Ydre Østerbro (lit.

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: Outer Østerbro) is an area in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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. It is the part of the district of

Østerbro Østerbro () (literally, "Eastern Bridge") is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located clo ...

located farthest from the

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. It lies on the northeast border of the municipality. It covers an area of 5.08 km², has a population of 35,937 and a population density of 7,081 per km². Neighboring city districts are as follows: * to the north is

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, which is outside of the Copenhagen municipality area * to the west are

Bispebjerg Bispebjerg, more commonly referred to as Nordvest (English: North-West), is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Located on the northern border of the municipality, it covers an area of 5.39 km² and a population of 40,033 ...

and

Ydre Nørrebro Ydre Nørrebro (English: Outer Nørrebro) is an area in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the part of the district of Nørrebro located farthest from the City Centre. It covers an area of 2.10 km², has a population of 41,497 and a population dens ...

* to the south is

Indre Østerbro Indre Østerbro (lit. English language, English, "Inner Østerbro"), is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts ("bydele") comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies on the eastern edge of the municip ...

* to the east is Svanemølle Bay (''Svanemøllebugten''), an inlet of the

Øresund Øresund or Öresund (, ; da, Øresund ; sv, Öresund ), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). The strait has a length of ; its width v ...

, the

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which separates the island of

Zealand Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is the 1 ...

from

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, the Ydre Østerbro ("Outer Østerbro"), along with its neighboring city district to the south— Indre Østerbro ("Inner Østerbro")— are often collectively referred to as "

". However, they are technically two separate legal units within the Copenhagen municipality. *

Attractions

* Lake Emdrup (''Emdrup Sø'')

External links

City of Copenhagen’s statistical office
Copenhagen city districts {{CapitalDK-stub