Discover Copenhagen

Copenhagen

The first stage is an ITT around the world’s best cycling city

Copenhagen is a green and sustainable cycling city with bicycle bridges, bicycle tracks and bicycle playgrounds for children. There is plenty for everyone across ages, because everyday cycling is simply a part of our DNA.

Cyklister på vej over cykelbro i København

Discover Copenhagen

Say ‘Bienvenue’ to the Grand Départ and a wide range of public celebrations in the world’s best cycling city, Copenhagen!

Copenhagen is a green and sustainable city with bicycle bridges, bicycle tracks and bicycle playgrounds for children. Everyday cycling is simply a part of our DNA.

Public yellow cycling celebration pays a tribute to everyday cycling

Cycling is the living landmark of Copenhagen and a natural part of everyday life for the Copenhageners. Therefore, the celebration is also a tribute to all the everyday cycling heroes. Visitors, tourists, families, students, fans and everyone in between are invited when we celebrate the Tour with events all across the city. Check out the event calendar!

Publikum og sæbebobler til Tour de France

A.S.O. / Pauline Ballet

Take part in the celebration

When the worlds’ greatest cycling race visits our city, it gives us all the possibility of a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Get a glimpse of the professional riders as they ride through the streets at the team presentation on June 29th - Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to snap a selfie with the coming winner of the Tour? Find your favorite spot to watch the 13-kilometer time trial from up close on July 1st.

City dressing toolkit

Visit our city dressing toolkit where you’ll find posters, flags and much more to decorate your balcony, restaurant etc. in the colors of the Tour.

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Experience Tour de France in Copenhagen

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FestiVélo in Fælledparken

The bicycle festival ‘FestiVélo’ takes place in Fælledparken on July 1st and 2nd. At the festival you can experience talks and concerts as well as super-bike events and biking activities for children.Indulge in a broad variety of foods and beverages as you watch the race on the largest live streaming screen in Copenhagen.

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The Tour de France week in Copenhagen

The Tour de France week in Copenhagen will be full of activities. Look forward to the Team Presentation the 29th of June, Grand Départ with an ITT on the 1st of July, FestiVélo in Fælledparken 1-2 July and the bicycle race for everyone, Tour de København on the 2nd of July.

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Tour de København

Ride the official route of the individual time trial yourself and experience the feeling of being a true Tour-rider at ‘Tour de København’ on July 2nd. The day after the official individual time trial has taken place, in an exclusive event the route will be closed off from traffic as the Copenhageners get one last taste of the Tour de France.

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Near Copenhagen

Marmorkirken med solnedgang i baggrunden. Set fra Amalienborg

Martin Heiberg

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Bicycle design in the urban space

Copenhagen is designed for bicycles: footrests at traffic lights, “green waves” with intelligent traffic-control systems, wide bicycle tracks with room for cargo bikes, racing bikes, and the small children on bikes. We have everything from urban exercise areas and playgrounds on top of a multi-story carpark in Nordhavn, to a bicycle playground in Østerbro for the city’s children.

Ursula Bach

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Historic Copenhagen

Colourful houses along cobblestone streets and canals, Renaissance castles and stylish modern architecture. It all interweaves in Copenhagen's historic inner city, where you can experience such Copenhagen gems as Amalienborg Palace, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and the Round Tower.

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Islands Brygges havnebad, udspring fra vippe

Kontraframe

Green and sustainable

Copenhagen is a green and sustainable city. We serve organic meals in city institutions. In the summer, we dive into the cool, clean water in the harbour, we cycle along the harbour front, and we use the city's green electric buses, electric floating buses and the metro. We invest in new, sustainable solutions, better bicycle tracks, bicycle superhighways, and more green and blue oases. Moreover, we’ll be the world's first carbon-neutral city by 2025.

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Diverse city neighbourhoods

Copenhagen is a city composed of several different neighbourhoods, each with its own identity and individual character. Vesterbro offers hip restaurants and nightlife. Nørrebro is the city's vibrant playground, with focus on the offbeat and creative. Nordhavn has a harbour environment with modern architecture, while the industrial buildings on Refshaleøen form the backdrop for a real gastronomic adventure.

Kvinde med barnesæde på cyklen samt mand på ladcykle med barn i.

Ursula Bach

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Flere events

Accommodation

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Getting about

Getting to and around Denmark by public transport is easy, fast and convenient

Planning your visit

In Copenhagen, we swim in the clean harbour, and we cycle past colourful houses, across bicycle bridges and through parks. We indulge in tasty adventures and enjoy a city designed for living.

Discover Denmark’s scenic, natural, historical and cultural highlights, plan your trip full of fun activities and find answers to all your questions about our small cycling nation.

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How will the bike traffic be affected in Copenhagen?

You will be able to bike around Copenhagen but the area around the course will be difficult to access on bike especially Friday, but also on Saturday in relation to Tour de CPH. Cyclist must expect detours in connection with roadblocks and longer transport times due to the many tourists and spectators in the city.

Friday and Saturday the 1st to 2nd of July, while the race will take place (the 1st stage and Tour de CPH), it will not be possible to cycle or park on/along the course. Along the route there will be made app. 24 passages, where the route can be crossed by foot. Here it will also be possible to drag your bike. Permanent bike- and pedestrian tunnels and bridges will also be a way to cross the course.

The other days leading up to the 1st stage and Tour de CPH, where the start and finish area around H.C. Andersens Boulevard and the city hall square also will be closed (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 28th to 30th of June), it will be possible to cross H.C. Andersens Boulevard at selected places (see the interactive map), as well as cycling along the closed area, since it is only the roads that will be closed off.

How will Tour de France affect the traffic in Copenhagen?

The Tour de France in Copenhagen is a 13 km Individual Time Trial on the 1st of July, which will affect the traffic and parking conditions significantly from Tuesday the 28th of June at 18:00 to saturday July 2nd at 16:00.

The course will be closed for traffic, stopping and parking from Friday the 1st of July at 01:00 to Saturday July 2nd at 16:00. Other central roads will also be closed during the week, including big parts of H.C. Andersens Boulevard from Monday the 27th of June at 18:00. It will also be prohibited to stop and park on and around the course. The traffic in the city is expected to be back to normal on Saturday July 2nd at 16:00.