Copenhagen has been Denmark's capital for 600 years. It's an appealing and largely low-rise city comprised of block after block of period six-storey buildings. Church steeples punctuate the skyline, with only a couple of modern hotels marring the view.

It's a city that takes only thirty minutes to walk across on foot, but seems to take you back hundreds of years. Whatever you're looking for -sleek or cosy, gay or straight, traditional or modern - it can provide. It's even affordable in Scandinavian terms.