List of tallest buildings in Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with an urban area population of 1.4 million.^[1][2] Copenhagen is home to over a hundred high-rise structures, 16 of which stand taller than 75 metres (246 ft) as of 2026. Of those, four buildings reach a height of 100 m (328 ft). Since 2022, the tallest building in Copenhagen has been Pasteur's Tårn (Danish for Pasteur's Tower), a 126 m (414 ft) tall, 37-storey mixed-use building.^[3] Despite Copenhagen being the largest city in Denmark, Pasteur's Tårn is only the second tallest building in the country, after the 143 m (468 ft) Lighthouse in Aarhus.

Tallest buildingPasteur's Tårn (2022)

Tallest building height126.2 m (414 ft)

Taller than 75 m (246 ft)16

Taller than 100 m (328 ft)4

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High-rises in Carlsberg in 2024
Tallest building	Pasteur's Tårn (2022)
Tallest building height	126.2 m (414 ft)
Number of tall buildings (2026)
Taller than 75 m (246 ft)	16
Taller than 100 m (328 ft)	4

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The history of high-rise buildings in Copenhagen began after World War II, when a housing shortage and modernist ideas led to the construction of some of the first high-rises in Denmark. The Bellahøj Houses in Brønshøj, built in the early 1950s, became a symbol of post-war modernity. Consisting of 28 towers of up to 13 storeys, the complex applied the principle of building in height to free up green areas.^[4] The SAS Royal Hotel, built in 1960, is considered an icon of Danish modernism.^[5] Residential high-rises were built in the suburbs as part of large housing projects, such as Høje Gladsaxe and Brøndby Strand Parkerne. In addition, two buildings surpassing 100 m (328 ft) were built in the city's wider urban area: the 120 m (394 ft) tall Herlev Hospital in Herlev,^[6] and the 102 m (335 ft) tall Domus Vista in Frederiksberg.^[7]

The early 21st century has seen substantial growth in the number of tall buildings in Copenhagen, especially since the 2010s.^[8][9][10] The new area of Ørestad has been a site of notable high-rise development. There, the Copenhagen Towers project introduced two new high-rises, including a Crown Plaza hotel. The Bella Sky hotel, comprising two inclined towers connected on the roof, was completed in Ørestad in 2011. Most notable, however, was the redevelopment of the Carlsberg area in central Copenhagen after the closure of the Carlsberg brewery there in 2008. The area is planned to have nine high-rise buildings upon completion.^[11][12] Bohr's Tårn was completed there in 2016, becoming the tallest building in Copenhagen and the first to exceed 100 m (328 ft) in height. It was surpassed by Pasteur's Tårn in the same area in 2022. Another major development, Postbyen, features five cylindrical buildings and was constructed in the 2020s.^[13][14] The Kaktus Towers, featuring staggered balconies that resemble cacti, were completed in 2022.

While Carlsberg has emerged as Copenhagen's main cluster of tall buildings, high-rise construction has also spread to other industrial areas such as Nordhavn and Sydhavnen in the 2010s. There have been several cases of adaptive reuse in the city, such as the conversion of a former grain silo to an apartment building named The Silo and the similar conversion of Portland Towers in Nordhavn. Besides the city's high-rises, the tallest structures in Copenhagen include the towers of Christiansborg Palace and Copenhagen City Hall, both of which reach slightly over 100 m (328 ft) in height.