Sustainability in Copenhagen

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Considered one of the most sustainable cities in the world, Copenhagen is home to 546km of bike paths, a fleet of electric harbour ferries and a majority of the hotel rooms around town are eco-certified.

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Sustainability in Copenhagen

Upon arrival to Copenhagen Airport, you cannot escape noticing the off-shore park of wind-turbines. They serve as a constant reminder of the city’s co...

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Sustainable events

Wonderful Copenhagen’s ambition for 2030 is that tourism in Greater Copenhagen positively impacts local and global sustainable development.Let us in...

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Copenhagen Sustainability Guide

Hosting your event or congress in Copenhagen can bring you closer to sustainable solutions and meetings. That is why we have created this guide. To he...

The winter garden in Glyptoteket Copenhagen

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Hotels & venues with focus on sustainability

Go to our Copenhagen Meetingplanner Guide where you easily can browse for venues and hotels with sustainable credentials and commitments

Leading by example

An invitation to a journey towards sustainable tourism by 2030

Wonderful Copenhagen’s ambition for 2030 is that tourism in Greater Copenhagen positively impacts local and global sustainable development. Read the strategy here.

Cococo written on a picture of Kongens Have

Copenhagen Congress Compass

Taking Action on the Sustainable Development Goals!Copenhagen Congress Compass is a dialogue tool that will help you start a conversation about how to best implement the Sustainable Development Goals in your congress.

Case: Tomorrow Urban Travel 2019

With regard to the C40 Mayors Summit, we asked ourselves - and each other - what we could do to create a more sustainable future for the tourism industry. Therefore the theme of the 2019 conference was 'Commit to a sustainable future', where all were encouraged to commit to sustainability....

Victor Borges Plads in Østerbro, Copenhagen

Copenhagen CVB became the world’s first certified Green Tourism Organisation

In 2019, Copenhagen sat a new international standard for sustainable tourism, as Wonderful Copenhagen CVB became the world’s first certified Green Tou...

Botanical Garden in Copenhagen in autumn

2. in the SDG's Index and Dashboards Report

Denmark is currently ranked 2. in the Sustainable Development Report 2022, which describes countries’ progress towards achieving the SDGs.

Girl photographing in the Carlsberg Glyptotek

3rd in the Global Destination Sustainability Index 2022

Copenhagen is also ranked 3rd on the International Congress and Convention Association’s Global Destination Sustainability Index.

Almost 70% of the hotels in the city are eco-certified

Sleeping with a green conscious in Copenhagen is not a challenge, since almost 70% of the hotel rooms in the city are eco-certified and several hotels...

Green on the go - the Copenhagen way

Experience the city like the locals. Jump in the saddle or take a dip in the harbour's clean waters. There a many ways to take in the shape of the city

Organic restaurants

Many of the Copenhagen restaurants go for an organic or largely organic menu. Whether you are into Italian, Nordic cuisine or just a Danish hot dog yo...

kayak in frederiksholms canal Copenhagen

Sustainable activities

Swim in the clean waters of the city's harbour baths or ride around on the electric city bike and make your visit sustainable the Copenhagen way. So t...

All about green living in Copenhagen

Copenhagen is a city that mixes a green mindset with ingenuity and fun. For instance, if you clean up the harbour to make the water super clean, why w...

Krøyers Plads by the Copenhagen waterfront

Take a dip in the city's harbour baths

Did you know that the water is so clean you can swim in it? In Copenhagen you are never far from a beach and during summer you can also go for a swim ...

Sustainability in Copenhagen

Sustainability in Copenhagen

Sustainable events

Copenhagen Sustainability Guide

Hotels & venues with focus on sustainability

Leading by example

An invitation to a journey towards sustainable tourism by 2030

Copenhagen Congress Compass

Case: Tomorrow Urban Travel 2019

Copenhagen CVB became the world’s first certified Green Tourism Organisation

2. in the SDG's Index and Dashboards Report

3rd in the Global Destination Sustainability Index 2022

Almost 70% of the hotels in the city are eco-certified

Green on the go - the Copenhagen way

Organic restaurants

Sustainable activities

All about green living in Copenhagen

Take a dip in the city's harbour baths

A little teaser on Copenhagen's green vibes

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