Københavns Hovedbanegård

10 minute walk from Copenhagen Marriott perfect for getting around Food Court offers many choices

Main station for Copenhagen and only 2 stops away from the airport. The station has an «old charm» but functional and easy to navigate. There are many ticket machines located on the ground floor. Buying train tickets from these machines is easy and can be navigated in various languages. If you need further assistance, there’s a staff member in the middle of the station to answer questions.
This station has a couple of places to eat– McDonald’s, Dunkin Donuts and local Danish food stalls that sells Danish pastries! There’s also 7÷11… Apparently they love ⁷⁄₁₁ in Copenhagen!
The good thing about this station is the location. It’s right smack in city centre and you can get anywhere in the city. The station is right across Tivoli garden and just a skip away from other sites such as the national museum and City Hall.

Dear Copenhagen central station, you’re just okay, like the three-​star you deserve, right here right now.
I guess you have enough 7 – 11 to feed most train passengers and now that your toilet is with payment, I guess it’s a little cleaner than it used to be.
With all those «emergency» shops like Matas and The Body Shop (hey, emergency to you might be different to emergency to me), it’s life-​saving, really. There’s also McD, Sunset Boulevard, some Indian takeaway and Yamyam to go (blah!) and baguette shop, I think it’s pretty obvious to say — better have your lunch /​dinner somewhere else, but I must admit I buy EggMcMuffin now and then when I need to take early train to Aarhus.
Now that there’s Mad Cooperativet in the station, I guess it’s a little bit better.
This station is unfortunately too old for the Scandi standard. Oslo S is much better and modern, for example, but for now I guess it would do.
There are daily connections to neighbouring Germany and Sweden, and there is the big ticket office on the real entrance (not the one facing Tivoli). There are ticket machines on the side entrance with DSB, Rejsekort and Skånetrafikken machines (Tivoli side) It’s still too bad that there are only two Skånetrafikken machines because I usually see long queue on these machines.
I do, however, hate, to switch at Kbh H because there are always too many people and too many platforms. If it was S-​tog I needed to switch with, I did it at Vesterport st, and if it was Regional train, Nørreport would usually do. But hey, this station is a necessity and I’m looking forward to the day it’s properly connected to the new metro line.

This is the main train station in Copenhagen and it can be pretty overwhelming at first, but there are employees near the self-​serve ticket terminals (which is what you should use) that can help you. You’ll need cash unless your credit card has a chip in it like the european cards do, and all the terminals can be switched to English. In order to figure out what kind of ticket you need you can just ask an employee and while they’re usually pretty stressed (by the twenty tourists trying to talk to them at once). The trains are clean and comfortable and I enjoyed each ride I took! They are also SUPER PROMPT, so don’t expect to be able to catch the train if you’re even 2 minutes behind the schedule. Luckily, they seem to run frequently so you won’t be waiting too long unless it’s late at night.
If you’re wanting to use the buses or trains to travel around all day you can buy a 24 hour pass, but definitely cost-​compare to see how much use you’ll get out of it!

der hauptbahnhof ist schon architektonisch sehr beeindruckend. auf 10 gleisen fahren züge der bahn, auf 2 gleisen ist die s-​bahn zu hause. dazu gibt es vor der halle zahlreiche busse. die metro fährt hier nicht, ist aber über eine kurze fahrt mit der bahn oder per bus erreichbar.
in der bahnhofshalle gibt es eine öffentliche toilette. für 5 kronen — die man sogar mit kreditkarte bezahlen kann — findet man ein anständig sauberes wc vor.
in der bahnhofshalle selbst reiht sich ein shop an den anderen. burger, 7 eleven, noch mehr burger, noch mehr 7 eleven, ein mad-​supermarkt, ein joe and the juice store etc. snacks und zeitschriften gibt es en masse.
vor der halle stehen die ersten hot-​dog-​stände bereit. hier ist zu beachten, dass nur wenige eine vegetarische «wurst» im angebot haben, pommes haben wir an keinem der food-​trucks gefunden.
gepäckschließfächer: achtung — hier gibt es 3 möglichkeiten:
1. schließfächer mit kleingeld
2. schließfächer mit kreditkarte (die sind meist alle belegt)
3. garderobe — 5 kronen teurer als die automatisierten fächer aber mit karte zahlbar und einen großen koffern bekommt man hier sicher und ohne zu quetschen unter
gute ausschilderung, ausreichend lifts und rolltreppen, hilfsbereites personal.

