The Metropolitan region of Copenhagen has a well-developed network of toll-free highways and public roads connecting the region effectively to northern Europe as illustrated on the map below.

Figure 1.1: The road system

The E4 connects the region to Sweden, including Stockholm, and the other Nordic countries. The E55 provides easy access to Berlin and E22 to Hamburg and further into Europe. The E20 across the country and the Belts connects Copenhagen with the peninsula Jutland and with Great Britain via ferry.

Most recently, the Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden (opened in 2000) and the bridge across the Great Belt (opened in 1998) have improved the infrastructure significantly and finalised the motorway network in Denmark. A motorway between Germany and Denmark across the Fehmern Belt has been agreed and is expected to be ready by 2018.

Due to the quality of the road system and the logistically good location of Copenhagen there are one-day connections to more than 1,200 bigger cities in Europe.

Figure 1.2: Land transport times from Copenhagen

In the region, a combination of motorways, highways and railways of high quality effectively connects Copenhagen to municipalities and counties in the surrounding area. A major element of the physical planning in Copenhagen has been the development of an effective public transport system to service major industrial and commercial sites in the region thereby reducing the pressure on main roads in the region.

The traffic density in the Copenhagen region is below the average of major European cities. A report from the Danish Ministry of Transportation from 2007 states that Copenhagen is one of the European capitals in which drivers are proceeding the fastest and are least bothered by congestion problems.

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