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Postal Services on Sundays. You may find 19° C (68° F), while the
weekend hours extended months of January and
Post offices are open 9 or in tourist areas, especially February are the coldest,
10am to 5:30pm Monday during summer. with temperatures of 2° C
to Friday and 9am to noon (35° F). The best times
Saturday. In the city cen­ Time Difference to visit are the summer,
tre, Posthus Pilestræde is when you can enjoy as
a convenient post office; Copenhagen is on Central many as 16–18 hours of
Posthus Østerbro is in European Time (CET), daylight on clear days,
Østerbro. International which is an hour ahead of and Christmas, which
mail arrives faster with London, six hours ahead is when the concept of
the Faste Deliver A­mail of New York, nine hours hygge really comes into
or Prioritaire mail service, ahead of Los Angeles and its own. The only time you
but this can be expensive. eight hours behind Sydney. might want to avoid visit­
Check the PostNord web­ ing – due to chilly winds
site for rates. Electrical and limited daylight hours
Appliances (just 7) – is January.
TV, Radio and
Newspapers You can use your electric Visitor Information
appliances in Denmark if
Cable and satellite TV offer the standard voltage in The Visit Copenhagen
chan nels in English and your country is in the (see p111) tourist office
other lan guages, and most range of 220–240 volts. is close to the central
of the US and UK pro­ If it is in the range of 100– railway sta tion and offers
grammes broadcast by 127 volts (as in the US, a wealth of visitor infor­
Danish networks are in Canada and most South mation, as well as hotel
English with Danish sub­ American countries), you bookings, car hire, the
titles. DR Radio does not will need a voltage con­ Copenhagen Card and
broadcast current affairs in verter. Sockets take stan­ information about tours.
English, but it does update dard European double The Copenhagen Post lists
its website with the news round­pin plugs, so you all the arts, music and
in English. Denmark’s may also need to use a cultural events taking
national newspapers plug adaptor. place across the city,
include Politiken, Børsen, while Danish­speakers
and Information; for local Driving can check the Friday
news in English, pick up a guide sections of daily
copy of the Copenhagen To hire a car you need to newspapers Politiken and
Post (published Friday). be over 20 years old and Berlingske. The Visit
You can find most major have held a full driving Denmark, Copenhagen
UK and US newspapers at licence for at least a year. Tourist and Visit
the airport, central station To pick up the car, you will Copenhagen websites are
and in some city centre need your pass port and useful resources with
kiosks. English news web­ a credit card to pay the plenty of information.
site thelocal.dk is useful security deposit. You may
for current events. also need an International Shopping
Driving Permit (IDP).
Opening Hours What it lacks in size, the
Weather main shopping district
Shops are open 9:30 or makes up for in quality
10am to 5:30pm Monday Denmark has a rather and variety. Few capitals
to Thursday, 9:30 or 10am temperate climate, with can match the dizzying
to 7 or 8pm Friday and no extremes of heat or array of inde pendent
9:30 or 10am to 3pm cold, but the weather can stores and high­end
Saturday (to 5pm on the be very changeable. July bou tiques on offer, and
first Saturday of the and August are the two the city centre also boasts
month). Since the trading hottest and sunniest two major depart ment
laws have been relaxed, months in Copenhagen, stores: Magasin du Nord
larger shops now open with temperatures of (see pp22–3) and ILLUM

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