[Air-L] Accommodations in Copenhagen

[Charles Ess]

> How late does the public transport run in Copenhagen, and how about getting
> cabs, in general or after the public transport closes?

To reiterate, public transport in Copenhagen is marvelous - the metro, to
begin with, is like something out of Star Trek; for an English page
<http://intl.m.dk/>
> The Metro runs daily between 5 am and 12 pm. Thursday, Friday, and during the
> weekend, the Metro also runs all night.
Tickets can be purchased with credit card / cash at the station; I'd
recommend you pick up a 2-zone "Klipperkort" - it can be stamped (clipped)
for each ride in the little yellow machines both at the top of the
escalators / stairways and on the platform; more convenient and less
expensive than buying a ticket for each ride -
and the Klipperkort can be used for the buses as well. Buses are clean,
quite, and frequent.
<http://www.visitcopenhagen.dk/turist/rejseplanlaegning/transport_i_koebenha
vn/bus> (In Danish)
Night buses run from 1:00 - 5:00 a.m.

The page noted above includes a link to the travel planning service
("Reiseplanen" / Need help finding your way around Copenhagen?) on the right
side of the page: this will let you input starting addresses and
destinations, and give you possible routes with both metro and bus.
I haven't checked out the locations of all the hotels - but in the case of
the Maritime and the Opera, it's a 5-10 minute walk to the Metro station
(Kongens Nyhavn) and from there - take line 1 (Green line), direction
Vestamager; get off at the second stop - Islands Brygge - and from there
it's ca. 7-10 minutes to ITU.
There will be a map or two to help facilitate the walk from Islands Brygge
to ITU on the website - but if you feel like playing -
go to the Reiseplanen link:

http://www.rejseplanen.dk/bin/query.exe/en?

In "From:" put in: Islands Brygge st (Metro)
In "To": put in: Rued Langgaards Vej 7

choose any date and you'll get a schedule.  Each possible itinerary includes
a link titled "Show journey on map."  Click, et voila! you'll have a sense
of the walk.

In my experience, it's best to call / reserve a cab.  There are several
companies - perhaps our hosts have specific recommendations?

Hope this helps some - let me know if there are any additional questions,
concerns, etc.  And welcome to wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen!

- charles ess


> 
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Christian Nelson <xianknelson at mac.com>wrote:
> 
>> For Danish-only sites, I recommend you try to use Google's translator:
>> www.translate.google.com. It does a pretty good job of translating simple
>> text. In addition, for those of you not used to decent public transport (US
>> folks in particular), Copenhagen's is great, so you don't have to be right
>> next to the U. to get to the conference quickly.
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 19, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Rhiannon Bury wrote:
>> 
>>  I thought I'd send my message to the list in case others have similar
>>> questions. Can the local folks in Copenhagen say more about the location of
>>> the hotels listed in terms of their proximity to the University (eg, how
>>> many minutes walk, ease of transit etc). When I try to get more information
>>> from the websites, it comes up in Danish. :) Also, the Copenhagen City
>>> Centre hostel is mentioned but on their website, they name two in English:
>>> Copenhagen Downtown and Copenhagen City. Which one is it? Again the main
>>> page is in English but the details seem to be only in Danish.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Rhiannon Bury
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