Best value for money

If you are visiting on a budget, or simply want the best value for money, here is a brief rundown of what is available in the city:

Getting around

When you arrive in Copenhagen by air, you can take the quick rail link from the airport to the city center for about EUR 4. Once you are in the city, you will find Copenhagen to be very walkable. Or use the free City Bikes to bike around town. Look for them at designated bike racks around the city between April and November. Deposit a DKK 20 coin to release the bike from the rack. When you return your bike to any City Bike rack, your coin will be returned. You can also rent a bicycle from several bike shops in town for about EUR 10 per day.

The Copenhagen Card

The CPHCARD gives you free travel by Metro, bus and train in the Greater Copenhagen area, and free entry to over 60 museums and attractions. You also get discounts on ferries to Sweden, and discounts on car hire. CPHCARDs are valid for either 24 or 72 hours and can be purchased from travel agents, hotels, major railway stations and the Wonderful Copenhagen tourist information office across the street from Tivoli Gardens.

Sightseeing

Visit some of Copenhagen's finest museums that offer free entrance. See more under the section for attractions.

Other free experiences include the changing of the guards at Amalienborg Palace at noon everyday. Or stroll through historic cathedrals like Our Lady's Church Cathedral, built in neoclassical style (1829); the Church of Holmen, church of the Royal Danish Navy (1619); the Romanesque Baroque Marble Church (1749-1894); Our Saviour's Church, a baroque church with external tower staircase (1696), or the Rococo Christian's Church (1755-59).

Admission is also free at Christiansborg Castle (Folketinget), which houses the Danish Parliament, and visiting one of Copenhagen's most famous sights, The little Mermaid (Den lille Havfrue), is free and an easy walk from Langelinie Pier.

Quiet corners

You can also enjoy Copenhagen's many parks - Frederiksberg Have (Frederiksberg Garden), Østre Anlæg, Ørstedsparken, the Botanic Garden, Fælledparken with its outdoor pavilion cafe and wide-open spaces, or Kongens Have (Kong's Garden next to Rosenborg Castle) in the center of the city. But as an unusual alternative you could visit the historic Assistens Cemetery, where famous Danes including fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen, philosopher Søren Kierkegård, and Danish nuclear physicist Niels Bohr are buried. In Summer the residents of the district of Nørrebro use the cemetery as a park and find their way to a quiet corner in the shade of one of the many rare species of trees.