the Arp-Hansen Hotel Group whose ten hotels in the Copenhagen area are Green Key certified. Then there is the 3-star designer hotel, Hotel Alexandra, in the city centre which has been best known for its fine selection of Danish furniture classics but, in fact, is a CO2-neutral hotel too. Or there is the brand new 4-star hotel Crowne Plaza Copenhagen in the new “Ørestad” part of the city. The latter is the first hotel in Denmark that doesn’t have to “buy its way free” as the building’s exterior surfaces are covered with solar panels producing green energy...

Go Green
Last year Copenhagen also launched the new environmentally friendly CityCirkel bus; an the electric driven bus running every seven minutes and passing some of Copenhagen's top attractions in the inner city. The buses are battery-driven and re-charged during night time and so emit less CO2 than the ordinary buses. 

The local City Council also intends to make Copenhagen the world's leading bicycle city by 2015 – a goal that is definitely within reach. 36 % of all Copenhageners already use their bicycle to go to work, school, university etc. and the city has over 300 kilometres of cycling paths. Visitors to Copenhagen can also experience the capital by bike by, for example, using one of the ‘free token’ Citybikes. All that is needed is a 20 DKK-coin to insert in the bike’s locker when picking it up at one of the 110 bike-racks in the inner city. 

Once you settled in to your hotel and it is time to take a closer look at the city you may wish to choose other CO2-friendly means of transport. As Copenhagen is a harbour city with an old canal system, you could consider experiencing it from the sea instead. You could either opt for a picturesque Canal Tour with the new electric boats by Canal Tours or, alternatively, try kayaking? For years, local pioneer Kajak Ole has been offering guided kayaking tours of Copenhagen – an experience guaranteed to give you a different angle on the city!  and 

Eat Green
No other capital in the world reaches Copenhagen's level of purchasing and consuming organic foodstuffs. 51 % of food consumption in the city's public institutions is organic and the private consumption of organic products has reached 23 % - a world record. Most of the city’s restaurants and cafés offer organic food and/or drinks but, of course, there is also a fine range of 100 % pure organic restaurants and eateries including places such as BioM and BioMio.

And finally, once you’ve had enough of all the exploring, perhaps its time to consider a dip in the Copenhagen harbour?! - The city’s popular harbour baths at Fisketorvet and Islands Brygge give clear evidence of how clean the water of the harbour really is…