Exellent info. Just one small correction--the Metro is at Kongens Nytov, not Kongens Nyhavn, though Kongens Nytorv is abuts one end of Nyhavn. --Christian On Aug 19, 2008, at 11:28 PM, Charles Ess wrote:
How late does the public transport run in Copenhagen, and how about getting cabs, in general or after the public transport closes?
To reiterate, public transport in Copenhagen is marvelous - the metro, to begin with, is like something out of Star Trek; for an English page <http://intl.m.dk/>
The Metro runs daily between 5 am and 12 pm. Thursday, Friday, and during the weekend, the Metro also runs all night. Tickets can be purchased with credit card / cash at the station; I'd recommend you pick up a 2-zone "Klipperkort" - it can be stamped (clipped) for each ride in the little yellow machines both at the top of the escalators / stairways and on the platform; more convenient and less expensive than buying a ticket for each ride - and the Klipperkort can be used for the buses as well. Buses are clean, quite, and frequent. <http://www.visitcopenhagen.dk/turist/rejseplanlaegning/transport_i_koebenha vn/bus> (In Danish) Night buses run from 1:00 - 5:00 a.m.
The page noted above includes a link to the travel planning service ("Reiseplanen" / Need help finding your way around Copenhagen?) on the right side of the page: this will let you input starting addresses and destinations, and give you possible routes with both metro and bus. I haven't checked out the locations of all the hotels - but in the case of the Maritime and the Opera, it's a 5-10 minute walk to the Metro station (Kongens Nyhavn) and from there - take line 1 (Green line), direction Vestamager; get off at the second stop - Islands Brygge - and from there it's ca. 7-10 minutes to ITU. There will be a map or two to help facilitate the walk from Islands Brygge to ITU on the website - but if you feel like playing - go to the Reiseplanen link:
http://www.rejseplanen.dk/bin/query.exe/en?
In "From:" put in: Islands Brygge st (Metro) In "To": put in: Rued Langgaards Vej 7
choose any date and you'll get a schedule. Each possible itinerary includes a link titled "Show journey on map." Click, et voila! you'll have a sense of the walk.
In my experience, it's best to call / reserve a cab. There are several companies - perhaps our hosts have specific recommendations?
Hope this helps some - let me know if there are any additional questions, concerns, etc. And welcome to wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen!
- charles ess
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Christian Nelson <xianknelson@mac.com
wrote:
For Danish-only sites, I recommend you try to use Google's translator: www.translate.google.com. It does a pretty good job of translating simple text. In addition, for those of you not used to decent public transport (US folks in particular), Copenhagen's is great, so you don't have to be right next to the U. to get to the conference quickly.
On Aug 19, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Rhiannon Bury wrote:
I thought I'd send my message to the list in case others have similar
questions. Can the local folks in Copenhagen say more about the location of the hotels listed in terms of their proximity to the University (eg, how many minutes walk, ease of transit etc). When I try to get more information from the websites, it comes up in Danish. :) Also, the Copenhagen City Centre hostel is mentioned but on their website, they name two in English: Copenhagen Downtown and Copenhagen City. Which one is it? Again the main page is in English but the details seem to be only in Danish.
Thanks.
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