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Nordhavn and the Silo
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Nordhavn and the Silo

The new harbour district on the old port — COBE's silo apartments, Sandkaj harbour bath, the future of Copenhagen.

Drafted by Claude — the editor hasn’t walked this one yet. We’ll update this notice once it’s been verified on the ground.

Distance

3 km

Time

~ 90 min

Start

Nordhavn metro (M4)

End

Nordhavn metro (M4)

Best at

afternoon

Right now
23°C· Partly cloudy

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Nordhavn is the new harbour district — Copenhagen's biggest urban development project, COBE-led, building a new neighbourhood on the cleaned-up former container port. The Silo — a converted 1960s grain silo with the jagged contemporary cladding — is the architectural anchor; Sandkaj harbour bath is the everyday-life one.

Three kilometres on the new harbour, ninety minutes. The Cityringen extension reached Nordhavn in 2020 (and Orientkaj the same year), making the district one stop from Østerport. Walk east from the metro toward the water. Sandkaj harbour bath is the swim spot of the new district — wooden decking, ladder pools, the same harbour-swim model BIG's Havnebadet pioneered at Islands Brygge.

The Silo is the conversion the Nordhavn redevelopment is most known for. COBE turned a 17-storey 1960s grain silo into apartments in 2017, keeping the concrete bones and adding an angular exterior cladding. The penthouse restaurant is the public access; the residential floors aren't.

Walk the new residential streets and the harbour edge — across the water you can see Refshaleøen with CopenHill's slope visible against the sky. Back to Nordhavn metro or push onward to Orientkaj on M4.

The route

On the map.

Stops along the way

Things to notice.

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    Nordhavn metro

    M4 Cityringen extension stop, opened 2020. Cycle parking dominates the plaza. Walk east toward the harbour; *Sandkaj* opens within ten minutes.

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    Sandkaj harbour bath

    *Sandkaj Havnebad*, the swim spot of the new Nordhavn — wooden decking, ladder pools, family-friendly. Less famous than *Havnebadet* at *Islands Brygge* but newer and cleaner; the residents at the new apartment blocks across the water can see in.

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    The Silo (Silo apartments)

    *COBE* converted the 1960s grain silo into 38 apartments in 2017, retaining the 17-storey concrete core and adding an angular faceted exterior cladding in galvanised steel. The penthouse restaurant on top is the public access; the residential floors are private.

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    New residential streets

    Walk the streets immediately west of the harbour — the brick-and-glass new-build that's becoming the Nordhavn aesthetic. Not all of it has settled into character yet; the district is still under construction in significant patches.

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    Harbour edge view across to Refshaleøen

    From the eastern edge you can see across the water to *Refshaleøen* and *CopenHill*'s artificial ski slope on the horizon. The bridge between (planned for years) is still not built; the *havnebus* ferries cross instead.

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    Back to Nordhavn metro or Orientkaj

    *Nordhavn* M4 the way you came, or push north to *Orientkaj* (one stop further on the M4 extension) for a different return view of the district from the water.

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