Fly from Nice to Copenhague

Whether you come alone, as a couple or as a family, and whether you stay for a weekend or a whole week, you’ll never get bored in Copenhagen. The city makes it impossible! Joyous, warm, charming and welcoming, it is quick to share its famous and wonderful lifestyle with its guests. There’s something to please everyone! Adults will enjoy the culture and lifestyle: a rock or electro concert at Vega or an opera, a museum full of canvases by great Dutch masters or French Impressionists, trying on clothes in a fashion boutique, shopping for some Danish design at Illums Bolighus, a tankard of beer in a pub, or a gastronomic meal.
Then there are all the little pleasures and joys to be shared between generations. People of all ages will melt with pleasure when they bite into their smørrebrød: the legendary rye bread open sandwich, or a kanelsnegle, the famous Danish cinnamon roll. Visitors young and old can feel full of life and energy by ice-skating in winter on Kongens Nytorv (“King’s New Square”) or pedalling through the streets of a city that has more bicycles than cars. Kids and adults will both enjoy a cruise on the canals for a different view of the city, seeking fun and thrills on the rides at Tivoli Gardens, and dreaming of a little mermaid as they drift off to sleep.

• Go to see the little mermaid, the city’s emblematic statue. She sits on a rock on the bank of the Øresund, in tribute to Hans Christian Andersen, the author of “The Princess and the Pea”, “The Snow Queen” and “The Little Match Girl”.
• Walk down Strøget to the Nyhavn harbour. Strøget is one of Europe’s longest pedestrianised streets, at over a kilometre long. Take the time to admire its beautiful 18th-century residences and browse in the shops…
• Be royal! Admire the Changing of the Guard at midday, in front of Amalienborg. This palace is the residence of Margrethe II. Discover Rosenborg Castle and its 400 years of history.Visit a museum. Love Brueghel, Rembrandt or Rubens? Head for the National Gallery of Denmark. For Rodin, Gauguin or Cézanne, stop off at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
• Enjoy a coffee or a cool drink on one of the terraces of the old harbour of Nyhavn. This is among the most charming places in the city, with its multicoloured houses and its historical ships.
• Climb to the top of the Round Tower (Rundetårn), the oldest working observatory in Europe. Access to the observatory is via an unusual cobbled spiral ramp. There is a wonderful view over the city from the observation deck at the top.
• Fall in love with Denmark’s most famous blonde: Carlsberg! With the largest collection of beers in the world, the Old Carlsberg Brewery is the place to learn the great story and the little secrets of this drink.
• Do things differently with the people of Christiania, Copenhagen’s alternative neighbourhood, founded as a free town in the 1970s. It offers art, artisan crafts and a pleasant, poetic atmosphere.
• Break open your piggy bank to taste the cuisine at Noma, one of the best restaurants in the world. On a tight budget? Buy a hot dog from a pølsevogen: a Danish hot dog stand. An institution!
• Unleash your inner child on the rides at Tivoli Gardens, in the heart of the city, or at Bakken, the world’s oldest amusement park, nestled in a vast forest that is home to thousands of stags and hundred-year-old trees.