Copenhagen hop-on hop-off bus: Stromma's three lines, the tickets from DKK 164.50, and whether it beats a City Pass

💡 The Short Version: Stromma’s hop-on hop-off bus is from DKK 279 for 24, 48 or 72 hours, on three lines with more than 20 stops: a red 90-minute loop of the centre, a green 45-minute line to Home of Carlsberg and a purple 55-minute line to Christianshavn and Refshaleøen. The red line runs every 45 minutes from 9:30, with the last full tour at 15:35 from Tivoli and 16:00 from Ved Stranden. The green line runs twice a day and the purple line three times. A City Pass Small is DKK 100 for 24 hours and reaches most of the same sights. The Copenhagen Card Hop includes the buses. Or book now: the Stromma 3-line ticketad is DKK 279 and the hop-on hop-off tour with a boat optionad from DKK 224, rated 3.9 from 5,026 reviews (GetYourGuide).

The tickets compared

Prices are adult prices. Stromma’s is the operator’s; the others are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” price, with the rating shown.

The 3.9-star ticket is the cheapest bus-only ticket here and the most reviewed. The 3-line ticket on GetYourGuide is for Stromma’s buses at Stromma’s own DKK 279. Each GetYourGuide listing cancels free.

The three lines

Audio guide in 14 languages · free WiFi · headphones included · covered and heated in winter

Tickets are activated the first time they are scanned and valid from then. A ticket covers the green buses and the red City Sightseeing buses that carry the Stromma logo. There are no toilets on board; there are some at stop 4 (the Gefion Fountain) and stop 5 (the Little Mermaid). Buses carry up to 74 passengers. Dogs up to 5 kg may ride in a bag on the top deck. Wheelchair users who cannot transfer to a seat cannot be carried.

A Stromma City Sightseeing bus on Bernstorffsgade. Photo: Leif Jørgensen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it worth it?

The bus is a sightseeing loop, not a transport pass. The sums:

The red line is a 1 hour 30 minute loop with commentary. If you plan to visit the sights anyway, a City Pass Small at DKK 100 covers the metro, buses and harbour buses to reach them. The bus and Netto-boat ticket at DKK 164.50 for 2 days is the cheapest way to get a bus loop and a canal hour.

The Marble Church, Frederik’s Church, on Frederiksgade. Photo: Arild Vågen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Copenhagen Card

The Copenhagen Card Hop includes Stromma’s buses on all three routes with free entry to 40+ central attractions, from DKK 600 for 24 hours, and has no public transport. The Discover card does not include the bus. It pays only if you will ride the bus and see three or four paid sights, as Copenhagen Card: is it worth it? works out. The Hop card is also sold on GetYourGuidead at the operator’s DKK 600.

Children, groups and cruise passengers

• Children under 6 ride free, ages 6 to 15 pay half the adult ticket, and anyone 16 or over pays the adult fare.
• Groups of 10 or more get 10% off Stromma’s online price.
• Cruise passengers: the red line stops at Langelinie Pier (stops 6, 7 and 8). For ships at Ocean Quay, Stromma runs a shuttle that you board at stop 5, the Little Mermaid. Cruise port to the city has the rest.

Which to take

• A first loop of the centre, with commentary: the red line, from Tivoli at 9:30 or Ved Stranden at 10:00.
• A bus and a boat: the bus and Netto-boat ticket at DKK 164.50, or Stromma’s bus and canal tour from DKK 389.
• Just getting around: a City Pass Small at DKK 100, or a single ticket.
• On foot with a guide: Copenhagen walking tours, from DKK 142 or a tip.
• By bike or boat: bike tours from DKK 249 and canal tours from DKK 80.

What to book before you go to Copenhagen lists the closed days for the sights the bus passes, and Home of Carlsberg is the stop on the green line. Tivoli Gardens is stop 12 and the start of the day’s first buses.