Green Copenhagen – City Walk in Sustainable Nordhavn District

Experience Copenhagen in a different way on this guided city walk in Nordhavn, a new sustainable and energy-conscious district with creative architectural solutions.

Let me show you the new district Nordhavn (The Northern Harbour), one of the largest urban development projects in Northern Europe. In Nordhavn, Copenhagen’s old free port is being transformed into a sustainable and energy-conscious district. By 2050, Nordhavn will accommodate 40,000 new inhabitants and 40,000 working places – and all buildings must meet measurable sustainability requirements.

A walk through the first stages of urban development project Nordhavn

The guided tour takes you through the first stages of the huge urban development project, Århusgadekvarteret, Sundmolen and Kronløbsøen. We start at Sundmolen, a pier where part of Nordhavn’s development takes place, including the recycling of 4 distinctive warehouses from the 1950s. We continue to the small man-made island, Kronløbsøen, which has been built up in a harbour bassin.

Next comes the neighborhood Århusgadekvarteret, the first almost finished neighborhood in Nordhavn. In 2015, the first residents moved in here, on a corner of Copenhagen’s old free port area. This is where you find the cafés, restaurants and shops.

Photos from the tour – click at the photos to view a bigger version

A guided tour through past, present and future in Nordhavn

During the guided tour you will hear stories about the past in the old port. It is an area with a long history, part of it connected to Denmark’s role as a maritime nation, and to immigration too: Close to Nordhavn, thousands of Danish emigrants left for the United States in the late 1800s.

But you will (of course) also hear about today’s Nordhavn and not least, the future in the new sustainable district.

We look at creative, architectural solutions, both those where old free port buildings have been transformed and given new use, but still tell the story of the rustic port environment of the past. And brand new, alternative buildings, such as the first cinema in Denmark that is sustainability certified and is located in an award-winning aluminum building.

Visit Konditaget Lüders and enjoy the view of Nordhavn and Copenhagen

We also visit Konditaget Lüders (Lüders’ Exercise Roof). 24 meters (78 feet) above the ground at the roof of a multi-storey carpark is this huge recreational urban space with a great view of Nordhavn and the rest of Copenhagen. You can walk up or use the lift.

In addition, we look at how the water is always close and thought into the city plan, both in the harbour, where you can have a dip at the urban beach, and in the brand-new canals. And how new urban spaces and green ‘lungs’ create oases for people in this densely built-up new district.

Important to know

Meeting location: Outside Orientkaj metro station, 2150 Copenhagen. Find location on map
End point: Nordhavn metro station
Time: Flexible (ask for availability at booking@slowtourscopenhagen.dk – private tours only)
Duration: 2 hours
Tour length: 2.5 km/1.5 mile
Green Copenhagen – City Walk in Sustainable Nordhavn District is guided in English. Find the tour in Danish here

Do you want to experience the guided tour Green Copenhagen – City Walk in Sustainable Nordhavn District? Book your private tour here

NOTE: The itinerary of this private guided tour can be changed due to your wishes. Please contact Slow Tours Copenhagen and together we will make the itinerary that suits your group.

What’s included

Guiding and planning
My services as your personal tour guide
Recommendations for more experiences.

Please notice

you will walk a lot so sturdy shoes are recommended
the city walk is not suitable for walking-impaired persons
the tour will run no matter how the weather is so dress for the weather.

Do you want to experience the guided tour Green Copenhagen – City Walk in Sustainable Nordhavn District? Book your private tour here

Slow Tours Copenhagen has conducted guided tours in Nordhavn since 2020 and was an official partner of World Capital of Architecture in 2023. The Nordhavn tour was part of the program for World Capital of Archtecture. I have guided both Danes and foreigners, private individuals, companies, journalists, municipalities, pension funds, students etc. Should I (perhaps together with one of my skilled collaborators) also take you on a guided tour in Nordhavn?

You are always welcome to contact Slow Tours Copenhagen if you have questions about the possibilities for guided tours in Nordhavn.