How do guests get to the party by metro and bus?
10 August 2026 · 5 min
Somebody always writes "the address is in the invitation" and leaves it there. Then a dozen guests stand at the wrong metro exit at half past five, and the starters go out cold while a cousin walks the length of Amagerbrogade in good shoes.
The fix takes ten minutes and belongs in the invitation, not in a reply to a group chat the night before. Here is everything a guest needs to reach Højdevej 59 in 2300 København S, in the order they will need it.
Which metro station should you name in the invitation
Name one station, not three. Guests who get a choice will pick wrongly.
The one to name is Lergravsparken on the M2. It sits about 1.0 km away, which is a walk of roughly 12 to 13 minutes, and it is in fare zone 1.
Two others are within reach if a guest is already on the wrong train:
- Amagerbro, also on the M2 and also in zone 1, about 1.45 km out, so roughly 17 minutes on foot.
- Øresund, about 1.5 km and roughly 18 minutes, but it sits in fare zone 3 rather than zone 1, which matters to anyone buying a single ticket rather than tapping a travel card.
Guests flying in should know that Copenhagen Airport, signposted as Lufthavnen, is in fare zone 4. They can stay on the same M2 line the whole way and change nothing but the ticket.
The walk from Lergravsparken, street by street
This is the part worth writing down, because a map application will send people round three different ways and none of them will match what you told them.
From Lergravsparken the route runs via Østrigsgade, Wittenberggade, Øresundsvej, Prøvestens Allé, Sixtusvej and Kastrupvej. It is flat the whole way, it is residential rather than industrial, and the distances above are measured along the pavement network rather than drawn as straight lines, so the 12 to 13 minutes is a real number for a real person rather than an optimistic one.
Tell older guests and anyone in heels to take the bus instead, which brings us to the stop most people never find on their own.
The bus stop about two minutes from our door
Sundby Kirkegård, on Kastrupvej, is about 181 m from us. That is roughly 2 minutes on foot, and it is the single most useful fact in this article.
It is served by line 8A, which runs between Valby Station and Lergravsparken Station on electric buses, around the clock. A guest who arrives at Lergravsparken and does not want the walk can simply stay on the same journey: out of the station, onto the 8A, off at Sundby Kirkegård.
Three more stops sit within about 400 m of us, which gives you options for guests coming from other parts of the city:
- Amager Hospital, also on line 8A.
- Grækenlandsvej, on line 77.
- Tycho Brahes Allé, on line 5C. That line runs 24 hours a day between Herlev Hospital and Copenhagen Airport along Amagerbrogade, so it is the useful one for anyone coming across the bridge from the city side or landing late.
What about the guests who drive
Free parking on site, which is not something most halls in Copenhagen can offer, and it changes the shape of the whole evening. Nobody circles the block with a cake balanced on the passenger seat, and the people carrying in decoration and gifts park where they are unloading.
The two distances worth quoting in an invitation are short. Copenhagen Airport to Højdevej 59 is 4.90 km. Copenhagen Central Station to Højdevej 59 is 4.59 km. We sit almost exactly halfway between the country's main air gateway and its main rail one, which is why family flying in from abroad and family arriving by train from Jutland can be told the same thing: it is a short drive, whichever direction you are coming from. Journey times depend on the hour, so give an approximate one and no more. Our page on the hall on Amager covers the rest of the practical detail, and the practical information page has the address, the access times and the house rules in one place.
How the last guests get home
This is the question that decides whether people stay for the final hour, and Copenhagen answers it better than almost anywhere.
The metro runs 24 hours a day. Roughly every 2 minutes at peak, roughly every 3 minutes in the daytime and at weekends, roughly every 8 minutes on Friday and Saturday nights between 01:00 and 07:00, and roughly every 20 minutes on other nights. A guest leaving a Saturday party at two in the morning waits about as long as a guest leaving a Tuesday meeting at midday. Line 5C is there around the clock as well.
Say that out loud in the invitation. It is the sentence that persuades the friend who was going to leave at ten "because of the trains" to stay through the speeches and the dancing.
The paragraph to paste into your invitation
Here is the whole thing, ready to use. Adjust the arrival time and send it as it stands:
"Maiya Party Hall, Højdevej 59, 2300 København S. By metro take the M2 to Lergravsparken, then walk about 12 to 13 minutes via Østrigsgade, Wittenberggade, Øresundsvej, Prøvestens Allé, Sixtusvej and Kastrupvej. By bus take line 8A to Sundby Kirkegård on Kastrupvej, about 2 minutes from the door. If you drive, there is free parking on site. The metro runs all night, so there is no rush at the end."
Send that with the invitation rather than the day before, and the first half hour of your party belongs to you instead of to your phone.
If you are still choosing a hall, do the arrival yourself before you decide. Ride out to Lergravsparken, walk the route once, and knock on our door at the end of it. Book a visit and we will have the room open, or contact us with the date you have in mind and we will tell you what is still free.