Location in Denmark
Copenhagen (IPA: [kəʊpənˈheɪgən] or [kəʊpənˈhɑˑgən]; Danish: København (help·info) IPA: [kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn, kʰømːˈhɑʊ̯ˀn]) is the capital of Denmark and the country's largest city.
Copenhagen is the seat of the national parliament, the government, and the monarchy. Copenhagen is one of the largest cities of the Nordic countries. With the building of the Oresund bridge it is now the center of the Danish-Swedish metropolitan area Øresundsregionen.
The original designation for the city, from which the contemporary Danish name is derived, was Kjøbmandehavn, "merchants' harbor". The English name for the city is derived from its Low German name, Kopenhagen. The element hafnium is named after the city's Latin name, Hafnia.

History
Copenhagen is located on the eastern shore of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) and partly on the island of Amager. Copenhagen faces to the east the Øresund, the strait of water that separates Denmark from Sweden, and that connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. On the Swedish side of the sound directly across from Copenhagen, lie the towns of Malmö and Landskrona.
Copenhagen is also a part of the Øresund region, which consists of the eastern part of Zealand in Denmark and the western part of Scania in Sweden.

Location
1,211,000 people live in metropolitan Copenhagen (Storkøbenhavn), a statistical abstract comprising the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg and part of Copenhagen Capital Region. Of these, 503,699 live in the Municipality of Copenhagen, 92,234 in the Municipality of Frederiksberg, and 618,529 in the whole or part of 18 surrounding municipalities that are also part of Copenhagen Capital Region. In other words: in the rest of Denmark the city occupies only part of the municipality, but in Copenhagen the municipality of Copenhagen occupies only part of the city of Copenhagen.

Population
Historic population. The two figures for February 1, 1901 are before and after the municipality annexed some nearby parishes. The apparent decline since the mid-1900s are due to the figures not including the urban areas outside Copenhagen municipality.
Approximately 30% of all the children in the public schools of Copenhagen have a foreign background. Copenhagen now has a sizeable immigrant population which has slowly but steadily increased since the late 1960s when the first wave of immigrants arrived, then known as 'Guest workers'. Over the years others have joined them, especially refugees but also more foreign workers and students. Areas like Nørrebro, Bispebjerg, Høje Gladsaxe, Værebro in Bagssværd, Mørkhøj in Brønshøj, Avedøre, Brøndby, Rødovre Tåstrup, Ishøj, Hundige and Fortunen in Lyngby have large concentration of foreign people.

Demography
The city itself is divided into 15 administrative, statistical and tax districts (bydele):

Indre By ("Copenhagen Center")
Christianshavn
Indre Østerbro ("Inner Østerbro")
Ydre Østerbro ("Outer Østerbro")
Indre Nørrebro ("Inner Nørrebro")
Ydre Nørrebro ("Outer Nørrebro")
Vesterbro
Kongens Enghave
Valby
Vanløse
Brønshøj-Husum
Bispebjerg
Sundbyøster
Sundbyvester
Vestamager Districts

Recreation and Culture
Copenhagen has been ranked as one of the world's best cities to live in, despite the high cost of living. Accommodation is quite affordable for the average person compared to London and Paris.

General situation
The Copenhagen Jazz Festival, which takes place in summer, is a popular annual event that is the result of a significant jazz scene having existed for many years. It developed significantly when a number of American jazz musicians such as Ben Webster, Thad Jones, Richard Boone, Ernie Wilkins, Kenny Drew, Ed Thigpen, Bob Rockwell and others such as rock guitarist Link Wray came to live in Copenhagen during the 1960s.
For free entertainment one can stroll along Strøget, especially between Nytorv and Højbro Plads, which in the late afternoon and evening is a bit like an impromptu three-ring circus with musicians, magicians, jugglers and other street performers.

