Rational to stay at Malmo for visiting Copenhagen?
Jun 16, 2012, 12:54 pm
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Rational to stay at Malmo for visiting Copenhagen?
Hi, guys, I'm asking this question on behalf of my friend. He's visiting Copenhagen in Sept and the problem is the accommodation in Copenhagen is too expensive, so he's thinking of staying at Malmo. What's the cheapest way to go to Malmo from Copenhagen? Do you think that he should stay at Malmo for visitng Copenhagen? He plan to visit Copenhagen for 3days, should he spend maybe 1 day in Malmo?
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Jun 16, 2012, 2:01 pm
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How about one night in Copenhagen and one in Malmö? Would that make the average nightly rate ok?
Jun 16, 2012, 2:54 pm
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Jun 16, 2012, 3:19 pm
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Jun 18, 2012, 4:47 am
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To be honest, I wouldn't do this.
There are some buses, but you'd probably end up going on the train, and the fares over the bridge aren't especially cheap (SEK106 each way). It's an easy and impressive journey, but it does take some time.
I'd look at alternatives in Copenhagen or in Denmark. If you're willing to travel to save money, it'll be cheaper to travel on the Danish side. Plus, there are some decent rates out there in Copenhagen: AirBnB has some very decent rates in the city, for one. Plus, you often get a bike thrown in (and I'd almost class that as an essential for the city!)
There are some buses, but you'd probably end up going on the train, and the fares over the bridge aren't especially cheap (SEK106 each way). It's an easy and impressive journey, but it does take some time.
I'd look at alternatives in Copenhagen or in Denmark. If you're willing to travel to save money, it'll be cheaper to travel on the Danish side. Plus, there are some decent rates out there in Copenhagen: AirBnB has some very decent rates in the city, for one. Plus, you often get a bike thrown in (and I'd almost class that as an essential for the city!)
Jun 18, 2012, 4:52 am
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That's useful, thanks=)
To be honest, I wouldn't do this.
There are some buses, but you'd probably end up going on the train, and the fares over the bridge aren't especially cheap (SEK106 each way). It's an easy and impressive journey, but it does take some time.
I'd look at alternatives in Copenhagen or in Denmark. If you're willing to travel to save money, it'll be cheaper to travel on the Danish side. Plus, there are some decent rates out there in Copenhagen: AirBnB has some very decent rates in the city, for one. Plus, you often get a bike thrown in (and I'd almost class that as an essential for the city!)
There are some buses, but you'd probably end up going on the train, and the fares over the bridge aren't especially cheap (SEK106 each way). It's an easy and impressive journey, but it does take some time.
I'd look at alternatives in Copenhagen or in Denmark. If you're willing to travel to save money, it'll be cheaper to travel on the Danish side. Plus, there are some decent rates out there in Copenhagen: AirBnB has some very decent rates in the city, for one. Plus, you often get a bike thrown in (and I'd almost class that as an essential for the city!)
Jun 18, 2012, 5:23 pm
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To be honest, I wouldn't do this.
There are some buses, but you'd probably end up going on the train, and the fares over the bridge aren't especially cheap (SEK106 each way). It's an easy and impressive journey, but it does take some time.
I'd look at alternatives in Copenhagen or in Denmark. If you're willing to travel to save money, it'll be cheaper to travel on the Danish side. Plus, there are some decent rates out there in Copenhagen: AirBnB has some very decent rates in the city, for one. Plus, you often get a bike thrown in (and I'd almost class that as an essential for the city!)
There are some buses, but you'd probably end up going on the train, and the fares over the bridge aren't especially cheap (SEK106 each way). It's an easy and impressive journey, but it does take some time.
I'd look at alternatives in Copenhagen or in Denmark. If you're willing to travel to save money, it'll be cheaper to travel on the Danish side. Plus, there are some decent rates out there in Copenhagen: AirBnB has some very decent rates in the city, for one. Plus, you often get a bike thrown in (and I'd almost class that as an essential for the city!)
