Another idea for Copenhagen would simply be to include the iron age settlement of Roskilde as an independent city on the 600AD map. (It could also spawn on a desired turn.) The city will of course change name to Copenhagen/Köpenhamn/whatever when it is conquered. No need for the Swedish civ to ever found the city - or to acquire it at all for that matter.
Speaking of Scandinavian cities, I personally like to found Gothenburg/Göteborg as an Fort (or Town, as Towns have the same benefits in my RFC), because it makes it possible to sail to Stockholm and the Baltic Sea without ever passing Denmark/Germany. (The Götakanal makes this waterway passable in real life, but it doesn't allow warships or anything like that.)
Gothenburg is, by the way, really a 17th century city. The main settlement on that spot before this time was actually Kungsbacka (Kongahälla) and may have been founded as early as the 10th century. This could be corrected in the citymap.
Stockholm should of course be preceded by Birka (8th century, while Stockholm is 13th century), and the Uranium tile up north should be Uppsala (another important viking settlement, unknown date).
Personally I would just sprinkle the map with Towns where ever historical sites are to be found (and cover everything in Forest, as it once was) so that the map isn't completely devoid of any sign of civilization when the first civs spawn. Even City Ruins on spots of previous settlement create ambiance, I think. (I'm talking about the 600AD map.)
Speaking of Scandinavian cities, I personally like to found Gothenburg/Göteborg as an Fort (or Town, as Towns have the same benefits in my RFC), because it makes it possible to sail to Stockholm and the Baltic Sea without ever passing Denmark/Germany. (The Götakanal makes this waterway passable in real life, but it doesn't allow warships or anything like that.)
Gothenburg is, by the way, really a 17th century city. The main settlement on that spot before this time was actually Kungsbacka (Kongahälla) and may have been founded as early as the 10th century. This could be corrected in the citymap.
Stockholm should of course be preceded by Birka (8th century, while Stockholm is 13th century), and the Uranium tile up north should be Uppsala (another important viking settlement, unknown date).
Personally I would just sprinkle the map with Towns where ever historical sites are to be found (and cover everything in Forest, as it once was) so that the map isn't completely devoid of any sign of civilization when the first civs spawn. Even City Ruins on spots of previous settlement create ambiance, I think. (I'm talking about the 600AD map.)