Bella Center (abbreviated BC) is Scandinavia's second largest exhibition and conference center (after Messecenter Herning), and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Located in Ørestad between the city centre and Copenhagen Airport, it offers an indoor area of 121,800 square metres (1,311,000 sq ft) and has a capacity of 30,000 people.

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Bella Center
Exterior of the venue seen from the northwest (c.2007)
Address	Center Blvd 5 DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
Location	Ørestad
Coordinates	55°38′15″N 12°34′42″E
Owner	BC Hospitality Group
Opened	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Expanded	1973–75 2000 2009-2011 2014 2021
Banquet/ballroom	4,326 (Kongressal)
Theatre seating	8,600 (Bella Arena)[1] 930 (Auditorium 10-12) 582 (Auditorium 15)
Enclosed space
• Total space	121,800 m2 (1,311,000 sq ft)
• Exhibit hall floor	33,460 m2 (360,200 sq ft)
• Breakout/meeting	8,547 m2 (92,000 sq ft)
• Ballroom	6,125 m2 (65,930 sq ft)
Public transit access	Bella Center Station
Website
Official website

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Among the larger annual events is the Copenhagen International Fashion Fair, the main event of Copenhagen Fashion Week held twice a year - in February and August, and CODE, the main event of Copenhagen Design Week.

Bella Center takes its name from Bellahøj in northern Copenhagen where the convention centre was first situated. Its first building was constructed in 1965 to the design of the architect Erik Møller. During 1973–75, Bella Center was moved to its current location on Amager between the city centre and Copenhagen airport, while the original building was converted into a sports center under the name Grøndals Centret.^[2] At this stage, Bella Center's new premises were located in an undeveloped area outside the city on the former Amager Commons.

With the development of Ørestad, as decided in 1992 with construction starting from around the turn of the millennium, Bella Center's surroundings are in the process of changing into a dense urban area. When the M1 line of the Copenhagen Metro opened in 2004, it was with a station named for the Bella Center located next to it.

Bella Center's facilities include:

• Congress Hall that can be divided into three individual sections (up to 4,200 persons)
• 4 auditoriums with capacities from 310-930 persons
• 63 flexible meeting rooms (from 2-400 persons)
• Center Hall for banquets, parties, welcoming area, etc.
• Various halls that can be used as congress and exhibition halls
• Shopping centre with a grocer's shop and florist

Bella Center hosts a large variety of trade fairs, exhibitions, conventions and political summits. Every year, it generally hosts 25-30 large exhibitions as well as around 1,300 meetings of varying sizes.^[4]

Bella Center station on the M1 line of the Copenhagen Metro is located next to Bella Center.

The regional Oresundtrains from Copenhagen and Malmö stop at Ørestad station nearby the Bella Center. From here it is possible to change to the Metro M1 line to go one stop to reach the Bella Center metro station. The Oresundtrains also stop at Copenhagen Airport, 5 min. from Ørestad station.

• Bella Center is used as a location at 0:22:17 in the 1977 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang Outta Sight.^[5]