An urban nature reserve on Amager Island, wedged between Copenhagen's city life and Ørestad.
Amager Fælled
Amager Fælled is a roughly 223-hectare protected natural area in the northwestern part of Amager, the broad island that forms the southern flank of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies west of the modern Ørestad development and is bounded by Ørestads Boulevard to the east, Artillerivej to the west, Vejlands Allé to the south, and Islands Brygge to the north, sitting beside the larger Kalvebod Fælled to the south.
The reserve is characterized by a mix of raw soils, clay and chalk-rich subsoil, and layers of older construction debris that have created distinctive pioneer-plant habitats. Among these artificial substrates are patches of preserved original coastal meadow, a small lake known as Grønjordssøen, and a newly constructed canal, giving the area an unusual blend of urban-edge and wild character.
Amager Fælled is valued both as a recreational green space for Copenhageners and as a habitat for rare and EU-protected plant, fungus, amphibian, and insect species. Its history is layered, shaped by centuries of military use, landfill, agricultural grazing, and finally modern conservation, making it one of the capital's most distinctive and contested urban nature reserves.
