Copenhagen's Kobenhavn H, the Danish capital's central railway station, carries the code ZGH in some travel systems, but it is a train station, not an airport, and there is no on-site aviation-style rental counter to speak of; car rental here means city-based desks operated in and around the station area in the heart of Copenhagen. Most visitors instead fly into Copenhagen Airport (CPH), a major international hub on the island of Amager a short distance from the center, where a wider range of international and local rental companies operate directly at the terminal, making it the more common pickup point for anyone wanting a car from the moment they land.
For those who prefer to rent once already in the city, desks near Kobenhavn H and the surrounding downtown area serve travelers heading out by road rather than rail, particularly useful for day trips beyond the city's excellent public transport network. From central Copenhagen, the Oresund Bridge carries traffic across to Malmo and the rest of southern Sweden, a drive of roughly forty minutes including the crossing, making a car genuinely useful for a same-day cross-border excursion that would otherwise require switching to train travel.
Driving is on the right throughout Denmark, and central Copenhagen itself is dense with cyclists, pedestrians and narrow one-way streets, so a rental car is often more useful for leaving the city than for navigating within it; many visitors take transit within Copenhagen and reserve the car for excursions to the countryside, the northern coast, or across into Sweden. Fuel stations are common on the city's outskirts and along the highway network but less convenient in the compact center. For a station-area or downtown pickup, confirming the exact desk location in advance, rather than assuming an on-site counter at Kobenhavn H itself, will save time and avoid confusion at arrival.