Zoo København

Copenhagen, Denmark

About Zoo København

Zoo København was founded by the ornithologist Niels Kjærbølling in 1859. He was given the summer garden of “Prinsess Vilhelmines Have” by the chief directorate of Copenhagen.

Zoo København comprises 11 hectares (27 acres) and is located in the municipality of Frederiksberg.

Starting in the early 1980s, Copenhagen Zoo has been undergoing a renovations aimed at replacing cages with enclosures which recreate animals’ natural environments, giving a better lifestyle to the animals, and a more realistic experience to visitors.

Official website: www.zoo.dk

Giant pandas at Zoo København

Preparations for the arrival of the two new VIP residents have been under way for years. The cooperation was officially agreed upon when the queen of Denmark paid a state visit to China in 2014.

The official opening of new Panda House at the Copenhagen Zoo will take place on April 10, 2019 in the presence of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Chinese Ambassador to Denmark Deng Ying, as well as senior officials from China National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

The opening also will mark the formal start of the Sino-Danish Giant Panda Joint Research Project.

Designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group, the new panda house at the Copenhagen Zoo is inspired by the Chinese yin and yang symbol.

Current Giant Pandas

Latest News

Zoo København

Copenhagen Zoo breaks ground for Panda House

2017-11-20

Denmark’s most visited zoo in the capital city of Copenhagen held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new enclosure for a pair of giant pandas that are scheduled to come to Denmark from China in about one year. Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen together with Chinese Ambassador to Denmark Deng Ying lifted ceremonial shovels and […]

China to send 2 giant pandas to Denmark

2017-05-05

A pair of giant pandas, male He Xing and female Mao Er, will head to Copenhagen for collaborative research between China and Denmark. They will live in Copenhagen Zoo for 15 years, according to the agreement signed between the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens and the zoo.   Source: China.org

Copenhagen Zoo unveils plan of giant panda enclosure

2017-03-27

Denmark’s most visited zoo in the capital city of Copenhagen unveiled on Sunday the design of a planned enclosure for two giant pandas that are scheduled to come to Denmark from China around the end of next year. The Panda House is a brainchild of Copenhagen Zoo in collaboration with two local architects and landscape […]

Zoo Kobenhavn will become a giant panda zoo in the future

2014-05-01

Denmark’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Lidegaard made a deal with the Chinese president, to bring two giant pandas to the Copenhagen Zoo, on his two-day state visit to China at the end of April 2014. Lidegaard said, “I’m very happy that China will allow Denmark to lease two pandas. It’s the ultimate symbol of […]

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