Looking for Mountains Near Copenhagen

Mountains in Denmark? Maybe that is why all the mountain climbing Danes I've met were in Austria.

I'm discovering neither city is a "hub"

Munich is one of the largest air hubs in Europe. Lufthansa and it's Star Alliance partners have direct flights to every major destination on the continent in addition to flights offered by the discount airlines.

Looked pretty flat to me when I was there. This map of Germany also indicates that. See height scale in meters in the bottom left corner.

Edited to add Denmark relief map with height scale.

An Atlas will help you with your geography. Neither Denmark nor Northern Germany have mountains.

What site are you using to search for flights? Munich has quite a few flights to Copenhagen. But if you want a direct flight, you'll pay more.

About the flights, it all depends on the day you want to fly. Google Flights is showing nonstops from Munich to Copenhagen as low as $162 in late July and early August. Prices are much lower with one stop. Take a look.

The highest point in Denmark is 172 meters above sea level.

But if your other son wants to see cool architecture, you could check out the Copenhill. https://www.copenhill.dk/, it's an artificial mountain build on top of a waste incineration plant. It's scheduled to open in the summer of 2018, though there is no offical opening date yet. It's the brainchild of star architect Bjarke Ingels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarke_Ingels and is build precisely becuase we have no real mountains. Another of his works is the Maritime Museum in Helsingør.

I'm not sure what constitutes a "Mountain" for your son. But As others have said Denmark is rather flat (nice when you are biking). He might like Møns Klint (Moens Cliff), which is about 1 hour 45 minutes from Copenhagen by car. If that is not high enough I can only point you to Kullen in Sweden, which is about 2 hours 15 minutes from Copenhagen by car.

My guess is that you can see bigger mountains in the Munich area - but you will probably get better information in the Germany forum .

Thanks so much for all of the helpful info!

Have you checked out the skyscanner website? I've had some good luck finding cheap flights on that site. Have a great trip!

Concerning "cool architecture" make sure you watch the Netflix documentary "Abstract: The Art of Design" episode on Bjarke Ingels and BIG architects before heading to Denmark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv07HmXDu-w

Great idea about the Netflix doc. Thank you!