Copenhagen

Denmark

Facts

Population

1,153,615 (2012)

Area

77 km² • 30 mi²

Density

14,982.0 people per km²

38,803.3 people per mi²

Tallest Building

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height
1 Pasteurs Tårn
128 m / 420  ft
2 Postbyen Apartment Towers 1
106.5 m / 349  ft
3 Bohrs Tårn
100 m / 328  ft
4 UCC Carlsberg
100 m / 328  ft
5 Nordbro
99.9 m / 328  ft
6 Bryggens Bastion
99 m / 325  ft
7 Radisson SAS Scandinavia
86 m / 282  ft
8 Crowne Plaza
85 m / 279  ft
9 Edyn Postbyen Tower 1
84.9 m / 279  ft
10 North Wing
80.8 m / 265  ft

CVU People & Events

Riccardo Pedroni

Future Leaders Committee Co-Chair

Riccardo Pedroni

Ramboll Group

Global News

21 May 2020

What Could be the World's Highest Climbing Wall to Be Added to Copenhagen Waste-to-Power Plant

Rising 85 meters high and 10 meters wide, the new climbing wall at the Bjarke Ingels Group-designed CopenHill is due to open in 2020 and...

 

15 October 2019

Copenhagen’s Waste-to-Energy Plant is Completed

Eight years in the making, Bjarke Ingels Group’s improbable ski slope of a power plant, Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant, is now open and ready for...

 

17 April 2019

Copenhagen Tower Complex to be Built with Tons of Recycled Waste Material

Danish architecture firms Lendager Group and TREDJE NATUR designed the CPH Common House to be a new residential and commercial building in the Ørestad area...

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