The Journey Planner
- Journey Planner (combines trains, busses & metro)

To Copenhagen Airport
– By Air

From the Airport to Copenhagen
– By Metro
– By Regional Train
– By Taxi
– By City Bus
– By Coach

Getting around in Copenhagen
- Journey Planner (combines trains, busses & metro)
- By local trains (”S-tog”)

Getting around in Denmark
- By Regional Trains
- By Øresund Train
- CPHCard
- Ferries
- Bridges
- Roads

Journey Planner (all trains, busses and the metro)

We recommend that you use the online “Journey Planner” to find the easiest route around Copenhagen. It takes into accout all busses, trains and metros and is very reliable. It also calculates the tavel price, which zones you travel through and links directly to printable maps.

Link: Journey Planner

To Copenhagen by air

Copenhagen Airport in Kastrup is Northern Europe’s main airport and traffic hub. Copenhagen is the capital in Europe with the shortest distance from an international airport to the city centre. The airport is the hub for SAS Airlines. Direct connections are available from Copenhagen Airport to a total of 132 destinations worldwide, 19 of which are intercontinental, 84 European, 22 Nordic and seven domestic.

Link: Copenhagen Airports/CPH/UK/MAIN/

From the airport by metro train

It only takes 15 minutes to get from the airport to Kongens Nytorv in the heart of Copenhagen. The Metro station is located at the end of Terminal 3 and is covered by the roof of the terminal. The Metro operates every 4-6 minutes during day and evening hours and every 15 minutes during the night.
Tickets for the Metro are available at the Metro station’s ticket machines and at the DSB ticket sales counter in Terminal 3. Please note that the ticket machines do not accept notes, only coins and cards such as the Dankort, VISA, etc.

Link: The Copehagen Metro

From the Airport by regional train

Beneath Terminal 3, which is where you arrive and pass through customs, there is a train station. From here you have a 12 minute ride to Copenhagen Central Station in (Hovedbanegården). During the day these trains run regularly every 10 minutes.

Tickets are bought at the ticket counter in Terminal 3 just before going down the stairs, by elevator or escalator to the station platform below.

Link: Trains in Denmark (DSB)

From the Airport by taxi

You’ll find taxis in front of Terminals 1 and 3.

From the Airport by city bus

Several lines go from the Copenhagen Airport in Kastrup to downtown Copenhagen, and a few will bring you via the Øresund Bridge to Malmö in Sweden.

From the Airport by coach

Several bus companies have routes going to and from Copenhagen. There is no fixed bus terminal, where they all convene, but the most important places are:
- In Ingerslevsgade by the Central Station (Säflebussen, Swebus Express and Eurolines)
- At Bernstorffsgade by the Central Station across from Tivoli (Bornholm bus line 866)
- At Valby Station (Abildskou 888 to/from Aalborg, Aarhus, Silkeborg, Thisted/Holbæk, Roskilde).
- At the Copenhagen Airport in Kastrup (Graahund bus 999 to/from Malmö in Sweden, also stops at Kongens Nytorv, at Nørreport Station and at Rådhuspladsen).

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Journey Planner (all trains, busses and the metro)

We recommend that you use the online “Journey Planner” to find the easiest route around Copenhagen. It takes into accout all busses, trains and metros and is very reliable. It also calculates the tavel price, which zones you travel through and links directly to printable maps.

Link: Journey Planner
Link: Trains in Denmark (DSB)

Getting around in Copenhagen by local trains (”S-tog”)

You arrive at the Copenhagen Central Station (Hovedbanegården) if you come by train to the capital. The main entrance of the Central Station is located just across from Tivoli and only five minutes walk to Rådhuspladsen. By the main entrance is the Tourist Information Office CPH Right Now, where you can pick up a city map before moving out into the city.

Link: Journey Planner

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Getting around Denmark by Regional trains

Connect Copenhagen with the rest of the country. The Danish State Railways (DSB) have several daily connections to main cities all over Denmark. On the nights following Friday and Saturday the coastal line from Helsingør (Elsinore), the Central Station and Kastrup, Copenhagen Airport runs through the night.

Link: Journey Planner

By “Øresund train”

The Øresund trains connect Copenhagen and Malmö in Sweden. On the way the train also stops at the Copenhagen Airport. It has a regular schedule running every 20 minutes and the duration from Copenhagen Central to Malmö Central is a mere 35 minutes.

Link: Journey Planner

CPHCARD

You might consider purchasing a CPHCARD, which you can use during your stay. In addition to free entrance to 60 attractions and discounts, this card gives you free transportation in the Greater Copenhagen area including to and from the airport. A CPHCARD also gives you free transportation on the Metro.

Link: CPH Card

Ferries

Copenhagen is linked to Norway and to Poland by direct ferry boat connections. DFDS runs a daily route from Copenhagen to Oslo (duration: 16 hours), and Polferries sails between Swinoujscie and Copenhagen four times a week (duration: 12 hours).

At the southernmost tip of the Islands of Lolland and Falster on the E47 leading down through Europe, there are ferry lines between Rødby and Puttgarten and from Gedser to Rostock, respectively, both run by Scandlines.

Link: DFDS Seaways
Link: Scandlines

Bridges

Denmark’s only two toll motorways are the bridges over the Great Belt (Storebælt) and over the Sound (Øresund), respectively.

Roads

The Danish infrastructure is in good condition, roads are well kept, there is an adequate net of motorways, and signs are easy to follow. The general speed limits are 50 km/h in towns, 80 km/h on highways and 130 km/h on motorways.