Travel by bus and train
In the Greater Copenhagen area you can transfer freely between buses and trains using the same tickets and discount cards. You just have to travel within the period and zones they are valid for. The Greater Copenhagen area is divided into 95 zones. Coloured zone maps have been posted at stations and bus stops. The red zone is the zone you are in and forms the basis of the calculation of the fare. The fare depends on the number of coloured zones (zone rings) you travel through. The most expensive colour zone determines the fare whether your journey ends here or you just pass through the zone. Please see the coloured zone map for zone 1 overleaf. Tickets and cards are valid on all trains. However, on certain trains (for instance InterCity and international trains) you pay a seat reservation fee/surcharge. If you wish to travel in first-class or other non-standard accommodation, you pay a special surcharge. If you have any questions, you may use the service telephones at most stations, or ask staff at stations or bus driver.
Tickets and discount cards
Ordinary basic tickets can be purchased from vending machines at stations, ticket offices and on buses from driver (not cards though).The tickets are stamped with time, date and departure zone. You pay for the number of zones you need, but the minimum fare is for 2 zones and the maximum for 7 (all) zones.
Discount cards are available for 10 journeys within two, three, four, five, six or all zones. It is cheaper per journey to use a discount card than to buy a ticket.
Before your journey starts, you punch the card in a yellow card-clipping machine on a bus, at a station or on a private railway train. Each clip entitles the passenger to travel within the number of zones indicated on the face of the card. By clipping the card more times you can travel in a greater number of zones than one clip allows. The text on the discount card explains how many times you need to clip. If a group of people travel together, the card must be clipped the full number of times required for each person.
Discount clip cards for two, three or more zones are available from manned stations and HT ticket offices, vending machines at stations and Føtex, Irma, Super-Brugsen, LokalBrugsen, Dagli’Brugsen, Obs!, HG-Daglig, Nærum Stormarked, Strandberg, Herlev Lavpris, PRIMA, GOBI, HH, GOVA, Spar, Favør and Kvickly supermarkets and Shell tank stations. You must keep tickets and discount cards throughout the journey and present them to ticket inspectors on request.
Validity of tickets and discount cards:
2 - 3 zones 1 hour
4 - 6 zones 1 1/2 hours
All zones 2 hours
Children:
Children under the age of seven travel free when accompanied by an adult. Children aged 7 to 15 years (both inclusive) can either purchase a children’s ticket or a children’s discount card for two or three zones. Two children under the age of 16 years can travel on one adult ticket or one clip on an adult discount card. On buses you can only buy children’s discount cards for two zones.
24-hour ticket:
The 24-hour ticket offers you 24 hours of unlimited travel by bus and train throughout all the zones of the Greater Copenhagen area. The ticket should be clipped in the yellow card-clipping machine on a bus, at a station or on a private railway train. One adult can bring along two children under the age of seven years free. The 24-hour ticket is available from HT ticket offices and manned stations.
HT Customer Service Tel 36 13 14 15, (open daily 7.00 am - 9.30 pm) HT Internet: www.ht.dk
DSB Information Tel 33 14 17 01, (open daily 6.30 am - 11.00 pm) , DSB Internet: www.dsb.dk
Copenhagen Card
The Copenhagen Card allows you to travel freely by bus and train throughout the Greater Copenhagen area. The point of sale stamps the Copenhagen Card with the first date of validity and the nearest full hour the time of sale. Cards which have not been stamped are not valid. The card must be signed on the back. You can purchase a Copenhagen Card at the HT points of sale at HT Terminal, Town Hall Square and Toftegårds Plads, major stations, most tourist offices, travel agencies and many hotels. Explanatory brochure in English, German and Danish available.
Further information:
Information Center, HT Terminal, Rådhuspladsen/Town Hall Square Tel 36 13 14 00, Fax: 36 13 20 97. Open: all week 7am-9.30pm. For other special tourist tickets see Rail Tours in Sightseeing section.
Taxi Services
Vacant cabs carry a sign with the word FRI (free) on display. Upon completion of your ride, cab drivers can provide you with a receipt upon request. Credit cards are welcomed in most taxis. Most cabbies understand English and German. Basic taxi fare Dkk 22, then Dkk 7.70 per km between 4am-4pm; Dkk 9.60 between 7pm-7am & Sat, Sun & national holidays.
