Originally Posted by
CPH-Flyer
I often do take a taxi. Main reason would be luggage. As a small point of annoyance on Copenhagen public transport, station designers have an affinity for covering the space in front of the entrances with cobblestones or other quite uneven surfaces which is rather annoying with rolling luggage.
It's not just the entrances but a lot of the pedestrian paths that are designed that way. It does look nice though!
Originally Posted by
FlyingMoose
The metro might work during the day but draws unsavory crowds at later times in the evening to the extend that its not safe, especially with luggage. Generally people, especially with luggage use an Uber or Bolt to get to the airport in normal countries also when public transport isn't anywhere close to your point of departure. Unfortunately the cost of taxis in Denmark makes it only available to only a very tiny part of society and Uber returning has done next to nothing for the disproportionally expensive taxi rates that stand no comparison to most other countries.
The Copenhagen street thoughs and youths are really mostly harmless. I do actually feel safer using public transit at night in Europe compared to the US during the day.
Arriving late in the evening or departing early in the morning I've never had any second thoughts about using public transit in Copenhagen or anywhere else in Europe for that matter. Unless perhaps I am the unsavoury crowd that FlyingMoose is referring to
I do think that taking the metro is part of the true Copenhagen experience, it's really cool and convenient. You can download the DOT app and buy yourself a tourist pass, which allows you to use all public transit in the specified zone (buses, metro, s-tog, trains), so you've got that sorted already!