There's little difference"' price among them. COPENHAGENIbb Absalon. 132 Korsdalsvej, Redovre («31410600). About 9km to the southwest of the city and open all year. Take Strain line В to Brandbyester. Bellahnj. on Hvidkildevej, near the Bellahej youth hostel (в31101150). Central but grim, with long queues for the showers and cooking facilities. Reachable on buses #2, #8, #63 and #68. Open JuneAug. Iserum on Ravnebakken («42801957). Quite a way from the centre but very pleasant: take a train to Jaegersborg, then private train (InterRail and Eurail not valid) to Naerum. The site has cabins and is open midApril to midSept. Strandmellen Strandellenvej 2 («42803883). Around 14km north of the city, a twenty minute ride away on Strain line С (to roampenborg), then bus #188 towards Helsingor. Open midMay to Aug. The City Seeing Copenhagen is a doddle. Most of what you're likely to want to see can be found in the city's relatively small and effortlessly walkable centre, between the long scythe of the harbour and a semicircular series of lakes. Within this area the divisions are welldefined. Indre By forms the city's inner core, an intricate maze of streets, squares and alleys whose pleasure is as much in joining their daily bustle as viewing specific sights. North of Gothersgade is quite different, boldly proportioned gridpattem streets and avenues built to accommodate the Danish nobility in the seventeenth century, reaching a pinnacle of affluence with the palaces of Amalienborg and Rosenborg. The far end of this stretch is guarded, now as three hundred years ago, by the Kastellet, which lies within the fetching open spaces of the Churchill Park. Separated by moat from Indre By, Christiansborg is the administrative base for the whole country, housing the parliament and government offices as well as a number of museums and the ruins of Bishop Absalon's original castle. Christianshavn, across Inder Havnen the inner harbour provides further contrast, a tightly proportioned and traditionally working4;lass quarter, with a pretty waterfront lined by Dutchstyle dwellings. A few blocks away lies Christiania, colonised by the young and homeless in the early Seventies, whose "alternative society" is an enduring controversy in Danish life and merits at least a look. Vesterbrogade is the prime route out of the city centre to the southern suburbs, but its course begins with the carefiee delights of the Tivoli Gardens and leads on to the slightly less wholesome goingson around Istedgade, before reaching the city fringes at Frederiksberg Have. indre By ile not actually part of INDRE BY, the main way into the inner city is from e buzzing open space of Radhuspladsen. Here, the Radhus (MonFri 10am РШ; free) has a spacious and elegant main hall that retains many of its original |4rafthe4;entury features, not least the highly polished sculptured bannisters 2 8 from the ground floor.