Family Fun
Harbour Loop With Small Legs in Mind
Ninety minutes of water, ice cream and one very good playground, with no leg longer than eight minutes.
- City
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Total time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Distance
- 2.2 km
- Stops
- 5
- 1
Nyhavn quayside
Indre By · stay 15 min
Start with the postcard. Count the coloured houses, find the wooden ships, then leave before the crowd thickens.
- 2
6 min walk
Inderhavnsbroen bridge
Harbour · stay 10 min
The 'kissing bridge' slides apart for boats. If you're lucky it happens while you're standing on it, which is the whole trip for a six-year-old.
- 3
4 min walk
Broens Gadekøkken
Christianshavn · stay 25 min
Harbour-side food stalls with picnic tables. Everyone gets something different and nobody complains.
- 4
5 min walk
Papirøen waterfront steps
Christianshavn · stay 20 min
Wide wooden steps down to the water. Locals swim here in summer; kids are happy just dangling their feet.
- 5
8 min walk
Ofelia Plads
Harbour · stay 15 min
Open deck with room to run, the opera house across the water, and a soft ending to the loop.
- ✦
End of the walk — 1 hr 30 min, about 2.2 km on foot.