Airports & Transfers in Copenhagen

Airports & Transfers

Copenhagen Airport, 10 km (6 mi) southeast of downtown in Kastrup, is the gateway to Scandinavia and the rest of Europe.

Contact

Copenhagen International Airport (32/31-32-31. www.cph.dk).

Transfers

Although the 10-km (6-mi) drive from the airport to downtown is quick and easy, public transportation is excellent and much cheaper than taking a taxi. The airport's sleek subterranean train system takes about 13 minutes to zip passengers into Copenhagen's main train station. Buy a ticket (DKr 25.50) upstairs in the airport train station at Terminal 3; a free airport bus connects the international terminal with the domestic terminal. Three trains an hour leave for Copenhagen, while a fourth travels to Roskilde. Trains also travel from the airport directly to Malmö, Sweden (DKr 60), via the Øresund Bridge, leaving every 20 minutes and taking 35 minutes in transit. Trains run on weekdays from 5 AM to midnight, on Saturday from 6 AM to midnight, and on Sunday from 6 AM to 11 PM.

SAS coach buses leave the international arrivals terminal every 15 minutes from 5:45 AM to 9:45 PM, cost DKr 50, and take 25 minutes to reach Copenhagen's main train station on Vesterbrogade. Another SAS coach from Christiansborg, on Slotsholmsgade, to the airport runs every 15 minutes between 8:30 AM and noon, and every half hour from noon to 6 PM. HT city buses depart from the international arrivals terminal every 15 minutes from 4:30 AM (Sunday 5:30 AM) to 11:45 PM, but take a long, circuitous route. Take Bus 250S for the Rådhus Pladsen and transfer. One-way tickets cost about DKr 22.50.

The 20-minute taxi ride downtown costs around DKr 170, though slightly more after 4 PM and weekends. Lines form at the international arrivals terminal. In the unlikely event there is no taxi available, there are several taxi companies you can call including Københavns Taxa.

Taxis

Københavns Taxa (35/35-35-35).