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København-Malmö

København1, Danmark2, and Malmö, Sverige3, are centers of a metropolitan area recently connected by the Øresundsbron (bridge) across the Øresund. The metropolitan area has 2.1 million residents, but only København has a million in the city proper. The Danish capital is located on Sjælland island opposite Malmö, which is at the end of the Swedish peninsula. Sights include the Amalienborg Palace, where the Danish royal family lives; the Christianborg palace, where the Danish Parliament meets and other government functions happen; the 17th century Rosenborg castle, now a museum; the statue of the Little Mermaid; and the first Radisson Hotel, done up in Danish Modern style. The tallest building is in Malmö: the HSB Turning Torso at 190 meters,4 a skyscraper that twists about its vertical axis.

At the northern end of the metropolitan area is Helsingør, famed for Kronborg castle, the location for the Hamlet tragecy immortalized by Shakespeare.5

West of København is Roskilde, home to a mostly Gothic cathedral honored as a World Heritage Site.

fountain topped with statue of figure driving bovines in Kastellet park, København

Historical maps

map of Deutschland, the Benelux countries and Danmark (part), 2000 CE

Footnotes

1. Copenhagen in English.
2. Denmark in English.
3. Sweden in English.
4. Emporis.com, accessed 12/30/2010. The tallest building (106 meters) in Københaven is the Christianborg palace.
5. Now a World Heritage Site.