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Nordhavn, Copenhagen — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Nordhavn is a harbour area of Copenhagen on the coast of the Øresund, laid out at the end of the 19th century.
About Nordhavn
Where to stay in Nordhavn
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The Øresund sets the edge. Nordhavn spreads over more than two kilometres of harbour ground along the Øresund coast, which suits you if a stay on the water and a short run into Copenhagen matter more than a doorstep of sights. Copenhagen proper begins a little inland.
Nordhavnen, the Danish form of the name, still marks the same harbour ground. A working waterfront rather than a street of restaurants, the area keeps the open Øresund on one side and the rest of Copenhagen on the other.
About Nordhavn
What are the main landmarks in Nordhavn?
Nordhavn has no monuments to point at. No churches or museums are recorded for the area, which was laid out as a working harbour at the end of the 19th century, so what there is to see sits in the water and the quays along the Øresund. Øresund water carries the outlook, an open stretch running out from the Copenhagen shore. Nordhavnen keeps its harbour name.
What is the history of Nordhavn?
The harbour came at the end of the 19th century. Copenhagen laid it out on the coast of the Øresund, and the area took the name Nordhavnen, worn down in everyday use to Nordhavn. It covers more than two kilometres.
Within Copenhagen, Denmark, the description that has stuck is still simply a harbour area.
Where is Nordhavn?
Nordhavn holds a stretch of the Copenhagen coast on the Øresund, more than two kilometres of harbour ground in Denmark.
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Updated September 2026