I absolutely love Bagsværd Sø! it's 6.8 km around, so it's a nice big lake…read more It is really nice to go for a walk around the lake. It's a gorgeous lake, and perfect to take your dog around. The water quality in the lake is not suited for swimming as the lake still receives spillover from three outlets from the public sewer system. It is however possible to rent canoes, kayaks, rowboats and sailboats. Which is super fun, and highly recommended! :)

With its 4-5 meters this is the deepest of "the Lakes", I never got to run around this lake but I…read morewould walk around it with my dad all the time when I was a kid and I would visit the planetarium every time I was in Copenhagen which is located right by the lake. Somehow this lake has a different feel than the rest of the lakes that divide Copenhagen and all I have are fond memories of my dad and I when I was very young, therefore this place will always be something special to me.

Like to people watch? Do as the local? Go for a run? Walk in the sunset?…read more The Lakes (Søerne) is a cute little patch for all of the above. Early mornings are for the running people (and the walk of shame people) then comes the fashionable girls walking with a latte, the dog people, the late runners and finally the sunset chasers. Copenhagen's waterfront is facing east, so one of the best places to see the sun set behind the rooftop is here. My favorite is to share a bottle of wine (yes, this is legal here) by the stairs next to the Planetary. From here you can enjoy the last sun and wonderful atmosphere.

Søerne, the small lakes in the middle of Copenhagen, sort of divide the city in two. You have to…read morecross a bridge to either get to Nørrebro or (back) to Indre By. It's hard to miss the lakes, but whenever I'm in Copenhagen, I want to pay them a proper visit too. This time I was staying in an AirBnB very close to the lakes - in Østerbro, and gladly walked all the way pass the lakes to Vesterbro a snowy Friday morning. There weren't many people, but it was the best tour to start my trip with. This is the perfect place for a nature-ish walk (without even leaving the city center!), for a run, for walking the dog, for just sitting and chatting and having picnics when the weather is nice. It simply really is a pretty place! Walking from Østerbro to Vesterbro, along one side of the lakes, takes about 40-45 minutes.

Peblingesøen is the most popular of the lakes surrounding the inner old part of Copenhagen. You can…read moretry the pedalos and pedal around on the water - even in a Swan pedalos. It won't get more fairytale!! You can catch a ride from the gangway in the East part of the lake near Dronning Louises Bro. On the bank West of Peblingesøen you find Søpavillonen. It's a wooden house, built by the a iceskating association as there clubhouse. It's kind of crazy, because it's not every year or every two years, that the lake freez over. In this part of the lake you can iceskate, if Winter is coming. Most Thursday afternoons children learn to sail in the west part of the lake. They are sailing in Optimist dinghies. Most people walk or run around the lake. You can also sit on the bank with a cup of what ever. This place is most beautiful during dawn or sunset. You can catch the most beautiful colors in the sky.

Any of the lakes in Copenhagen is worth your time. I love when you can be by the water in the…read moremiddle of cities and the Lakes and here Peblinge Sø is one of them. I used to run around these lakes while I was living in Copenhagen and I loved it. The paths around the lakes are good and easy to run on, flat and not to hilly so it is great for beginners to run on. It is even a very romantic place to take a stroll around when the sun is setting and the sky is turning red. They are not great to bathe in though as not only is the water dirty and filled with bikes and what ever else is in the city and the lakes are to shallow to be swum in. But even if you can not bathe in the lake it is still worth having in the city as it gives a sense of space and nature even in the middle of the biggest city of Denmark.