Budget · 3-hour walk · Copenhagen
Indre By in three hours
City Hall Square up the pedestrian spine to the round tower, then out to the harbour and the royal squares.
Copenhagen's centre is a pedestrian network rather than a street plan, and Stroget through the middle of it is one of the longest car-free shopping streets in Europe. The route follows it east and comes out at the water. Flat, short, and almost entirely free apart from the tower.
The route, stop by stop
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City Hall Square
The start of Stroget and the site of the city's thermometer-and-weather-girl sculpture, which most locals have never noticed.
15 min here Walk here → -
Stroget
Pedestrianised since 1962, when it was an experiment that shopkeepers expected to fail.
25 min here Walk here → -
Round Tower
A 17th-century observatory climbed by a spiral ramp rather than stairs, built wide enough for a horse and carriage.
30 min here Walk here → -
Nyhavn
The painted 17th-century canal houses. Hans Christian Andersen lived at three different numbers along it.
30 min here Walk here → -
Amalienborg
Four identical rococo palaces around an octagonal square, still the royal residence. The guard changes at noon.
25 min here Walk here →
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