Region Hovedstaden

Capital Region of Denmark


Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region of Denmark) is located on the northern tip of the island Sjælland (Zealand) It includes Copenhagen, the capital of the country, hence the name. The capital of the region is surprisingly not Copenhagen, its Hillerød. The sites we have listed here are artificial, cellars or museums, and a cistern.

The most important traffic infrastructure of Denmark is probably the Øresund Bridge, which connects the island with two tunnels and a huge bridge to Sweden. This route is the main land route from Europe to Scandinavia. As the area is rising because of post-glacial rebound, the land is rising by 9 mm every year, there were additional engineering difficulties for the construction of the bridge. Another was the unhindered passage of even the biggest ships through the international sea way Øresund, which is the only connection between North Sea and Baltic Sea.