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Ideally situated in the center of Copenhagen, next to Tivoli Gardens and Copenhagen Central Station, Radisson Blu Royal Hotel is very close a variety of attractions, including Rosenberg Castle, the National Museum and Stroget shopping street. It offers guests free Wi-Fi, amazing city views and access to a 2000 m² state-of-the-art fitness centre. When it opened, in 1960, it was Scandinavia’s largest hotel and Copenhagen’s first skyscraper. Rooms: 260; Hotel Chain: Radisson Blu

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Built in 1999, the “Black Diamond” is a modern extension to the Royal Danish Library which is the largest library in the Nordic countries. The old library dates from 1906 and was designed by architect Hans J. Holm. Located at the waterfront of Copenhagen, this new library building is designed by the Danish architects Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen. Contains a library, concert hall, bookshop, café, exhibition space and restaurant, it is the first in a series of large-scale cultural buildings along Copenhagen’s waterfront.

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No, this isn’t a screenshot from the latest SimCity computer game or from the Facebook Farmville. These circular structures form a little community located in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The city has a multitude of districts, each representing its time and with its own distinctive character, making up a dense urban fabric. The photos are part of the project “Earth From Above” which is a result of five-year airborne odyssey across six continents of the local photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

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Copenhagen-based Holm Architecture Office in collaboration with Archiland Beijing, Kragh & Berglund landscape architects, and engineering consultants Cowi Beijing, has won first prize in a competition to design the Samaranch Memorial Museum. It will be situating in Tianjin, a city of over 12 million people near Beijing, in Northwestern China. Juan Antonio Samaranch was the president of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001. Throughout his presidency he advocated for reform and inclusion and was a strong supporter of China’s bid as host city for the 2008 Olympic Games.

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Metelkova is a city inside a city. It is also home of Ljubljana’s alternative scene, home of artists, musicians and similar crowd. Created with transforming and rebuilding ex army barracks whose walls now serve as canvas for street artists and its outdoor space as contemporary forma viva, surprise every time with new installations and creations. There architecture has its own rules. The place often draws comparisons to Copenhagen’s Christiania.

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Valby Park is one of the largest one in Copenhagen and also boasts with a few surprises. Mostly known to locals as the venue for large concerts and one-day festivals, Valby Park is located a 15 minute bike-ride from the city center. In the park you can find playgrounds, people barbecuing and a quite nice collection of roses in the Rose Garden (boasting 12000 roses).

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New York artist Tom Fruin creates an outdoor sculpture called Kolonihavehus in the plaza of the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen. The quirky house has an appearance of a friendly and colorful stained-glass house, yet it also evokes thoughts of churches and Charles Rennie Macintosh. 

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William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy “Hamlet” takes place in the castle of Kronborg. Known by many as “Elsinore”, the castle is located in Elsinore (or Helsingor), North of Copenhagen. Immortalised by Shakespeare, it is a Renaissance castle built by Danish King Frederik II in 1574-84.

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Odense is a wonderful city with a vibrant student life and many parks and green areas which bring a pleasant atmosphere to the everybody. A city that establishes strong partnerships between everyone who wants to contribute to the quality of life and growth – in the areas where new and offbeat ideas emerge and converge. And the most sustainable city in Denmark.

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Roskilde was once the medieval capital of Denmark located at the end of Roskilde fjord and just 20 minutes by trains from the busy Copenhagen. Once an old Viking area, but today a modern city with the old town well preserved, Roskilde has several mayor tourist attractions: the Roskilde Cathedral, which for centuries has been the Danish Royal Family sepulchral church, the Viking Ship Museum with over 60 vessels, and the worldwide known Roskilde Festival.

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