Since the closure of the islands only railroad in the 1950s, Amager was, despite a substantial population, a big black hole in terms of public transit — greatly contributing to its reputation as the aforementioned shit island. This all changed along with Copenhagen's fortunes in the 90s, and with the new optimism came new investment in the most overlooked part of Copenhagen, and in the space of two years two new metro lines and a express link to the airport were completed, greatly improving public transit service to the island. But since the metro serves the Ãrestad area and an old railway alignment, the most populated area along Amagerbrogade has not seen many improvements.
By bus
There are quite a number of bus lines connecting Amager with the rest of Copenhagen. From the airport the most important are lines 5A to downtown, Nørrebro and the Northern suburbs, and line 96N that follows much the same route during night time see Movia's homepage (http://www.movia.dk for details). Several regional and intercity buses connect to the airport as well; Gråhundbus (http://www.graahundbus.dk) to Malmö 70 Kr, 40 minutes, or Eurolines (http://www.eurolines-trav...), SweBus (http://www.swebusexpress.se/) and GoByBus (http://www.gobybus.dk) buses towards Malmö, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Oslo.
ÃResund Bridge
The Ãresund link (http://oresundsbron.com) is a massive, nearly eight kilometre combined tunnel and bridge connection between Copenhagen and Malmö in Sweden across the Ãresund strait that carries both road and railway traffic. A train ticket to Malmö from Copenhagen Airport by train is 78 Kr. For cars the price varies greatly, but the basic no frills cash ticket is 275 Kr. If you opt for a cab there is a fixed price of around 725 SEK 500 Kr from the airport to central Malmö. Other than taking the car or train over the bridge, there is no other way to see the bridge, as the company doesn't offer tours.
By train
It takes thirteen minutes to get to Copenhagen Central Station from the airport, and the trains stops at Amager's two other train stations; TÃ¥rnby and Ãrestad interchange with Metro line 1 én route. To Malmö Central Station in Sweden it takes 22 minutes set to greatly improve with a new tunnel under central Malmö opening in Dec, 2010. Trains run every twenty minutes throughout the day, and every ten minutes towards the central station during rush-hour.
Copenhagen Airport
For a general overview of flights in and out of Copenhagen, please refer to the general Get in sectionWhile Copenhagen Airport (http://www.cph.dk) is divided into three terminals, there are actually only two — domestic and international. Once you've checked in at the counters in either terminal 2 or 3, you go through the same security area, to the same air side facilities. Both the Metro and train stations are both located inside terminal 3, and walking time to terminal 2 only takes about 5 minutes.
Terminal 1
Handles all domestic flights and is quite a walk from from the station, but there is a free shuttle bus connecting it with the two other terminals.Terminal 2
Handles all international flights except Star Alliance flights and the other airlines listed below.Terminal 3
Handles international flights from Star Alliance member airlines as well as Estonian air, Iceland air, Skyways and some Cimber Sterling flights.For those with mobility challenges, terminal staff offer excellent wheel-chair and power cart services on request. While best to call in-advance see (http://www.cph.dk/CPH/UK/MAIN/Before+Departure/For+disabled+persons/) for a "reservation", you can ask for pick-up at any information booth, even at a "call point" within feet of the Metro and train stations.
The airport can get busy during peak times, and while after much criticism it has made considerable efforts and investments to reduce the time it takes to go through check-in and security, most airlines still recommends arriving two hours before departure a full list of the airlines recommendations is available on the airports website (http://www.cph.dk/CPH/UK/MAIN/Before+Departure/). Keep in mind that if you are flying to destinations outside the Schengen area, you will have to go through immigration procedures before the gates; these are located at the entrance to finger concourse C and D, and at the tip of finger A, so leave time for this when you've finished any shopping or eating — during peak times they sometime clog up.
The shopping selection is excellent and rivaled by few other airports in the world, and there are some decent eating options; Eyecon (http://www.cph.dk/CPH/UK/...) and København (http://www.restaurantkbh.dk/) are probably the best ones, but like the rest of the pack, they are horrendously expensive. If you still need to kill some time there is wireless internet access available throughout most of the airport, cheapest available option is 40 Kr for 30 minutes.
By Metro
There are two metro lines covering the western and eastern part of the island. The lines meet up at the northern part of the island and continue along the same route through downtown to terminate at Vanløse Station. The travel time on Metro line 2, from the airport to Kongens Nytorv smack in the middle of the downtown area is twelve minutes, and trains runs every four-six minutes throughout the day.