* Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden, often referred to as twin cities, as part of the Öresund Region, divided by the Øresund strait.

The Sound ( Danish Øresund,, or Swedish Öresund, ), locally known as Sundet, is the strait that separates the Danish island Zealand from the southern Swedish province of Scania.

The strait is today called Øresund in Danish and Öresund in Swedish, informally Sundet in both languages.

The Öresund or Øresund Bridge (,, joint hybrid name: Øresundsbron ) is a combined twin-track railway and dual carriageway bridge-tunnel across the Øresund strait between Sweden and Denmark.

With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region.

Malmö is part of the transnational Oresund Region and since 2000 the Øresund Bridge crosses the Øresund to Copenhagen, Denmark.

The strait has also lent its name to the Øresund Region of 3. 8 million inhabitants on both the Danish and Swedish sides.

* Øresund Region

* Øresundstid-The History of the Øresund Region ( English, Swedish, Danish )

Located by the shores of the Øresund strait and connected by the Oresund Bridge, the Capital Region of Denmark and Region Zealand constitute the Danish side, while Skåne County constitutes the Swedish side.

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The name Helsingør is derived from the word hals meaning " neck " or " narrow strait ", referring to the narrow strait ( Øresund, or The Sound ) between what is now Helsingør and Helsingborg, Sweden.

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the " Kattegat, Sound and Belts " ( that is, the Kattegat, Øresund, Great Belt and Little Belt ) as follows:

The castle is situated on the extreme northeastern tip of the island of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Øresund, the sound between Denmark and Sweden.

Zealand is connected to Funen by the Great Belt Bridge and to Sweden over Amager and the Øresund Bridge.

Øresund is at the top right.

Øresund is one of the three Danish Straits that connects the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean via Kattegat, Skagerrak and the North Sea, and is one of the busiest waterways in the world.

The Øresund Bridge is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe, and connects two major metropolitan areas: those of the Danish capital city Copenhagen and the major Swedish city Malmö.

To the east is the Øresund, the strait that separates Denmark from Sweden.

To the east and south is the Øresund, the strait that separates Zealand and Amager from Sweden.

To the east is the Øresund, the strait that separates Zealand from Sweden.

To the east is the Øresund, which separates the island of Zealand from Sweden.

To the east is the Øresund ( the Sound ), the strait which separates Zealand from Sweden.

Amager ( or, especially among older speakers, ) is a Danish island in the Øresund.

Peberholm ( literally " Pepper Islet ", ), is a small artificial island located in the Danish part of the Øresund.

Saltholm ( Salt Islet ) is a Danish island in the Øresund, the strait that separates Denmark and Sweden.

Its neighboring island to the south is the artificial island Peberholm ( Pepper Islet ), which is a part of the Øresund Bridge and was named to complement Saltholm.

* Øresunddirekt-Official public information site for the inhabitants of the Øresund region

* Øresund Trends-An official public information site with up-to-date information on the region, available in English

Together with the Øresund Bridge, the link provides a direct fixed connection between western Continental Europe and northern Scandinavia, eventually connecting all parts of the European Union except for Ireland, Malta and Cyprus and outlying islands.

Ålsgårde is a settlement in Denmark, located on the northern coast side of Zealand, facing Øresund.

Kronborg Castle and the Øresund from the 1580s geography book Civitates Orbis Terrarum. From 1574 to 1585 Frederick II had the medieval fortress rebuilt into a magnificent Renaissance castle, unique in its appearance and size throughout Europe.

The construction of the Great Belt Fixed Link and the Øresund Bridge have, together, enabled one to drive from mainland Europe to Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia through Denmark, providing an alternative to the significantly longer land route through Finland.

Furthermore, the Øresund Bridge connects the road and rail networks of Scandinavia with those of Central and Western Europe.

) As an administrator, Christian IV had done remarkably well, obtaining for his kingdom a level of stability and wealth that was virtually unmatched elsewhere in Europe, paid for by the Øresund toll and extensive war reparations from Sweden.

Bishop Hans Brask's original justifications for the canal's construction were the onerous Sound Dues imposed by Denmark – Norway on all vessels passing through the narrow Øresund channel between Sweden and Denmark and the trouble with the Hanseatic League.

Along with the fortress Kärnan, Helsingborg on the opposite coast of Øresund, it controlled the entranceway to the Baltic Sea.

The Øresund Bridge ( which includes a 3 km tunnel ) between Danish capital Copenhagen and the largest city of Scania, Malmö was inaugurated on 1 July 2000 by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

* Øresund station on the Copenhagen Metro

The astronomer Tycho Brahe applied the method in Scandinavia, completing a detailed triangulation in 1579 of the island of Hven, where his observatory was based, with reference to key landmarks on both sides of the Øresund, producing an estate plan of the island in 1584.

In the reign of king Eric of Pomerania the Danish government began to receive a large part of its income from the so-called Sound Dues toll on international merchant ships passing through the Øresund.

Uranienborg () was a Danish astronomical observatory operated by Tycho Brahe ; built circa 1576-1580 on Hven, an island in the Øresund between Zealand and Scania, which at that time was part of Denmark.

However, it was repeatedly delayed ; contributory factors included the 1973 oil crisis and its economic fallout, a slump in air travel, and opposition from campaigners concerned about the impact on the fragile environment in the Øresund and around the island.

Northern Øresund, Sweden is on one side of it and Denmark on the other.

The Jews were smuggled out of Denmark over the Øresund strait from Zealand to Sweden — a passage of varying time depending on the specific route and the weather, but averaging under an hour on the choppy winter sea, as noted by Preben Munch-Nielsen in an interview with the USHMM.

Hørsholm is a town on the Øresund coast approximately north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

* Rungsted Kyst Station and Kokkedal Station on the coast are located on Kystbanen and served by the Oresundtrains which continue to Copenhagen Airport and across the Øresund bridge to Sweden.

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

In part, this design was a method used to avoid high taxes collected by Denmark in the Øresund, which was assessed based on area of the main deck.

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The city itself has no beaches on the Baltic, but there is one nearby at Øresund.

Flakfortet, meaning sand-shoal fortress, is a sea fort located on the artificially built island of Saltholmreb, in Øresund between Copenhagen and Saltholm.