Kobenhavns Taxa, Tel 35 35 35 35
Amager/Abro Taxi, Tel 32 51 51 51
Hovedstadens Taxi, Tel 38 77 77 77
Radio/Codan Bilen, Tel 70 25 25 25
Minibuses/handicap, Tel 35 39 35 35
Taxamotor, Tel 38 10 10 10
Dams Service (Minibuses): Tel 32 95 22 21
Limousine Services:
Carey Limousine Copenhagen, 2-4, Kornblomstvej. Tel 32 96 13 34
Bicycles and Mopeds:
Deposit and identification needed, passport or identity card not required as deposit.
Kabenhavns Cykelbørs, 157, Gothersgade. Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm, Sat 10am-1.30pm. Dkk 40 per day, deposit Dkk 200. Tel 33 14 07 17, Fax: 33 11 09 09.
Kabenhavns Cykler, Central Station. Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 9am-1pm. From July 1 - Sept 1: Sun 10am-1pm. Dkk 50 per day, deposit Dkk 300. Tel 33 33 86 13.
Asterport Cykler, 9, Oslo Plads. Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 9am-1pm. Sun closed. Dkk 50 per day, deposit Dkk 300. Tel 33 33 85 13.
Car Hire:
Self-drive cars are rented only to persons over 20 years of age holding valid driving licence. The law stipulates 20 years but car hire firms may demand individual limits up to 25 years.
Avis, 1, Kampmannsgade, Tel 33 15 22 99
Hertz, 3, Ved Vesterport . Tel 33 17 90 20
Europcar/InterRent, 13, Gl. Kongevej. Tel 33 55 99 00
Danecars, 54, Jagersborg Alln. Tel 39 63 23 75
Budget-Pitzner, 4-6, Trommesalen. Tel 33 11 12 34
Rafco Car & Motorhome Rental, 380, Englandsvej, Kastrup. Tel 32 51 15 00, E-mail: rafco@vip.cybercity.dk. Free airport shuttle service.
Neergård Motorhomes, 532, Hovedgaden, Hedehusene. Tel 46 56 16 98
Airport branches:
Avis Rent-a-Cartel: Tel 32 51 22 99
Hertz: Tel 32 50 93 00
Budget-Pitzner: Tel 32 52 39 00
Europcar/InterRent: Tel 32 50 30 90
Speed Limits
Remember speed limits, 50 km/30 miles per hour in urban areas, 80 km/50 miles per hour on high roads and 110km/68 miles per hour on motor-ways. Cars towing caravans must not exceed 70km/44miles per hour. Beware of cameras sited on roads into Copenhagen, these devices register number plates of cars exceeding speed limit and offenders will be fined.
If your car breaks down, call Falck Rescue Service day or night - Tel 44 92 22 22. If the trouble cannot be remedied on the spot Falck will tow your car to the nearest open garage, charging a fee for the service. Motorists are reminded that it is compulsory for drivers and passengers to wear safety belts whilst driving in Denmark. Car head and sidelights should be switched on during daytime hours.
NB! Drivers should note that the alcohol limit is 0.5 milligrams per litre.
Trains
Regional Trains:
Frequent departures from Copenhagen Main Station to major surrounding cities. The Coast Line serves stations along the Danish Riviera as far as Helsingør (Elsinore) three times an hour - at 09-29-49 mins past the hour from Central Station - see (map 1). Information Tel 33 14 17 01. Tickets are bought at stations and will be inspected en route.
InterCity Trains
With the newly open Great Belt Link between Zealand and Funen travel time with InterCity trains from east to west Denmark has been reduced by one hour. In all Intercity trains seats are fitted with plugs for radio, computers. Fax facilities. mobile phones permitted.
DSB offers two different InterCity systems:
Inter City/Lyn Express Trains:
Direct connection between big cities in Denmark, train makes only few stops. Departures from Copenhagen Central Station. Mon-Fri 5.51am, 6.56am, 7.51am, 8.51am, 12.51pm, 2.51pm, 3.51pm, 4.51pm & 5.51pm, Sat 7.51am, 8.51am, 9.51am & 2.51pm.