It was incredibly easy to get from the airport to Central Station – just a quick train ride, and there was plenty of space on the train for luggage. (Coming from Vancouver where our trains are so narrow that people can’t even walk down the aisle, this was something to note.)
We arrived in Copenhagen on the rainy evening of March 31^st, and the two things we saw when we first exited the station were bikes everywhere (Gregor Robertson’s wet dream*), and what looked like a long line of hobos camping outside of the station. (Rain, bikes, and hobos – it felt like I was back in Vancouver.) Upon closer inspection, it wasn’t hobos blocking the ramp, forcing us to drag our heavy luggage down the stairs and walk in the bike lane; it was a bunch of teenagers.
We were puzzled about what they could have been lining up for, as it was 2015 and no one lines up for concert tickets anymore. Also, it didn’t seem likely that there would be a kiosk selling tickets or iPhones or whatever the hell teenagers would line up for overnight in the rain. Well, the next day the mystery was solved: they were lining up for donuts. Yes, donuts.
Apparently, there was a Dunkin’ Donuts grand opening April 1^st, and the first 100 people in line were to receive a one year’s supply of free donuts, with a side of diabetes.
So there you have it. There’s a Dunkin’ Donuts in Central Station.
*Gregor Robertson is the current mayor of Vancouver, and bike lanes are a huge deal in Vancouver.

They call it Central Train Station in Copenhagen, this is where most trains stop from all over the EU and from CPH. This is a beautiful building inside out, old, statuesque and historic. Decent and compact, this train station can be filled to the brim during rush. Everybody loves pastry so look out for some good munchies and a water on your way someplace. Outside the train station you can see the Tivoli Gardens. A block away on the corner, is the Visitor’s Center where you can buy tour tickets, a Copenhagen Card (best value but do the math first). Just because CPH is considered safe, there are signs everywhere, read them. One sign says beware of pickpockets. It can be daunting your first time here but hey there is an information booth and if that’s closed look for guys that look like policemen, they’ll help you too. It’s a user friendly city, Danes speak Englich, don’t suffer in silence.

Visits: 20+
Tip: Credit card and coins only if you want to buy a ticket. This train station as with most, has lots of food options. However, if you’re used to authentic Chinese, don’t get Chinese food here. Sunset Boulevard makes really good burgers (Hereford) on a ciabatta type roll. Starbucks is onsite if you wanna pay $ 10 for a cup. If you wanna pay less for good coffee there’s Café Baresso a short block from the station. 7 – 11 (yep, it’s in Copenhagen too) has great snacks for cheap and bottled water. Dunkin Donuts is on site, organic grocery store, bakery (really good stuff), juices, even a locksmith. Go outside through the back exit of the train station is a plethoria of Asian, Vietnamese, Japanese dining options including good local Danish, Italian, Middle Eastern restos.

Not a bad train station. Easy to figure out and find your way around, after a couple hours. Of you have time for people watching too.
However, you will be bumped into by people that don’t say excuse me. And a lot of areas stink like cigarettes. I wish they would take better care of that problem. Luckily it doesn’t stink like urin nearly as much as it did.
There’s a Starbucks, 7-​Eleven and soon a Dunkin Donuts.

Talking in practical terms:
— Very centrally located. So if you are arriving or departing from here, you should be fine in terms of public transportation options.
— It looks gorgeous on the outside and has so many shopping/​dinning options. So you will most likely not starve.
But, it is very hard to navigate around. I had to come several times to leave my bags inside the lockers and it was pretty difficult to find where they are located — but if you are only spending a few hours in the city it’s worth it to spend the krones and leave your bags here.
Be aware that some of the platforms are a ¹⁰⁄₁₅ min walk from the central station, and you may not have enough time to cross everything and get there.
In the other hand, staff is nice and helpful so don’t hesitate in asking them if you have any questions,

This is quite the large train station, but not an easy one to navigate from the perspective of a tourist. There are a million different trains and different lines coming into the train station that you have to be really careful about which track you’re going onto. It’s also frustrating because you go down the escalator to get to the track, but if you’re wrong, you have to go all the way back up and sometimes I couldn’t really quite understand where the train was going unless I went down and looked around.
For the purposes of a large train station though, this one certainly fits the bill. Lots of quick dining options if you’re hungry, and located very near a neighborhood with quite a bit of food and it’s next to Tivoli! I think a lot if not all of the trains in their public transit system come through here so it’s a great central connection point.
Like another reviewer said, from the outside it’s quite majestic and beautiful. From the inside? Not so much.

Copenhagen’s central station. It’s smaller than most central stations everywhere else. It’s dark inside no matter what time of day you’re there. It’s close to Tivoli, hotels and restaurants. They have ticket dispensing machines but most of them only take credit cards and coins. If you have bills, there’s one machine that will take it — you just have to find it.
They have two 7 – 11’s and a Lagkagehuset at this station if you want snacks and drinks. They have signs posted to be aware of pick pockets — Copenhagen isn’t crowded compared to other cities I’ve been to and Denmark is the happiest and safest nation but you still have to be careful and alert at all times wherever you go.
You can take a train to/​from the airport here. It’s much cheaper than taking a cab.

