Summer is up and cities across the globe have planted palm trees and trucked in tons of sand to urban riverfronts to create the feeling of a lazy day at the shore. Urban beaches are a hit and Momondo guides you to our favourites.

Copenhagen

Island Brygge Harbour Bath Photo: Jeaneeem

Author David Rich

Beach life in Copenhagen!! To many this probably doesn’t sound too tempting if possible at all. However, the beach scene up here in the ‘far north’ is actually alive and vibrant (at least on those few days during the summer when the sun shines). Copenhagen’s local authorities have put a great effort into cleaning the city’s once polluted waters and today the Danish capital can boast about having a swimmable inner harbour with several places that offer the perfect combination of urban coolness and beach life laid-backness.