Tickets. The blue Rejsekort card closed in May 2026 and locals moved to the Rejsekort app. A visitor needs only the Rejsebillet app or a machine: one-way tickets, or the City Pass Small (DKK 100 for 24 hours, DKK 220 for 72) covering zones 1 to 4 and the airport. Tapping a bank card at the reader has been announced as a later step and did not work in October 2026.
From the airport. Lufthavnen is zone 4 and the center is zone 1, so three zones: a one-way ticket is about DKK 36 and the M2 metro reaches Kongens Nytorv in about 15 minutes.
Bikes. Rent through an app or the hotel, then follow the rules other cyclists enforce: keep right, raise a hand before you stop, point before you turn, pass on the left only, and never walk or stand in the lane. Lights after dark are law.
Harbor baths. Islands Brygge, Sluseholmen and Fisketorvet are free, with lifeguards 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from June 1 to August 31, and stay open to swimmers into September. A green flag means the water passed that morning’s test; red means closed, usually after heavy rain. Swimming outside the baths is prohibited.
Tivoli and Louisiana. Tivoli opens for summer (late March to late September), Halloween (October 2 to November 1, 2026) and Christmas (November 13, 2026 to January 3, 2027), and is shut between seasons. Entry is roughly DKK 165 to 195 by day; rides cost extra. Louisiana, the modern art museum at Humlebæk, is 35 minutes by train from Copenhagen H (beyond the City Pass zones) and a ten-minute walk: DKK 145, free under 18, open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and to 6 p.m. on weekends, closed Monday.
Eating out. Noma closed as a restaurant at the end of 2024, spent spring 2026 in Los Angeles and reopened in Copenhagen in August 2026 on a monthly menu. The tables people book instead (Alchemist, Jordnær, Geranium, Kadeau) fill on release day months ahead; book then or let them go. Expect DKK 45 to 55 for a coffee, DKK 60 to 80 for a draught beer and DKK 200 to 300 for a main.
Money and manners. The city is cashless; many cafés refuse bills. Do not tip: service is in the price and the wages. Tap water is excellent and free. In Christiania, no photographs of people, and ask before a camera comes out on the main street.
On the day. Buy the City Pass before you board at the airport and screenshot it. Check the flag online before you cycle to a harbor bath, and let Waystop’s hours check catch Tivoli on a day between seasons.