THE BEST Beaches in Copenhagen
From secluded coves to lively shorelines — find the best beaches in Copenhagen with curated picks, local tips, and free itinerary planning tools.
🏖️ Beaches in Copenhagen
- Amager Strandpark — Amager Strandpark is a seaside public park in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located on the island of Amager and includes an artificial island and offers a total of 4.6 km (2.9 mi) of beaches. From the beach, the Middelgrunden wind farm can be seen on the horizon.
- Bellevue Beach — Bellevue Beach, often simply referred to as Bellevue, is a beach at Klampenborg on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. With up to 500,000 visitors a year, it is one of the most popular beaches in the Copenhagen area, although it attracts somewhat fewer Copenhageners since the inauguration of the Amager Beach Park and the Copenhagen Harbour Baths in 2005.
- Gilleleje Beach — Gilleleje Beach is a sandy beach and fishing harbor at the northern tip of Zealand, about 60km from Copenhagen, popular for swimming, fresh fish, and sunset views over the Kattegat.
- Rågeleje Beach — A popular beach near Copenhagen, offering sand, sea, and a relaxing coastal atmosphere for swimming, sunbathing, and waterfront walks.
- Tisvildeleje Beach — Tisvildeleje is a village and the coastal part of the town Tisvilde, located on the north coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark, 60 km/40miles north of Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden.
- Hundested Beach — A popular beach near Copenhagen, offering sand, sea, and a relaxing coastal atmosphere for swimming, sunbathing, and waterfront walks.
- Dragør Beach — Dragør is the main town of Dragør Municipality, (Denmark), which includes the village of Store Magleby. The city hall and seat of the municipal council lies on Kirkevej 7 in Store Magleby, which has enough space for such a large building.
- Mosede Beach — Mosede Beach is a family-friendly beach south of Copenhagen in Greve, with shallow water, a beach park, and a coastal fort museum from World War I.
- Svanemølle Beach — Svanemølle Beach is an urban beach situated in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is situated in the bottom of the Svanemølle Bay, off Strandpromenaden, a promenade that follows the coast between Copenhagen's Nordhavn area to the south and Tuborg Havn in Hellerup to the north. Svanemøllen Marina and the Svanemølle Power Station are located just south of the beach.
- Charlottenlund Beach — Charlottenlund Beach Park is a seaside public park in Charlottenlund, Gentofte Municipality, in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The area consists of a white sandy beach and extensive lawns, surrounding Charlottenlund Fort.
- Hellerup Beach — Hellerup is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most urban part of the district is centred on Strandvejen and is bordered by Østerbro to the south and the Øresund to the east. It comprises Tuborg Havn, the redeveloped brewery site of Tuborg Breweries, with the Waterfront Shopping Center, a marina and the headquarters of several large companies. Other parts of the district consist of single family detached homes. Local landmarks include the science centre Experimentarium and the art Øregaard Museum.
- Rungsted Beach — Rungsted, also known as Rungsted Kyst, is an affluent coastal neighborhood in Hørsholm Municipality on the Øresund shore north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Situated approximately 25 kilometres north of central Copenhagen, it lies within the broader urban area of Hørsholm, whose centre is two kilometres to the west. Rungsted is best known internationally as the home of the author Karen Blixen, who was born and died at Rungstedlund, the estate that now bears her name and houses the Karen Blixen Museum. Together with Hørsholm, Rungsted records among the highest average household incomes of any locality in Denmark, a fact reflected in the area's housing prices.
- Liseleje Beach — Liseleje Beach is a wide sandy beach on the north coast of Zealand, surrounded by dunes and forest, popular for its natural beauty and relative solitude.
- Smidstrup Beach — Smidstrup Beach is a small beach on the Oresund coast north of Copenhagen, with a marina, grassy areas, and calm waters for swimming.
- Skodsborg Beach — A popular beach near Copenhagen, offering sand, sea, and a relaxing coastal atmosphere for swimming, sunbathing, and waterfront walks.
- Solrød Strand — A popular beach near Copenhagen, offering sand, sea, and a relaxing coastal atmosphere for swimming, sunbathing, and waterfront walks.
- Jersie Strand — Jersie or Jersie Strand is a town 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-west of central Copenhagen and form the southern part of the Solrød Strand urban area. The suburb is served by Jersie railway station, located on the Køge Bay radial line of Copenhagen's S-train network.