Copenhagen boasts two excellent free information resources: Use It ,
centrally located at the back of the Huset complex at Rådhusstræde 13 in
the heart of Indre By (mid-June to mid-Sept daily 9am-7pm; mid-Sept to
mid-June Mon-Fri 10am-4pm; tel 33 15 65 18), and the Wonderful
Copenhagen tourist office just outside Central Station at
Bernstorffsgade 1 (personal callers only May Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat
9am-2pm, Sun 9am-1pm; June to mid-Sept daily 9am-6pm; mid-Sept to April
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-noon; www.woco.dk ).
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If you want to book accommodation before you arrive, Wonderful
Copenhagen runs a telephone booking line (Mon-Sat 10am-4pm tel 33 25 38
44).
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Both offices can provide details of accommodation (budget accommodation
only at Use It; all price ranges at Wonderful Copenhagen), eating,
drinking and entertainment venues. Use It also holds mail and stores
luggage, and in summer issues Playtime , a small but extremely useful
free English-language newspaper packed with listings. The Wonderful
Copenhagen office provides countrywide information and distributes the
free quarterly Copenhagen This Week - an up-to-date news and listings
magazine - as well as an excellent, free fold-out map which shows all
city bus routes, attractions and most hotels.
The maps at the back of this book and those handed out by the tourist
offices should be sufficient for most purposes. If you need something
more detailed, the Kraks Citykort is the definitive map of Copenhagen;
you can buy it either in book form (130kr; covering a large part of
Zealand), or fold-out form (80kr; covering the city centre and suburbs
only). Both are available at major bookstores.
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