Copenhagen summers are short and the sun is low — which means shadows are long, and the city’s horse-chestnut rows work harder per tree than anywhere south of it. The Lakes’ gravel promenade runs 6 kilometers under near-continuous canopy, and the dense inner districts (the Latin Quarter, Nyboder’s yellow rows) self-shade on the old-street geometry.
These picks run the lake bank and the connectors into town. Danes sun-worship in June — you may be the only one seeking shade, and the shaded benches are gloriously free.