A guide to serviced offices and office space to rent in Copenhagen, as well as general information that may be useful if you are thinking of renting workspace in the city.
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History & Geography
Denmark’s famous capital city is located on the island of Zealand and partly on Amager. To the east, the city faces the Oresund Sound, the body of water that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark only in the mid-15th century, though the city was founded much earlier, in the 11th century, by the famous Viking Sven Forkbeard.
Copenhagen benefits from an excellent natural harbour, which helped the city become an important regional centre of commerce. This brought it into rivalry with the Hanseatic League, a powerful alliance of cities and guilds which dominated trade in northern Europe up until the 17th century. Copenhagen withstood sieges by the Hanseatic League on many occasions. In 1807, a British fleet bombarded Copenhagen using highly incendiary Congreve rockets and burned down a significant portion of the city, including its largest church.
During WWII, the city was occupied by German troops, precipitating some light bombing by the RAF. Copenhagen is now connected to the neighbouring Swedish city of Malmo by a toll bridge and tunnel, making it the centre of a large urban sprawl partly in Denmark and partly in Sweden.
Quality of Life
Copenhagen is generally regarded as one of the cities with the best quality of life. One reason is the city’s compact planning and focus on environmental issues. The water in Copenhagen’s harbour is clean enough to swim in, and 36 per cent of all its residents bike to work every day. In fact, Copenhagen residents cycle a combined 1.2 million kilometres per day. The city is an example to planners worldwide, so much so that the term ‘to Copenhagenise’ is used, particularly to describe making provisions for cyclists.
The city has the longest pedestrianised thoroughfare of any European city, Strøget, and has gained international recognition for its dedication to tasteful, environmentally friendly design. Copenhagen is also a very green city and has decreed that every citizen should be able to reach a park or beach on foot in 15 minutes.
Tourism
While Copenhagen may not be among Europe’s premier tourist destinations, it is still a fairly popular location for a city break. Aesthetically, Copenhagen is one of Europe’s most pleasing cities, blending old architecture with bold new design. Perhaps the most recognisable district is Frederiksstaden, home to Amalienborg Palace and the Marble Church, as well as a range of elegant mansions dating from the 18th century. The old inner city also includes Slotsholmen and Christiansborg Palace. Copenhagen has three beaches popular with city residents in summer. The largest of these is Amager Strandpark, which has a 2-kilometre-long artificial island and a beach 4.6 kilometres long.
For those seeking culinary pleasures, Copenhagen has several Michelin-starred restaurants, more than any other city in Scandinavia. It has also been home to the restaurant NOMA, repeatedly ranked as the world’s best. The city is also renowned for its many bakeries, serving up the pastries for which Denmark has become famous. A wide variety of microbreweries are scattered through the city, many of which also serve food such as Warpigs in the Meatpacking district.
Christiania, or Freetown Christiania as it is technically known, has become famous in Copenhagen and across Europe. This is a completely autonomous neighbourhood of Copenhagen, ruled by the state, not the city. On the site of a former military barracks, Christiania now has about 850 residents who have developed their own rules and way of life separate from the rest of Copenhagen. Marijuana and hashish are sold and smoked openly in Christiania, though harder drugs have been banned by the residents. Private cars are also not allowed in the neighbourhood. Chilled-out cafes and restaurants are scattered through the area, and many tourists enjoy wandering its streets for a couple of hours to see a totally different part of Copenhagen.
The city welcomed 11.9 million tourists in 2025, up significantly from the pre-pandemic 8.9 million in 2019.
Transport
Copenhagen is one of the easiest cities in Europe to get around in. It is recognised as being one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world and aimed to have 50 per cent of residents get to work by bike by 2020. In 2026, some studies reported that 62 per cent of residents living and working in Copenhagen used a bicycle for their daily commute to work or education.
Copenhagen’s bike paths are well maintained and often completely separate from the roads, with their own signal system; city dwellers in the Danish capital cycle an estimated 1.44 million kilometres daily, and there are several bike-sharing and rental providers in the city.
The city also has a rapid transit system called the S-train (S-tog), as well as the Copenhagen Metro, which began operation in 2002. Copenhagen Central Station provides regional links to the rest of Denmark as well as international connections. Train traffic between Copenhagen and Hamburg is especially heavy.
Copenhagen Airport is the largest in Scandinavia and can be reached from downtown Copenhagen on the Metro in only 15 minutes.
The airport served 32.4 million passengers total in 2025, up 9 per cent from 2024 and breaking the previous pre-pandemic 2018 record of 30.3 million.
Economy
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Denmark was worth 462.53 billion USD in 2025 (3,068 billion Danish krone DKK at the November 2026 exchange rate).
In 2024, it was estimated that the Danish capital region, of which Copenhagen is one of its 29 municipalities, was responsible for 43 per cent of the country’s GDP.
Copenhagen had a population of circa 1.3 million people (2020), and in 2025, the city’s economy was based largely on services and commerce.
Copenhagen is also home to several international companies, including A.P. Møller-Mærsk, Carlsberg, Novo Nordisk, Novozymes, Pandora jewellery, and Vestas Wind Systems.
Denmark is a member state of the European Union; however, it uses the Danish krone as its official currency and not the Euro.
Office Space to Rent in Copenhagen
Finding office space to rent in Denmark’s capital city is fairly easy, with a growing mix of traditional leasehold space and flexible workspace options, serviced offices, and coworking spaces.
The flex space options are operated by providers including Mesh Community, Ordnung, Rebel Workspace, Regus and Spaces.
Their workpsace solutions are available on flexible short-term contracts with all-inclusive rental fees that cover items such as cleaning and utilities.
The Copenhagen office market comprises the following districts and submarkets: Indre By, Vestergade, and Raadhuspladsen in the city centre; Vesterbro and Nørrebro, popular with creative agencies, tech startups, and solopreneurs; and Amager and the Western Suburbs, which offer lower-budget office space and are popular with back-office operations.
JLL reported that leasehold occupier demand in Copenhagen remained high in Q2 2026, with a couple of very large lettings such as EY’s move into Marmormolen, the newly built office in Nordhavn spanning more than 14,000 square metres, and DLR Kredits’ move from Nyropsgade to Atrium on Havneholmen
However, office vacancy has trended upward in the Capital Region since the second quarter of 2023, showing slightly weaker tenant demand relative to supply, although it remains below average.
The firm said the Copenhagen office market is entering a period of gradual improvement, rather than a pronounced upswing. Occupier demand remained firmly focused on high-quality assets that meet evolving workplace and sustainability requirements, reflecting the flight to quality seen in office markets worldwide.
Thus creating a larger gap between prime and secondary office markets.
It was hoped that in the latter section of 2026, the measured recovery seen in the first half of the year would continue.
Vacancy rate in Copenhagen’s CBD stood at 5.9 per cent, and the rest of Copenhagen was 6.1 per cent at the end of Q2 2026.
Prime rents in Copenhagen’s CBD stood at 2,450 DKK per square metre per year and 2,050 DKK per square metre per year in the rest of Copenhagen.
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