Copenhagen - Odense: 1 hour & 17 minutes
Copenhagen - Fredericia: 1 hour & 59 minutes
Copenhagen - Århus: 2 hours & 43 minutes
Copenhagen - Esbjerg: 2 hours & 58 minutes
Copenhagen - Aalborg: 4 hours & 23 minutes
InterCity Trains:
stop in major cities. Run every full hour from Copenhagen Central Station Mon-Sat from 5am-10pm and at midnight, Sun from 6am-10pm and at midnight on major routes to Funen and Jutland. Between Copenhagen and Odense also half-hourly trains. Mon-Sat from 5.30am-11.30pm, Sun from 6.30am-11.30pm.
Reservation: Tel 70 13 14 16
Shipping Routes and Ferries
Bornholm:
Daily service to Ranne (cars and passengers - seven hours) Via Sweden: Car ferries Ystad-Rønne up to 2 times daily. Tel 56 95 18 66.
From Copenhagen, Kvæsthusbroen Tel 33 13 18 66. Nightly departures at 11.30pm.
Car Ferries/Highspeed Craft to Funen and Jutland:
Odden-Ebeltoft: (Jutland) Ferry 1 3/4 hours - Highspeed Craft 45 minutes
Mols-Linjen, Sjallands Odde Tel 59 32 32 32 or Elbeltoft Tel 89 52 52 52
Remember to book in advance on all car ferries in Danish domestic waters.
Travel in neighbouring countries
Please remember to check back with www.sashahotels.com to book your hotel in other Scandinavian capitals.
Trains
All international trains arrive at or depart from Copenhagen Central Station. Information: Tel 33 14 17 01. Reservation: Tel 70 13 14 16
Trains to and from Copenhagen International Airport three times per hour (12 minutes).
Shipping Routes and Ferries
Sweden:
By ship across the Sound with meals, duty free drinks and tobacco in the merry company of Danes and Swedes enjoying themselves. You can go by Highspeed Craft to Malmo (40 minutes) from 28, Havnegade.
Pilen:
Highspeed Craft to Malmo, Tel 33 32 12 60
Scandlines:
Helsingor-Halsingborg, Tel 33 15 15 15
Sundbusserne, Tel 49 21 35 45 (Helsingor-Halsingborg)
Other Destinations:
Ask Tourist Information, 1, Bernstoffsgade for brochure on car ferries or contract a travel agent.
Buses
Bus 866: Copenhagen-Ystad (Sweden) - Rønne (Bornholm). Depts. from Bernstorffsgade. Info & booking: Tel 44 68 44 00 Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm. June 21-Aug 10: Sat 9am-1pm.
Bus 991/992: Copenhagen-Prague (Czech Republic). Info & tickets at 37, Ved Amagerbanen. Tel 32 52 66 31, Fax: 32 51 22 30.
Bus 998: Cph. Kastrup Airport-Halmstad (Sweden) via Helsingør/Hälsingborg - seven stops. Information: Tel 32 52 66 31.
Eurolines:
Buses to Berlin, Sweden, Frankfurt, Basle, Vienna, Hamburg, Bremen, Paris, Belgium, Munich, Italy, London, Spain. Depts. from Central Station. Info:
Eurolines Scandinavia, 8, Reventlowsgade. Tel 99 34 44 88
Airlines
Copenhagen Air Service: Tel 32 47 47 47
Aer Lingus, 4, Jernbanegade, Tel 33 12 60 55
Air France, 6, 2nd floor, Ved Vesterport, Tel 33 12 76 76
Alitalia, 6D, Vesterbrogade, Tel 33 36 93 69
Austrian Airlines/Swiss Air, Tel 33 12 80 90, 6, Vester Farimagsgade
British Airways, 16, Rådhuspladsen, Tel 33 14 60 00
Finnair, 47, Nyropsgade, Tel 33 36 45 45
Iberia, 4, Jernbanegade, Tel 33 12 22 22
Icelandair, 1, V. Farimagsgade, Tel 33 12 33 88
JAL Japan Airlines, Tel 33 11 33 00 47, Nyrupsgade
KLM Copenhagen Airport, Tel 32 51 26 26
Copenhagen Airport, LOT, 21, V. Farimagsgade, Tel 33 14 58 11
Lufthansa, 7, V. Farimagsgade, Tel 33 37 73 33
