With the completion of the transnational Oresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmö are connected by a car/rail link and are in the process of integrating their labour markets, resulting in the number of commuters from both sides growing annually. These two cities together form the center of the Øresund Region, which is home to almost 3.7 million inhabitants.

Copenhagen is the largest cruise port in Nothern Europe.

In 2008, the magazine Monocle listed Copenhagen first in their Top 25 Most Livable Cities list, and gave the city the special award as "Best Design City". Monocle has also stated that Copenhagen is Scandinavia's most desirable city. In addition, it has also been classified as a GaWC Cultural World City, while it is 3rd in Western Europe in terms of attracting regional headquarters and distribution centers, only surpassed by London and Paris.

The city of Copenhagen is ranked #14 in MasterCard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index and #1 in Scandinavia.

Copenhagen was ranked #6 in Grist Magazine's "15 Green Cities" list in 2007.

Copenhagen is seen as the fashion capital of Scandinavia, Copenhagen hosts a very large Fashion Week and many famous Scandinavian designers come from Copenhagen.

Copenhagen is the worlds #7 most expensive city and #3 most expensive in Europe on the Forbes List.

The original designation for the city, from which the contemporary Danish name is derived, was Køpmannæhafn, "merchants' harbor". The English name for the city is derived from its Low German name, Kopenhagen. The element hafnium is also named for Copenhagen, whose Latin name is Hafnia.

Climate

The weather in Copenhagen is mild through all the four seasons. Summers bring high temperatures averaging around and lows of around , while in winters with temperatures hover just above and below . Rainfall is moderate too, but spread throughout the year, so showers are possible in any season. Snowfall is light.

Copenhagen municipalities

The conurbation of Copenhagen consists of several municipalities. The central and largest is Copenhagen municipality, the second largest is Frederiksberg municipality which is an enclave inside Copenhagen municipality. Both are contained in the larger Capital Region of Denmark, which contains most of the Copenhagen metropolitan area.

Previously, the areas of Frederiksberg, Gentofte and Copenhagen municipalities have been used to define the city of Copenhagen. This definition is now obsolete. To meet statistical needs after the latest municipal reform, which took place in the beginning of 2007, an effort has been made to work out definitions of lands (landsdele) in Denmark. A land is basically a geographical and statistical definition, and the area is not considered to be an administrative unit. The land of Copenhagen City includes the municipalities of Copenhagen, Dragør, Frederiksberg and Tårnby, with a total population of 656,582 in the beginning of 2008. Statistics Denmark, table BEF1A07: Population 1 January by region, age, sex, marital status Retrieved on 2008-03-26. Statistics Denmark, definitions of lands as of 2007-01-01 (excel-file, in danish) Retrieved on 2008-03-26.