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Copenhagen's new face

Quirky new attractions and some fashionable facelifts are transforming the Danish capital

June 10, 2018 15:22
Blox
3 min read

Not so long ago its principal claim to fame was a tiny mermaid and the fairytale harbour which enchanted her creator, Hans Christian Andersen. But since the Danes started making headlines with their edgy fashion, modernist furniture, futuristic architecture and award-winning food, Copenhagen has leapt into the top tier of world-class cities.

This is a great year to visit — or revisit — the Danish capital, with Noma, repeatedly voted world’s best restaurant, reopening in a new location and breathtaking new attractions like Copenhill, an artificial ski slope audaciously perched on a sloping power station roof.

New hotels have opened too, while the city’s best is presenting a fabulous new face following extensive building work.

What would Andersen, who would nowadays be peering across the harbour at Copenhill on his daily stroll, have made of the transformation of the quaint mediaeval streets into edgy city-break metropolis?