Copenhagen (; ) is the capital and largest city of Denmark. It is situated on the Zealand and Amager Islands and is separated from Malmö, Sweden by the strait of Øresund.

Copenhagen is the largest city in Scandinavia by area.The largest cities in the world by land area, population and density

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.Facts on Copenhagen

In 2008, the magazine Monocle listed Copenhagen first in their Top 25 Most Livable Cities listMonocles page on Copenhagen, and gave the city the special award as "Best Design City". Monocle has also stated that Copenhagen is Scandinavia's most desirable city.By Stuart Husband Monocle Magazine Published: June 19, 2007

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.Copenhagen region ranks 3rd in western Europe for attracting head offices - Embassy of Denmark Canada

The city of Copenhagen is ranked #14 in MasterCard Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index and #1 in Scandinavia.[http://in.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/mastercard-center-commerce-index_all.htm Top 75 centers of commerce in the world, reflecting the growing clout of the world's second fastest growing economy]

Copenhagen was ranked #6 in Grist Magazine's "15 Green Cities" list in 2007 making Copenhagen the Greenist Capital of Scandinavia.15 Green Cities | Grist | Main Dish | 19 Jul 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.The New York Sun-An Unexpected Fashion Capital

Copenhagen is the worlds #7 most expensive city and #3 most expensive in Europe on the Forbes List.Forbes-Worlds Most Expensive Cities 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 HafniaBiography of George de Hevesy.

A Viking is one of the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century.Roesdahl, p. 9-22. These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This period of Viking expansion is known as the Viking Age, and forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia, the British Isles and Europe in general.

A romanticized picture of Vikings as Germanic noble savages emerged in the 17th century, and especially during the Victorian era Viking revival, in Britain taking the form of Septentrionalism, in Germany that of "Wagnerian" pathos or even Germanic mysticism, and in the Scandinavian countries that of Romantic nationalism or Scandinavism. These clichéd depictions in contemporary popular culture are often ironised to the effect of presenting Vikings as cartoonish characters.