A Harbour of Opportunities

The City of Copenhagen is developing the old industrial harbour with recreational oases and new residential areas.

Over the recent years, the port of Copehagen has been abandoned by many major industrial companies, allowing for new initiatives in the harbor providing a unique opportunity to develop a more welcoming and recreational harbor.

Copenhagen's goal is that more people will use the green and blue areas in the city and that they stay longer. This also largely applies to the harbor, where there is an enormous potential for more and improved activities.

The Vision 'A Harbour of Opportunities' focuses on the harbour’s potential as a recreational urban space and reflects on what it takes to unfold this potential.

'A Harbour of opportunity' focuses on eight themes:

• More activities in the harbor

• Better access to and from the water

• More public spaces by the water

• Better routes and connections

• A clean and welcoming harbor

• A harbor with a healthy balanced nature

• Events and temporary projects

• Variation and room for diversity

Places at the waterfront

A long, stepped wooden promenade lets people hang out close to the water, while small niches offer protection from the sun and wind. The promenade was created by the Culture and Leisure Department/the Islands Brygge Culture Centre.

A large multi-purpose area consisting of walkways above the water, a place for social gatherings and for exercise, kayak polo etc.Kalvebod Waves was the brainchild of the Technical and Environmental Department.

A café and public space, accessible also from the water by kayaks and small boats. La Banchina is part of The Blue Kayak Route. The Blue Support Point is a joint venture between Refshaleselskabet, Il Buco and the Technical and Environmental Department.

A safe kayak route round the back of Holmen via Christianshavns Canal, Tømmergraven and Erdkehlgraven – with just two points at which kayaks need to be taken out of the water and carried across slipways. The Blue Route was devised by the Technical and Environmental Department.

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