Copenhagen Central Station is beatiful from the outside. Inside, it has been fitted with a rather ugly array of stores. Seating space is very limited and lighting is poor, so it feels like a bit going back in time.
Due to its age, and positioning in the heart of Copenhagen, it has not been able to grow to accomodate modern traffic, so almost no matter where you are, it feels crowded, and with its only 13 tracks, a lot of trafic has to be routed around it. The train service is not particularly reliable and the trains themselves suffer from crowding issues, so most Copenhageners tend to avoid this station and take the S-​train or the Metro to and from other stations. But if you’re travelling far, or would like to see an old-​style wooden station building, this is the place to go.

Probably one of my favorite things about day tripping in Copenhagen is the chance to visit this awesome example of Danish architecture. Ever evolving on the inside, with a configuration that seems to be updated each year I visit, the foundation, the skeleton and soul of the building has largely remained the same. That’s an important thing, because that’s what gives this sprawling station its real character.
Approaching from Kastrup or Odense or anywhere else, it’s awe-​inspiring to see all the tracks branching out further and further, the huge web of cabling running overhead and those beautiful arches as your train rolls into the station, just ducking underneath the overhangs and into the shade.
On the inside, you have incredibly high, vaulted wooden ceilings with natural light pouring in and creating stunning contrasts against different parts of the floor plan. You feel like you’re walking through something truly historic when you pass through this place, not just footing it through a monolithic train station.
Walk out the front door and you’ll find yourself in Copenhagen, a whole different world from down below in the depths of the station and certainly a different animal from wherever you’ve just traveled from. You don’t truly see «Copenhagen» as you roll in, but when you walk out the door, you know immediately that you’ve «arrived» as they say.
Inside and out, just a fantastic piece of architecture and a wonderful place to check out, even if you’re not planning to take a train anywhere. For the holidays, you can usually find an enormous Christmas tree bathed in natural light from the overhead windows, which makes it all the more appealing to stop by in the winter and spend some time taking in this awesome piece of history.

I used the central station to get around while visiting Copenhagen. It was easy to get into town from the airport. It cost about $ 6 US and took 10 – 12 minutes, a quick and easy ride. Upon arriving at the central station, I was impressed with the beauty of the old building and the cleanliness level that was maintained here. Upon my arrival in the central station, this was my very first time in Scandinavia, so I was basically just in awe of the beauty of everything. From this station you have many options, including the bus stop right out front, the train to anywhere in the country and the option to take a train ride to nearby Malmo, Sweden from here as well. Very flexible option. The staff were helpful in assisting me to figure out which ticket to buy and which train track to get on. Most of the trains ran very frequently.
There are some decent options for eating and a few shopping stores as well. The bathrooms here are paytoilets, so be sure to bring some kroner with you! As far as dining goes, some of the options here include Riazza Café, McDs, and Lagkagehuset as well as some type of irish pub restaurant. Also, directly out front of the steps is one of many DELICIOUS hot dog vendors around copenhagen. They offer tasty, cheap grub served by friendly locals which is worth checking out!
I’m a fan!

I wasn’t sure what to expect of train stations, but this was quite clean. There were multiple options for food, and it is a beautiful old building.

Just passing by…

Gorgeous, typically Nordic architecture in this lovely, antique train station. Very close to Tivoli and the Central area of Copenhagen. Also, the Danish trains have 2^nd class is at least as nice as the German first class, and it is cheaper than DB too!
There is free wifi from McDonald’s, at least as of last summer, and places to store your luggage.
Not very many paces to sit though.

Luckily we stayed within walking distance of the central hub which is Central station. The prolific amounts of busses, S Train commuters and long distance trains allowed us to explore many parts of Copenhagen and the surrounding towns and villages. 130DKK for a 24 hour pass gives you unlimited rides back and for and anywhere else you want to go for a day allowing you to go out of city limits and see many of the historic elements of this beautiful metro area

die anti-​schmuddel-​kampagne fängt wirklich an wirkung zu zeigen. schön das der bahnhof sauberer und schicker wird

The current incarnation of Copenhagen central station dates from 1911, after previous stations eventually proved too small in the long run. I’m not a big fan of the train station here. I’ve always found it a little confusing. Luckily I’ve usually been with someone who could figure it out.
From an amenities point of view I didn’t feel this station had much either. I don’t really like the eating options and the shops don’t have much to offer. The redeeming feature is the average pub/​sports bar that you can access off the station.
Obviously from here you can get trains all over Denmark and also travel internationally via Sweden or Germany