The capital of Denmark - Copenhagen - the airport has an impressive. It is considered the largest on the entire Scandinavian peninsula. And in Europe, Kastrup, the official name for the Copenhagen airport terminal, takes the honorable seventeenth position. The popularity of these air gates is growing from year to year. From here, sixty-three airlines send their planes to one hundred and eleven destinations around the world. In 2012, Kastrup passed through more than twenty-three million passengers. And now every day the airport serves about sixty thousand people. How not to get lost in this influx of passengers? How to get to the city center? Where to spend the night nearby? Let's look at these issues.
Kastrup's story
This is one of the oldest airports in Europe. It was erected in 1925. Fifteen years later, a small building, called the "Wooden Castle", turned into a museum, and in its place a terminal was built according to the project of Wilhelm Lauritzen. After that, Kastrup received a new name - “Copenhagen Airport”. However, this building was also reconstructed at the end of the 60s of the last century. Now the airport of the capital of Denmark has three terminals, the fourth is being built - especially for serving low-cost. All these buildings are located on the island of Amager, in the municipality of Tornby. But the airport is not far from the center of the capital of Denmark. It is only eight kilometers southeast of the city.
Kastrup Infrastructure
Today, Copenhagen (airport) has become a small town. It has three main terminals, now another one should open. The first, the oldest, is adapted for domestic flights. Terminal No. 1, or, as it is also called, “seven small houses” (according to the number of adjacent pavilions), serves the campaigns of Cimber Air, Danish Airlines and SAS. Airplanes depart from it to Billund, Bornholm, Karup, Aalborg, Aarhus and Sonderborg. You can go to terminal No. 2 along the corridor. Like No. 3, it is already used for international flights.
To clarify exactly where your flight departs from, the Copenhagen Airport Scheme, which is located in the arrivals and departures halls of all terminals, will help you. It indicates carrier airlines, as well as destinations for scheduled flights. An electronic scoreboard will announce the schedule of charters, as well as a possible delay in aircraft.
Transport Docking
The third terminal was built in 1998, and its infrastructure is most thought out. It is from here that trains leave for other cities in Denmark and even to Sweden through the Öresund bridge. There is also a metro station under terminal No. 3. The M2 line takes you to Copenhagen in minutes. The airport will soon acquire another terminal - CPH Go. It will be completely “sharpened” for servicing low-cost airlines - the so-called low-cost. If you don’t know which terminal you need, don’t worry - there are free shuttles between all the airport buildings, often, with an interval of fifteen minutes, and around the clock.
Copenhagen airport: how to get to the city
You can cover a distance of eight kilometers by taxi. Cars with a counter are waiting for their passengers at the arrival areas at all airport terminals. There are also bus stops. You need No. 5A. The direction “City Center” should be indicated on the scoreboard of the machine. A ticket can be bought from the driver. Buses run at intervals of 10-15 minutes, and the travel time will be half an hour.
Another option to get to the city is by train. It will take you to Copenhagen Central Station in a quarter of an hour. Be careful: trains to the city depart from platform number 2 under the third terminal. The train option is good if you plan to travel immediately to Denmark or Sweden. Copenhagen Station is located almost in the city center. To get closer to the hotel, use the subway. It works around the clock, trains run at intervals of 5 minutes during the day and 15 at night. In time, you will not lose at all - the same quarter of an hour as on the train. The metro entrance is located at the end of terminal No. 3.
Early departures and late arrivals
If you are very tired of a long journey and want to relax faster, then there is nothing easier. The Hilton Copenhagen Airport is adjacent to its wing directly to Terminal 3. The hotel offers its guests not only accommodation in comfortable rooms with panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Eresuni Strait. You will be registered for your flight absolutely free. Fatigue can be easily removed in a spa with a Ni'mat pool. And in the morning you can recharge in the gym.
You can order a meal in your room, but still it is better to enjoy the pleasant relaxing atmosphere of one of the two restaurants - Horizon All Day or Hamlet Nordic Dining. Reliable soundproofing provides you with sound sleep. In addition to air conditioning and satellite TV, the rooms have tea and coffee making facilities.