Copenhagen doesn´t have much highrises, just a few with around 20 floors in the city center and to the west. But Copenhagen´s skyline is not bad at all, since it has many towering old castles, churches and a towering city hall that compense for the lack of skyscrapers. However, KAS Herlev was Scandinavia´s tallest building until 2003 when it was beaten by Stockholm and also by Malmö in 2004. It is still the world´s fourth tallest hospital though. The best views of Copenhagen's skyline that can be easily accessed by tourists are from Runde Tårn (the best one), Vor Frelsers kirke and the Glyptothek.

The views from the roof terrace of the Glyptothek:

Copenhagen panorama from the left: Pyramid of the Glyptothek, Tivoli tower, Radisson Hotel, Tivoli roller coaster, Tivoli drop tower, City Hall, the cathedral,
the Glyptothek's dome and St Nicolai Church.

This pyramid with the sculpture on top is part of the Glyptotek.

Tivoli skyline.

Tivoli roller coaster.

Tivoli and the city hall.

The City hall and the dome of the Glyptothek.

Here also with Christiansborg castle in the background and people in the front.

Modern office buildings in the harbour.

City Hall, a tower next to city hall and the Dom cathedral.

Frederiks kirke (Marble church), Nikolai kirke and Christiansborg slot.

Frederiksberg, the neighbouring suburb of Copenhagen, with Domus Vista (Denmark's tallest residential building) and the Zoo Tower.

Tivoli skyline, including Radisson and the City Hall.

Below: Orestad new skyline, in 2012, taken from the train:

Towers from the left: Bella Sky Hotel (twin towers), a wind power station, Ferring highrise, Cab Inn hotel, Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Below: Copenhagen skyline from the south, views from Fisketorvet:

SAS Royal Hotel, the central station, St Nikolaj Church and the town hall can all be seen in this photo.

Below: Downtown Copenhagen skyline from the harbour:

Panorama from the left: The bourse house, Christiansborg, the supreme court, St. Nikolajs Kirke and Riksbanken.

Modern skyline of Copenhagen with Sorte Diamant, HK-huset etc.


Copenhagen's skyline as seen from Field's panorama window. Scroll right.

View towards the Avedøre Powerplant(90m) from the Fields mall.

Below: Views from Vor Frelsers Kirke (Church of Our Saviour). At the Skyscrapercity meeting in summer 2006 I climbed this
89m tall building together with the young fellows of the forum.

The Freetown Christiania.

After getting to the top, the climbing continued on the spiral roof on spiral stairs on the exterior of the
building! Nothing to do if you are afraid of heights!

It was like a stairway to heaven!

Looking down to the church.

The end of the stairway to heaven. The closer you get to the top, the more narrow the stairway turns.

Looking up Vor Frelsers Kirke towards the top that we climbed.

This is the view from a bridge at Osterbro.

Skyline of Österbro from Kastellet.

Copenhagen skyline seen from a beach in Malmö. To the left in the middle picture is the airport.