Guidebook for Copenhagen
Food Scene
Vesterbros first and still most popular cafe located in an old drugstore
328 locals recommend
Cafe Bang & Jensen
130 IstedgadeVesterbros first and still most popular cafe located in an old drugstore
Charming old style decorated café with french atmosphere and delicious simple food.
315 locals recommend
Granola
5 VærnedamsvejCharming old style decorated café with french atmosphere and delicious simple food.
Madklubben Vesterbro
62 VesterbrogadeCheap, cool and modern eatery. Book in weekends.
Traditional old style danish food in outdoor courtyard. Fun place to eat and have Some beer.
42 locals recommend
Restaurant Klubben v/Daniella Angelique Dalsgård
4 EnghavevejTraditional old style danish food in outdoor courtyard. Fun place to eat and have Some beer.
ITALO DISCO
5 OehlenschlægersgadeItalian trattoria. Opened november 2015.
Best Osteria in town. For 250 kr. you get the days selection of 7 dishes.
194 locals recommend
Osteria 16
16 HaderslevgadeBest Osteria in town. For 250 kr. you get the days selection of 7 dishes.
Kødbyens Fiskebar
100 FlæsketorvetEat fish, have a drink, have a party.
Paté Paté
1 Slagterbodernesmall dishes, excellent wine, cool place. good for lunch or dinner.
For eating meat and drinking the best beer in Copenhagen. By one of the worlds best brewers Mikkeller.
120 locals recommend
Warpigs Brewpub
25-37 FlæsketorvetFor eating meat and drinking the best beer in Copenhagen. By one of the worlds best brewers Mikkeller.
Also a Mikkeller place. Have a typical danish rye bread lunch, A small home-brewed snaps, and Mikkellers great beer.
19 locals recommend
ØL & BRØD
6 ViktoriagadeAlso a Mikkeller place. Have a typical danish rye bread lunch, A small home-brewed snaps, and Mikkellers great beer.
Ex Noma chef Rosio Sanchez new restaurant. Her goal is to make it the best mexican restaurant in Europe.
Opened dec 17.
55 locals recommend
Sanchez
60 IstedgadeEx Noma chef Rosio Sanchez new restaurant. Her goal is to make it the best mexican restaurant in Europe.
Opened dec 17.
Ancestrale
12 OehlenschlægersgadeGreat wine, food and atmosphere
Kiin Kiin Bao Bao
96 VesterbrogadePizzeria 54
54 Sønder Blvd.Great simple italian food and pizzas
Great brunch where you choose small dishes. Sometimes too many people and too noisy. Book a table in weekends.
471 locals recommend
Mad & Kaffe
68 Sønder Blvd.Great brunch where you choose small dishes. Sometimes too many people and too noisy. Book a table in weekends.
Great place for typical danish open sandwiches og traditional food. And great place to have som bears and hang out.
Old bar - cosy atmosphere.
535 locals recommend
Café Dyrehaven
72 Sønder Blvd.Great place for typical danish open sandwiches og traditional food. And great place to have som bears and hang out.
Old bar - cosy atmosphere.
Osteria 16 Pesce
54 Sønder Blvd.Osteria 16
16 HaderslevgadeAuthentic, simple and super delicious Fish Osteria.
Everything Else
Vela Gay Club
ViktoriagadeGaybar (lesbian)
"The old meatpacking district" Lots of restaurants, bars, nightclubs, take away - blended with galleries, food markets, pop-up shops etc. Always something going on.
1635 locals recommend
Meatpacking District, Copenhagen
"The old meatpacking district" Lots of restaurants, bars, nightclubs, take away - blended with galleries, food markets, pop-up shops etc. Always something going on.
Drinks & Nightlife
Vega
40 EnghavevejConcerts, bar & nightclub. Just a 5 min walk away.
Falernum
16 VærnedamsvejCosy Winebar & Restaurant
Come and taste my friend Mikkels amazing beer. Considered one of the best beer bars in the world. Best bar in Copenhagen 2012.
327 locals recommend
Mikkeller Bar
8 ViktoriagadeCome and taste my friend Mikkels amazing beer. Considered one of the best beer bars in the world. Best bar in Copenhagen 2012.
