park
1 Kongens Have (King's Garden)
The city's oldest royal garden - clipped hedges, a puppet theatre and Rosenborg on the lawn.
Moderate · 13.4 km · 1 hr 35 min
The Green Crown: Six Parks in One RideA safe cycling route in Copenhagen
A green "best of" - six of the city's finest parks in one ride.
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.
A long, leafy stitch through Copenhagen's green lungs. Begin in the royal King's Garden by Rosenborg, slip behind SMK through Ostre Anlaeg, cross to the wide lawns of Faelledparken, drop into Assistens, then finish among the romantic canals of Frederiksberg Have and the woods of Sondermarken. Museums and bakeries punctuate the green the whole way.
Turn by turn
Directions
Street-by-street cues for the whole ride - the numbered stops match the pins on the map.
- Head north-east
- 1 Rosenborg Castle 21 m
- Turn right onto Øster Voldgade 40 m
- Bear right onto Øster Voldgade 147 m
- Turn left onto Sølvgade 157 m
- Turn right onto the path 72 m
- Turn right onto the path 156 m
- 2 Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) 103 m
- Turn right onto the path 97 m
- Turn right onto the path 132 m
- Turn right onto the path 51 m
- Turn left onto the path 38 m
- Bear left onto the path 109 m
- 3 Ostre Anlaeg 161 m
- Bear left onto the path 40 m
- Turn left onto the path 124 m
- Turn left onto the path 45 m
- Turn right onto Hjalmar Brantings Plads 168 m
- Turn right onto the path 53 m
- Turn right onto the path 34 m
- Turn right onto the path 268 m
- Turn left onto the path 32 m
- Bear right onto the path 442 m
- Continue onto Østerbrogade 51 m
- Turn left onto the path 89 m
- Turn right onto Øster Allé 553 m
- Turn left onto the path 19 m
- Turn right onto the path 314 m
- 4 Faelledparken 213 m
- Turn right onto the path 76 m
- Turn left onto the path 67 m
- Bear right onto the path 39 m
- Turn left onto the path 72 m
- Turn left onto Nørre Allé 653 m
- Turn right onto Møllegade 346 m
- Turn right onto Guldbergsgade 41 m
- Turn left onto Peter Fabers Gade 382 m
- Turn right onto the path 63 m
- 5 Assistens Cemetery 63 m
- Turn right onto Kapelvej 65 m
- Turn right onto Poppelalléen 555 m
- Turn right onto Jagtvej 56 m
- Turn left onto Bjelkes Allé 341 m
- Turn right onto Stefansgade 38 m
- 6 Mikkeller & Friends 169 m
- Turn left onto the path 363 m
- Turn left onto Hellebækgade 74 m
- Turn right onto Jagtvej 2.1 km
- Turn right onto Pile Allé 200 m
- Turn left onto the path 114 m
- Turn left onto the path 50 m
- 7 Frederiksberg Gardens 164 m
- Turn right onto Pile Allé 200 m
- Turn right onto Pile Allé 1.0 km
- Turn right onto Bag Søndermarken 91 m
- Turn right onto the path 81 m
- 8 Sondermarken 81 m
- Turn left onto Bag Søndermarken 91 m
- Turn left onto Valby Langgade 536 m
- Turn right onto Pile Allé 49 m
- Turn left onto Rahbeks Allé 475 m
- Turn right onto Vesterbrogade 818 m
- Turn left onto Frederiksberg Allé 22 m
- Turn right onto Værnedamsvej 79 m
- 9 Granola
Along the way
Stops worth making
attraction
2 Rosenborg Castle
A fairy-tale Renaissance castle holding the crown jewels, ringed by the King's Garden.
attraction
3 Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
Denmark's national gallery - six centuries of art, free permanent collection, by Ostre Anlaeg.
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park
4 Ostre Anlaeg
A romantic rampart park of ponds and willows behind SMK and the Hirschsprung collection.
park
5 Faelledparken
Copenhagen's biggest park - football pitches, playgrounds, cherry trees and the national stadium.
sight
6 Assistens Cemetery
Where H.C. Andersen and Kierkegaard rest - locals use it as a park, and so should you.
park
8 Frederiksberg Gardens
Romantic canals and herons - park your bike at the gate, cycling isn't allowed inside.
park
9 Sondermarken
The wilder, wooded park across the road from Frederiksberg Have.
cafe
10 Granola
Retro brunch cafe on foodie Vaernedamsvej - milkshakes and breakfast all day.
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...