Copenhagen and beyond - exploring the charms of Denmark's capital

A bit of context

Copenhagen is the capital and biggest city of the northern nation of Denmark, one of the three countries comprising Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway and Denmark), being the Danish economic, cultural and political centre.

København was originally established as a fishing outpost of the Vikings aroung the 10th Century, coming from what is nowadays Norway and parts of Sweden and centered around the famour Nyhavn water channel. Remaining for centuries as a small village/town, Copenhagen exploded in size, population and economic and political powers after the 17th Century, when it became the capital of the Kalmar Union - a personal union between the therritories of what today is Denmark (and Greenland), Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland.

Throughout the 18th and 19th Centuries, the city flourished, fed by the welth of the Danish Royal Family, the bursting economic activity with overseas and the financial relevance of Copenhagen as one of the biggest centres for stock exchanges in Europe. Today, it stands as one of the most recognizable and visited European cities and a cultural hub for innovation and tecnology.

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