Car Hire Copenhagen Airport

Copenhagen is one of the most important cities in Northern Europe and is not only the capital of Denmark, but also their economic and cultural centre. In the middle ages meant Copenhagen merchant port simply translated. Today little more than 5.7 million people live, here on 88 square kilometres representing about one-tenth of the total population of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Founded in Copenhagen in the 12th century, is the seat of the Danish Kings since 1443. In the 18th century a third of the population died first of the plague and fires in 1728 and 1795 destroyed almost completely Copenhagen. Only then was the city in its current form, their Stadtbild is characterized by the style of the old town from this period. With the industrialization in the 19th century the town grew and developed from the former fortifications parks, as well as the famous Tivoli opposite the central train station, which is one of the oldest amusement parks in the world.

Landmark Copenhagen is however the statue? small Mermaid? in the port of the metropolis, which was erected there in 1913 and was developed after a character from the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Only 125 centimeters in size, it belongs to the smallest landmarks of the world. Tourist attraction is the Castle, Christiansborg, which was built on the ruins of the old Castle in the North of the city but still. Building built in the neo-Baroque is the seat of the Danish Parliament, Folketinget. In the immediate vicinity is also one of the longest pedestrian streets in Europe with numerous shopping facilities as well as the Renaissance building of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange built between 1619 and 1640.

The widely-based city of Copenhagen is to discover the best with a rental car.