British design magazine Monocle named Copenhagen the World's best design city 2008. Dragør tiene una gran cantidad de casas antiguas, que le hace parecer una aldea. With its 53 aquariums, it is the largest facility of its kind in Scandinavia. Kunsthal Charlottenborg in the city centre exhibits national and international contemporary art. Desde el año 1300 se convirtió en la capital de Dinamarca en detrimento de Roskilde, un estatus que la ciudad ha mantenido desde entonces. Møller-Mærsk, Novo Nordisk, Carlsberg and Novozymes. The area known as Frederiksstaden, developed by Frederik V in the second half of the 18th century in the Rococo style, has the four mansions of Amalienborg, the royal residence, and the wide-domed Marble Church at its centre. It is possible to find modest eateries serving open sandwiches, known as smørrebrød – a traditional, Danish lunch dish; however, most restaurants serve international dishes. It serves as the home of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and along with the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles is the most expensive concert hall ever built. There is therefore a difference of 10 hours and 31 minutes in the length of days and nights between the summer and winter solstices. [229] In 1992 it merged with the Egmont media group and currently runs the 17-screen Palads Cinema in Copenhagen. [201], Most of Denmarks's major publishing houses are based in Copenhagen. The National Museum, Nationalmuseet, is Denmark's largest museum of archaeology and cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures alike. La corona logró su objetivo en 1416, cuando Eric de Pomerania asumió el control de la ciudad. [25][26], A substantial amount of rebuilding followed. 1", Copenhagen's ambitious push to be carbon-neutral by 2025, "Copenhagen City of Architecture: The architecture policy of the City of Copenhagen", "The Finger Plan: A Strategy for the Development of the Greater Copenhagen Area", "Denmark's first mosque opens amid controversy", "Prestigious titles and rankings to Copenhagen", "Copenhagen is high quality of life, but at a price", "Workplaces in Copenhagen by industry and residence of the employed, 1 January 2010", "Udvalgte indikatorer for Københavns erhvervsmæssige præstationer og rammevilkår", "Regional GDP per capita in the EU in 2010", "Turning Denmark into a leader in Smart Cities", "Copenhagen Malmö Port Annual Report 2012", "World's most expensive cities – Ranking", "Reasons to invest in Greater Copenhagen", "Pressemeddelelse: Københavns virksomheder efterlyser bedre erhvervsklima", "Copenhagen City Break Strategy 2012–2014", "Lonely Planet's top 10 cities to visit in 2019", "A Brief History of Urban Planning in Copenhagen", "Elephant House: Norman Foster & Partners", "København: Lommeparker – Grønne Åndehuller i Byen", "5 Days in Copenhagen Itinerary & What To Do", "In the Footprints of Carlsberg's founders", "Kastellet ved Langelinie – Københavns smukke fæstningsanlæg", http://www.hovedstadshistorie.dk/amagerbro/, https://www.visitcopenhagen.dk/da/kobenhavn/hellerup-og-omegn, "Copenhagen is Scandinavia's most desirable city", "Nationalmuseet: National Museum of Denmark", "Cisternerne -Museum of Modern Glass Art", "Scandinavian Book Trade, Publishers, etc", "Martinus Rørbye (1803–48), The Prison of Copenhagen, 1831", "Christen Købke's View of a Street in Østerbro outside Copenhagen. En 1728 se produjo un incendio que afectó a cerca de un tercio de la ciudad, concretamente la parte norte. [28], On 2 April 1801, a British fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker attacked and defeated the neutral Danish-Norwegian fleet anchored near Copenhagen. [173] The large Gefion Fountain (Gefionspringvandet) designed by Anders Bundgaard and completed in 1908 stands close to the southeast corner of Kastellet.