Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark and is the center of a very large segment of the population of Denmark. The entire metropolitan area (including .. Køge Roskilde) inhabited by 1.8 million people - almost a third of its population.

The City of Copenhagen is, however, surprisingly small. Copenhagen has about half a million inhabitants and is thus not even twice as large as the country's second largest city - Århus.

When Copenhagen was founded by Absalon in 1167 was the quite handy in the middle of the country. But large parts of the Denmark lies today in Sweden. Although many locals in this year moves to Sweden , it does not change the fact that Denmark's capital is impractical located in the right-most corner of the Denmark .

As the cultural and commercial center of Copenhagen is stronger than ever. The city attracts people from all over Denmark.