The Copenhagen-Malmo trip over the bridge can be as low as around 85 SEK each way (for an individual traveling alone), if using the Swedish JOJO card system (but that requires being sent one from Sweden or picking up one there). And if having an around the Oresund ticket, unlimited crossings across the bridge in 48 hours become possible.
Jun 18, 2012, 11:48 pm
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Rational to stay at Malmo for visiting Copenhagen?
IIRC, doesn't the "around the sound" ticket (available only on Sweden) permit just one bridge crossing, and one crossing of the Helsingør-Helsingborg ferry?
Jun 19, 2012, 10:26 am
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Thanks for your information, can you please provide a link? What I saw online about the Oresund ticket is just one time crossing...Thanks a lot in advance=)
Great advice.
The Copenhagen-Malmo trip over the bridge can be as low as around 85 SEK each way (for an individual traveling alone), if using the Swedish JOJO card system (but that requires being sent one from Sweden or picking up one there). And if having an around the Oresund ticket, unlimited crossings across the bridge in 48 hours become possible.
The Copenhagen-Malmo trip over the bridge can be as low as around 85 SEK each way (for an individual traveling alone), if using the Swedish JOJO card system (but that requires being sent one from Sweden or picking up one there). And if having an around the Oresund ticket, unlimited crossings across the bridge in 48 hours become possible.
Jun 20, 2012, 6:52 am
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The Jojo card is a smartcard, based on the Swedish side, but valid on the Øresund trains. It allows a discount on the standard one-way train fares:
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
The "around the Sound" ticket is an excursion fare, intended for travellers based in Sweden to do a round-robin trip via Denmark, using the Helsingør ferry in one direction, and the Øresund bridge in the other, but which can be used for unlimited travel otherwise:
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
Both can only be bought in Sweden.
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
The "around the Sound" ticket is an excursion fare, intended for travellers based in Sweden to do a round-robin trip via Denmark, using the Helsingør ferry in one direction, and the Øresund bridge in the other, but which can be used for unlimited travel otherwise:
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
Both can only be bought in Sweden.
Jun 20, 2012, 2:59 pm
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Thanks a lot for your information. So those this 'around the sound' ticket valid for taking public transport from Helsingborg to Malmo and from Copenhagen to Helsingör?
Thanks in advance,
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Thanks in advance,
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The Jojo card is a smartcard, based on the Swedish side, but valid on the Øresund trains. It allows a discount on the standard one-way train fares:
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
The "around the Sound" ticket is an excursion fare, intended for travellers based in Sweden to do a round-robin trip via Denmark, using the Helsingør ferry in one direction, and the Øresund bridge in the other, but which can be used for unlimited travel otherwise:
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
Both can only be bought in Sweden.
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
The "around the Sound" ticket is an excursion fare, intended for travellers based in Sweden to do a round-robin trip via Denmark, using the Helsingør ferry in one direction, and the Øresund bridge in the other, but which can be used for unlimited travel otherwise:
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
Both can only be bought in Sweden.
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Yes. It is good only for one ferry crossing as a practical matter but works out for unlimited bridge crossings within the period.
Jun 20, 2012, 5:51 pm
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The Jojo card is a smartcard, based on the Swedish side, but valid on the Øresund trains. It allows a discount on the standard one-way train fares:
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
The "around the Sound" ticket is an excursion fare, intended for travellers based in Sweden to do a round-robin trip via Denmark, using the Helsingør ferry in one direction, and the Øresund bridge in the other, but which can be used for unlimited travel otherwise:
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
Both can only be bought in Sweden.
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
The "around the Sound" ticket is an excursion fare, intended for travellers based in Sweden to do a round-robin trip via Denmark, using the Helsingør ferry in one direction, and the Øresund bridge in the other, but which can be used for unlimited travel otherwise:
http://www.skanetrafiken.se/template...epslanguage=EN
Both can only be bought in Sweden.
The jojo cards are sold internationally, just not by Skanetrafiken and are a gray market.
Around the sound tickets were also sold by the Copenhagen Visitors Center and maybe still are.
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