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Moderate · 24.1 km · 2 hr 30 min

The Architecture Safari

BIG, bold and brand-new - modern Copenhagen at full scale.

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

A long hunt for the buildings that made Copenhagen an architecture pilgrimage. From BLOX over Cirkelbroen and the Cykelslangen, south to Bjarke Ingels' VM Mountain and 8 House in Orestad and the blue glow of DR Koncerthuset, then all the way north to the silos and quays of Nordhavn. Big distances, bigger ideas - pace it with coffee stops.

Surface: Paved, mostly separated paths 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 south-west on Christians Brygge 432 m
  2. Bear right onto the path 34 m
  3. Bear left onto the path 1.0 km
  4. Turn left onto the path 73 m
  5. Turn left onto Cykelslangen 129 m
  6. 1 Cykelslangen (The Bicycle Snake) 349 m
  7. Turn left onto the path 34 m
  8. Turn right onto the path 316 m
  9. Turn right onto Artillerivej 5 m
  10. Turn left onto the path 207 m
  11. Turn left onto the path 540 m
  12. At the roundabout, take exit 3 onto Tom Kristensens Vej 55 m
  13. Turn right onto Tom Kristensens Vej 97 m
  14. Turn right onto the path 241 m
  15. Turn right onto the path 181 m
  16. Turn left onto the path 60 m
  17. Turn right onto the path 79 m
  18. Turn left onto the path 115 m
  19. Turn right onto Emil Holms Kanal 103 m
  20. Turn left onto Grønjordsvej 49 m
  21. Turn right onto Nordre Digevej 644 m
  22. Bear right onto Digevej 942 m
  23. Turn right onto the path 28 m
  24. Bear left onto the path 718 m
  25. Turn right onto the path 107 m
  26. Turn right onto the path 21 m
  27. 2 VM Mountain (VM Bjerget) 21 m
  28. Turn left onto Ørestads Boulevard 107 m
  29. Turn right onto the path 192 m
  30. Turn right onto the path 23 m
  31. Turn left onto the path 585 m
  32. Turn left onto the path 1.1 km
  33. Turn left onto the path 34 m
  34. Turn right onto Kalvebod Sti 277 m
  35. Turn right onto the path 98 m
  36. Turn left onto the path 148 m
  37. 3 The 8 House (8tallet) 77 m
  38. Turn left onto Richard Mortensens Vej 188 m
  39. 4 Cafe 8tallet 31 m
  40. Turn left onto the path 129 m
  41. Turn sharp left onto Kalvebod Sti 649 m
  42. Turn left onto the path 34 m
  43. Turn right onto the path 1.1 km
  44. Turn right onto the path 585 m
  45. Turn right onto the path 23 m
  46. Turn left onto the path 937 m
  47. Turn left onto Fælleddiget 942 m
  48. Bear left onto Nordre Digevej 644 m
  49. Turn left onto Grønjordsvej 49 m
  50. Turn right onto Emil Holms Kanal 12 m
  51. Bear right onto Emil Holms Kanal 105 m
  52. Turn right onto the path 101 m
  53. Bear right onto the path 79 m
  54. Turn left onto the path 60 m
  55. Turn right onto the path 181 m
  56. Turn right onto Kaj Munks Vej 101 m
  57. Turn right onto Emil Holms Kanal 71 m
  58. 5 DR Byen 71 m
  59. Turn left onto Kaj Munks Vej 101 m
  60. Turn left onto the path 154 m
  61. 6 DR Koncerthuset 154 m
  62. Turn left onto Kaj Munks Vej 16 m
  63. Bear right onto the path 48 m
  64. Turn right onto the path 114 m
  65. Turn right onto the path 62 m
  66. Bear right onto Rued Langgaards Vej 271 m
  67. Turn left onto Amagerfælledvej 863 m
  68. Bear right onto the path 122 m
  69. Turn left onto the path 277 m
  70. Bear right onto Torvegade 807 m
  71. Bear right onto Børsbroen 708 m
  72. Turn right onto Christian IX's Gade 145 m
  73. Turn right onto Kronprinsessegade 1.0 km
  74. Bear left onto Kronprinsessegade 16 m
  75. Turn right onto Øster Voldgade 1.9 km
  76. Turn right onto the path 20 m
  77. Continue onto Gittervej 11 m
  78. Continue onto Sandkaj 298 m
  79. Turn left onto Göteborg Plads 99 m
  80. 7 Portland Towers 24 m
  81. Turn right onto Hamborg Plads 76 m
  82. Turn left onto Århusgade 39 m
  83. Turn right onto the path 62 m
  84. Turn left onto Helsinkigade 173 m
  85. Turn right onto the path 316 m
  86. Turn left onto the path 84 m
  87. 8 Orientkaj 15 m
  88. Turn left onto the path 66 m
  89. Turn right onto the path 317 m
  90. Turn left onto Helsinkigade 173 m
  91. Turn right onto the path 62 m
  92. Turn left onto Århusgade 39 m
  93. Turn right onto Hamborg Plads 76 m
  94. Turn left onto Göteborg Plads 8 m
  95. 9 Andersen & Maillard (Nordhavn)

Along the way

Stops worth making

sight

1 BLOX & Danish Architecture Center

The architecture centre in a building people love to argue about - fitting.

Bryghuspladsen 10
sight

2 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
sight

3 VM Mountain (VM Bjerget)

Bjarke Ingels' stepped "mountain" of flats with a car park ramp you can ride up to roof gardens.

Orestads Boulevard 55
sight

4 The 8 House (8tallet)

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

Richard Mortensens Vej
cafe

5 Cafe 8tallet

Cafe at the tip of the 8 House, looking straight out over the wild Kalvebod Faelled.

Richard Mortensens Vej 81A kr kr
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sight

6 DR Byen

The national broadcaster's media city in Orestad, anchored by the blue concert hall.

Emil Holms Kanal 20
sight

7 DR Koncerthuset

Jean Nouvel's blue concert hall, glowing like a screen after dark.

Orestads Boulevard 13
monument

8 Portland Towers

Two old cement silos crowned with glass offices - the unmistakable Nordhavn landmark.

Gittervej 1
viewpoint

9 Orientkaj

The elevated metro and open quay at the seaward edge of Nordhavn - big sky and the Oresund beyond.

Orientkaj, Nordhavn
cafe

10 Andersen & Maillard (Nordhavn)

The roastery-bakery's Nordhavn outpost, right by the Sandkaj swim deck - coffee and pastries at the water's edge.

Göteborg Plads 1, Nordhavn kr kr
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