Music and entertainment
Copenhagen has a wide variety of sport teams. Denmark's two leading football teams, Brøndby IF and FC København, are based in Copenhagen and its suburbs. FC København play at Parken in Østerbro, Copenhagen. Brøndby IF play at Brøndby Stadion outside of the municipality of Copenhagen.
Notable Copenhagen teams playing at the second highest level in Danish football (the Danish 1st Division) include AB, HIK, Frem, Brønshøj, Fremad Amager and Skjold.
Copenhagen also has three ice hockey teams: Rødovre Mighty Bulls, Herlev Hornets and Nordsjælland Cobras.
There is both a men's and a women's handball team, and both teams play in the highest league. Both of the handballteams are owned by FC København and have the same name and logo. They were formerly known as FIF.
Rugby is also played in the Danish capital with teams such as CSR-Nanok, Copenhagen Scrum, Exiles, Froggies and Rugbyklubben Speed.
The Danish Australian Football League, based in Copenhagen is the largest Australian rules football competition outside of the English speaking world.
Copenhagen is also home to a number of Denmark's 40-odd cricket clubs. Although Denmark has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1966, the sport is not taught much in schools, and Danish cricket competes unfavourably with the much more widely followed sport of football for players, facilities, media attention and spectators.
Copenhagen is also home to three prominent paintball teams, the Copenhagen Ducks, The Ugly Ducklings and the Copenhagen Berserks. Because of paintball's relative popularity in Scandinavia, these teams are well-known throughout the globe, despite Denmark's small size.

Sports
Copenhagen offers a great variety of fine restaurants and it is possible to find modest eateries with open sandwiches (called "smørrebrød"), which is the traditional and most known dish. Most restaurants, though, serve international dishes.
Also, Copenhagen is known for the hotdog stands found throughout the city. The city is also home to many fine bakeries and pastry shops.

Cuisine
The public transportation system of Copenhagen consists of commuter trains (called "S-Trains" (S-tog)), buses, and a metro. The S-trains form the basis of the transportation network, stretching to most areas of metropolitan Copenhagen, with their main hub at Copenhagen Central Station (København H). Some regional trains supplement the S-train services with lines extending further such as to the Copenhagen Airport, Elsinore, and Malmö.
Tickets are transferable from one means of transport to another (e.g. from bus to train) as long as the time limit is not exceeded. Most of the former Copenhagen region, 33 municipalities (see above (Population)), is divided into ninety-five zones and is a center of bicycle culture.

Transport

Amalienborg Palace
Assistens Cemetery (Assistens Kirkegård)
Arken Museum of Modern Art
Børsen, the former Stock Exchange
The Copenhagen Opera House
Danish Design Centre
Bakken
Christiania
Christiansborg
Copenhagen Zoo
Danish National Gallery
Danmarks Nationalbank
Frederiksborg Palace in Hillerød
Gefion fountain
Kastellet
Kronborg Castle — Hamlet's castle in Elsinore (Helsingør)
The Little Mermaid
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
National Museum of Denmark
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Nyhavn
Rosenborg Castle
Roskilde
Rundetårn
Strøget
Tivoli Gardens (amusement park)
Danish Tramway Museum - [3]
University of Copenhagen
Ungdomshuset (demolished) Places of note in or near Copenhagen

Karen Blixen, writer, also known as Isak Dinesen
Niels Bohr, physicist, Nobel laureate
Aage Bohr, physicist, Nobel laureate (son of Niels Bohr)
Victor Borge, entertainer
August Bournonville, ballet choreographer
Georg Brandes, critic
Helena Christensen, supermodel
Tove Ditlevsen, writer
Carl Theodor Dreyer, movie director
Peter Høeg, writer
Arne Jacobsen, designer
Rune Glifberg, skateboarder
J. C. Jacobsen, founder of Carlsberg Brewery
Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher
Bjørn Lomborg, Academic and Author of The Skeptical Environmentalist
Lauritz Melchior, opera singer
Mads Mikkelsen, actor
Jakob Nielsen
Lars von Trier, movie director
Dan Turèll, writer
Lars Ulrich, drummer of heavy-band Metallica
Jørn Utzon, architect, designer of the Sydney Opera House
Michael Laudrup, football player
Peter Schmeichel, former international football player Notes

Oresund Region
Eurovision Song Contest 2001
MTV Europe Music Awards 2006
Transportation in Denmark
Ports of the Baltic Sea