direction. Cardamom buns, specialty coffee and a poke bowl on the boardwalk fuel the loop.
Turn by turn
Directions
Street-by-street cues for the whole ride - the numbered stops match the pins on the map.
- Head west on Århusgade 66 m
- Turn left onto the path 609 m
- 1 Juno the Bakery 518 m
- Continue onto the path 214 m
- Turn left onto Århusgade 54 m
- Turn right onto Billedvej 89 m
- Turn left onto Trelleborggade 23 m
- Turn right onto Ystadgade 52 m
- Turn right onto Sandkaj 6 m
- 2 Sandkaj Harbour Bath 137 m
- Turn left onto Göteborg Plads 83 m
- 3 Andersen & Maillard (Nordhavn) 16 m
- 4 Portland Towers 24 m
- Turn right onto Hamborg Plads 76 m
- Turn left onto Århusgade 39 m
- Turn right onto the path 62 m
- Turn left onto Helsinkigade 173 m
- Turn right onto the path 316 m
- Turn left onto the path 84 m
- 5 Orientkaj 15 m
- Turn left onto the path 66 m
- Turn right onto the path 317 m
- Continue onto Southamptongade 155 m
- Turn left onto Århusgade 90 m
- 6 The Audo 105 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
cafe
2 Juno the Bakery
Award-winning Osterbro bakery famous for its cardamom buns - perfect grab-and-go.
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attraction
3 Sandkaj Harbour Bath
Nordhavn's sunny swim spot - wide wooden decks and clean, deep water off the new quarter.
cafe
4 Andersen & Maillard (Nordhavn)
The roastery-bakery's Nordhavn outpost, right by the Sandkaj swim deck - coffee and pastries at the water's edge.
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monument
5 Portland Towers
Two old cement silos crowned with glass offices - the unmistakable Nordhavn landmark.
viewpoint
6 Orientkaj
The elevated metro and open quay at the seaward edge of Nordhavn - big sky and the Oresund beyond.
cafe
7 The Audo
A design hotel and concept space with a calm cafe - good coffee among Menu furniture in Nordhavn.
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
However you got here, start with these. They are the rules visitors get wrong most often, and the ones that carry a fine.
Ride in the bike lane - always
Where there is a cycle track (the raised lane between the pavement and the road), you must use it - riding on the sidewa...
Lights on after dark
From dusk to dawn you must have a white light at the front and a red light at the rear, visible from 300 metres. Steady...
Keep your phone in your pocket
Using a handheld phone while cycling is illegal in Denmark and fined around 1,000 kr. That includes texting at red light...