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Parks and open spaces in Copenhagen

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in 1606. Every year it sees more than 2.5 million visitors, and in the summer months it is packed with sunbathers, picknickers and ballplayers. It also serves as a sculpture garden with a permanent display of sculptures as well as temporary exhibits during summer. Just north of King's Garden a series
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that act as venues for a wide array of events and urban life. As a supplement to the regular parks, there are a number of congenial public gardens and some cemeteries doubling as parks. It is official municipal policy in Copenhagen that all citizens by 2015 must be able to reach a park or beach on
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It is official municipal policy in Copenhagen that all citizens by 2015 must be able to reach a park or beach on foot in less than 15 minutes. In line with this policy, several new parks are under development in areas poor in green spaces. One of those recently completed is
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Some open spaces on the outskirts of Copenhagen have a more informal and semi-natural character, having originally been countryside areas protected against surrounding urbanisation. They include:
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Besides the regular parks, a number of gardens open to the general public serve as important green spaces in central Copenhagen. These include:
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of parks make up a green strand running right through the centre of the city. These are constructed on the old ramparts of the city and include
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a 1,100-hectare nature area north of Copenhagen. The area is noted for its mixture of huge, ancient oak trees and large populations of
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is, at 54 hectares, the largest cemetery in Denmark and offers a maze of dense groves, open lawns, winding paths, hedges, overgrown
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and hosts an array of annual events, including a free opera concert at the opening of the opera season, other open-air concerts,
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was founded in 1934, but in 2005 a 2.4-kilometre-long artificial island was added, separated from the original beach by a
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double as parks, though only for the more quiet activities such as sunbathing, reading and meditation.
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is a green city well endowed with open spaces. It has an extensive and well-distributed system of
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one of two historic gardens at the former brewery site. Now open to the public during daytime.
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Copenhagen Municipality is developing a system of interconnected green bicycle routes,
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which is particularly noted for a large complex of 19th-century greenhouses donated by
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a 221-hectare area in the northwestern part of Copenhagen. Three lakes with extensive
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roofed by an upside-down old wooden ship, as well as the first of Copenhagen's
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a 2,000-hectare protected area right next to the new business district of
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celebrations and the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix, which is a race for
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a 485-hectare forested area to the northwest of Copenhagen, situated in
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Some of Copenhagen's newer parks draw from their position by the water.
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a 130-hectare forested area located west of Copenhagen, mainly in
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Bonnie Fortune, "So many people lent a hand to give us parklife!"
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among others, is an important green space for the district of
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cover a total of 91 hectares and are surrounded by parkland.
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established in 1995, covers 2.8 hectares of dockland in the
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landscape park. It houses a large colony of very tame
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Another popular park is the 36:foot in less than 15 minutes. 1: 1535:, Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen 1526:Det Kongelige Biblioteks Have 767:Inside the Assistens Cemetery 647:the small garden behind the 1635:Dansk Ornitologisk Forening 1379:. Carlsberg. 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Index


Ørstedsparken
Copenhagen
parks

King's Garden
55°41′07″N 12°34′48″E / 55.6852°N 12.5799°E / 55.6852; 12.5799 (Rosenborg Castle Gardens)
Rosenborg Castle
Christian IV
Østre Anlæg
55°41′26″N 12°34′53″E / 55.6906°N 12.5813°E / 55.6906; 12.5813 (Østre Anlæg)
Ørsted Park
55°40′52″N 12°33′59″E / 55.6811°N 12.5663°E / 55.6811; 12.5663 (Ørsted Park)
Botanical Garden
55°41′12″N 12°34′25″E / 55.6867°N 12.5736°E / 55.6867; 12.5736 (University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden)
Carlsberg
J. C. Jacobsen
Fælledparken
55°42′08″N 12°34′02″E / 55.7023°N 12.5672°E / 55.7023; 12.5672 (Fælledparken)
hectares
sports
carnival
Labour Day
antique cars
Frederiksberg Gardens
55°40′31″N 12°31′33″E / 55.6754°N 12.5257°E / 55.6754; 12.5257 (Frederiksberg Park)
romantic
grey herons
waterfowl
Norman Foster

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