Rudersdal, Hovedstaden Region, Denmark

🇩🇰 Rudersdal Municipality is a part suburban, part rural municipality located on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 73 km². The distance from Copenhagen City Hall Square is approximately 20 km. The western part of the municipality is served by the Hillerød radial of the S-train network while the eastern part is served by the Coast Line. Administratively Rudersdal Municipality belongs to Region Hovedstaden.

On 1 January 2007 Rudersdal municipality was created as the result of 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, consisting of the former municipalities of Søllerød and Birkerød. Rudersdal Town Hall (formerly Søllerød Town Hall), completed in 1942, was designed by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen.

History Birkerød Municipality was a municipality in Frederiksborg County, and Søllerød Municipality was a municipality in Copenhagen County, both on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. As of 2007 the two municipalities ceased to exist as they were merged to form Rudersdal Municipality. The municipality of Birkerød covered an area of 34 square km (13 square miles). It merged with Søllerød Municipality to form the new Rudersdal municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 73 square km (28 square miles). The new municipality belongs to the new Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region").

Demography Residents lived in neighbourhoods such as Holte and Søllerød that are part of Copenhagen's urban area, Birkerød, Hørsholm, Skodsborg, Ravnsnæs, Høsterkøb lived in rural zones.

Transport: Rail Birkerød and Holte stations are located on the Hillerød radial of the S-train network. Both are served by the A trains and Holte station is also served by the E trains.

Skodsborg and Vedbæk stations are located on the Coast Line between Copenhagen and Helsingør. The line is served by the Øresundståg trains.

The Nærum Line links Nærum with Jægersborg station on the S-train network.

Transport: Road Major roads include Lyngby Kongevej and the Helsingør Motorway.

Cycling and walking KulturSlangen is a 14.5 km, signposted greenway which runs from Næsseslottet in Holte in the west to Vedbæk Marina on the Øresund Coast in the east. It was established in 1996 and passes various points of interest. A number of smaller round trails extends from the route. The Vedbæk Circuit (Danish: Vedbækturen) was inaugurated on 22 November 2015.

Rudersdal Municipality will be served by the under development network of Super Bikeways in metropolitan Copenhagen. Bike lanes are already available on Lyngby Kongevej and many other roads.