Bill

I'm thinking about visiting Copenhagen for 4 or 5 days in Feb or Mar. Not sure what I would do there yet.

What options to flying are there if I wanted to make a side trip (1 or 2 nights) to Stockholm. I thought I read about a bridge-tunnel linking the two, but don't know if it is planned or complete. I am guessing that a boat trip would be too long.

Boots

The bridge links Copenhagen to Malmö in the south of Sweden. A car trip, over the bride and to Stockholm, would take all day, I believe, and a train from Copenhagen to Stockholm would take most of a day. I don't know what your interests are, but there is enough in Copenhagen, northern Zealand, and perhaps a side trip to Roskilde, Odense, or Koge (slash through o) to keep one busy.
I like Stockholm and Copenhagen very much, but considering the distance between, four days for the two may not be sufficient.

Ron

Bill, I would agree with boots - however, if you felt a strong need to see Stockholm, you could do a night train from Copenhagen and then sail from Stockholm back to Copenhagen. The Archipelago is quite stunning to sail out of. Alternatively, a flight to/from Copenhagen would be cheap and easy - especially if you flew SAS into Copenhagen.

I spent 5 days in Copenhagen and felt I could have spent my lifetime. I really loved the place. I like Stockholm a lot, but not quite as much as Copenhagen.

Dress warm.

If you want a quick and easy escape into Sweden, go up to Helsignor and take the ferry over to Helsingburg (or visa versa).

(e-mail me if I can answer any more questions about what to do/see around copenhagen)

Good luck.

shannon

Bill,
The bridge was opened 2 years ago. There is a train that leaves every 20 minutes from Copenhagen crossing over to Malmo. The night train takes 7 hours, including a short wait in the Malmo train station. The new X2000 trains leave Copenhagen for Stockholm (no train changes) nearly every hour, and speed over to Stockholm in 5 hours. You could take one of the early evening trains and get to Stockholm late in the evening.

It is, of course, much quicker to fly.

Hope this helps.

mpprh

Hi

Just a small point .......

Someone said take the boat back to Copenhagen. This would be a very long trip.

However boat trips from Denmark to Gothenburg are available, and could be interesting.

Peter
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Snoopy

Without knowing what your interests are, it's difficult to say whether the trip would be worth it. I'd been in Copenhagen about 2 days when I decided to go to Malmo just for the heck of it.

At one time, you could fly to Stockholm from Copenhagen for $150 r/t if you had a ticket on SAS from the US into Copenhagen or Helsinki. Check with SAS.

Copenhagen is by far my favorite city in Europe and I am fortunate that my company sends me there for a couple of weeks every 6 months or so. In fact, Im leaving tomorrow for a week. I can hardly wait.

mrwunrfl

Thanks a lot for the replies. I will plan to take that 5 hour train ride (the Swedish tilting train) and visit both cities. I'll do it when the days are longer and I have two weeks to spend. I do want to get out into the country . For now, though, I've had enough of the cold weather, so I'm going to L.A. in March instead.

Bill

yeadonite

What if you had 15 days in Copenhagen than would the trip be worth it?