LIDKOEB
72B VesterbrogadeAmazing cocktails in cool backyard
Brass Monkey
31 EnghavevejSubtropical surfer bar. Fun and cool. Great cocktails.
Favourite cocktailbar. Old 60s danish designer furniture in brown and cosy basement. For conversation and chilling. Not crowded.
132 locals recommend
Duck and Cover Bar
6 DannebrogsgadeFavourite cocktailbar. Old 60s danish designer furniture in brown and cosy basement. For conversation and chilling. Not crowded.
Small, cosy, but fantastic cocktailbar. Not too fancy, not too many people.
30 locals recommend
Atze Peng
56 EnghavevejSmall, cosy, but fantastic cocktailbar. Not too fancy, not too many people.
cocktailbar in cosy, dark room with old furniture. No sign from outside but the facade is all dark.
40 locals recommend
1656 Cocktail Bar
33 Gasværksvejcocktailbar in cosy, dark room with old furniture. No sign from outside but the facade is all dark.
Mikropolis
22 VendersgadeMikkeller beer and great cocktails
The Barking Dog
19 Sankt Hans GadeCosy small Nørrebro bar
Entertainment & Activities
Small local movie that hasn't changed for decades. A favorite of mine because of the chilled atmosphere, and often you have the theater to yourselves.
94 locals recommend
Vester Vov Vov
5 AbsalonsgadeSmall local movie that hasn't changed for decades. A favorite of mine because of the chilled atmosphere, and often you have the theater to yourselves.
Old cinema in city centre. My favorite. A strong profile in choice of movies, meaning quality movies - many independent and foreign movies.
101 locals recommend
Grand Teatret
8 Mikkel Bryggers GadeOld cinema in city centre. My favorite. A strong profile in choice of movies, meaning quality movies - many independent and foreign movies.
Shopping
Shop Dora
6 VærnedamsvejDesign shop
Kyoto
95 IstedgadeDANSK Made for Rooms
80 IstedgadeCool and expensive design store
Arts & Culture
Fotografisk Center, Bygning 55
16 StaldgadePhotographic exhibitions in Kødbyen (Meatpacking)
Charlottenborg Palace
2 NyhavnContemporary art scene. My favourite in town.
Copenhagen’s international art center showing installation art created by world stars and new emerging talents.
85 locals recommend
Copenhagen Contemporary
173A RefshalevejCopenhagen’s international art center showing installation art created by world stars and new emerging talents.
Statens Museum For Kunst
48-50 SølvgadeNational gallery of Denmark
Den Frie.
1 Oslo Pl.Kunstforeningen Gl Strand
48 Gammel StrandBest art museum in Denmark. Takes an hour to get there but it is well worth it.
1372 locals recommend
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
13 Gl StrandvejBest art museum in Denmark. Takes an hour to get there but it is well worth it.
ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst
100 SkovvejDanish Architecture Center
10 BryghusgadeEssentials
Netto
74 Godthåbsvejcheapest, longest line
SuperBrugsen
50 MatthæusgadeMy fav. The one with most organic food.
føtex food Matthæusgade
48 MatthæusgadeHigh-end. A lot of organic and ready made salads and stuff. Usually no line.
Fantastic small "grocery store" where you can get about anything a hipster craves for. Coffee, grocery, beer, wine, books, magazines, chocolate, juices, great bread and musli from "Brød". Ryebreed sandwiches to go. And so much more. Open til midnight.
Wide selection of micro-beer in the basement.
286 locals recommend
KIHOSKH
53 Sønder Blvd.Fantastic small "grocery store" where you can get about anything a hipster craves for. Coffee, grocery, beer, wine, books, magazines, chocolate, juices, great bread and musli from "Brød". Ryebreed sandwiches to go. And so much more. Open til midnight.
Wide selection of micro-beer in the basement.
Hart Bageri
109 Gl. KongevejFantastic bread
Meyers Deli
107 Gl. KongevejBaker and small deli. The best bread in Copenhagen. Try their “surdejsbrød” with “vesterhavsost” (cheese). Good for take away coffee for “Enghave plads”. Its their Bread they sell in “khioskh”
200 locals recommend
Brød
7 Enghave Pl.Baker and small deli. The best bread in Copenhagen. Try their “surdejsbrød” with “vesterhavsost” (cheese). Good for take away coffee for “Enghave plads”. Its their Bread they sell in “khioskh”