Gourmandiet is small butcher shop on a quiet side street in Østerbro. A delicious little shop with only the best quality butcher goods. Apart from some of the best beef and pork in Denmark the shop also sells sausages, pates and other butcher goods. While their butcher products are great and worth a visit, the real attraction is what happens at night after butcher-shops normally close. The owners thought that it was a shame to have such a nice room just sitting around, so they started opening their doors Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. A few tables has been setup around the shop and a chef and a waiter has been hired. At night they serve a simple menu of with a lone starter (a plate of Danish salamis, cured ham and other cold cuts), a selection of different cuts of beef with todays garnish and finally a single dessert (usually something delicious with Danish apples). The décor is simple but with a few nice details: The chairs are lined with sheepskins and the wall is full of shelves with various delicacies. Gourmandiet serves fantastic Danish meat in a very homely atmosphere. There is only a handful of tables so reservations are essential, but it ensures a very personal dining experience facilitated by the very attentive staff. Details about this spot (Show on map).jpg)
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Gourmandiet | Shopping, Snacks, Restaurants (Meat) | Steak DKK 250.00
Rosenvængets Allé 7A | Østerbro | +4539271000
Shop Mon – Fri 11:00 – 18:00, Sat 10:00 – 15:00 | Restaurant Thu – Sat 17:30 – 00:00
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Tip: Download our The cutest dresses in town! On the street with the most of variety in Copenhagen, Istedgade, you can find a small shop offering you a trip back in time, straight to the fifties. Dixie Grey offers a great deal of beautiful clothing, jewelry and shoes, all in the style they call “Modern vintage”. The best way to describe their clothing is found from their webpage: “Humor, nostalgia and stories are all essential to the design of Dixie Grey clothing”. See it for yourselves, this shop is worth experiencing! Not that the clothes wouldn’t be enough, Dixie Grey also sells Vivienne Westwood’s amazing shoes! ps. After shopping at Dixies, continue your Mad Men -inspired day with a drink at The Jane… Details about this spot (Show on map).jpg)
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Dixie Grey | Shopping
Istedgade 56c | Vesterbro | +4535131808
Mon – Fri 11:00 – 18:00, Sat 11:00 – 15:00
This is one of my two favorite vintage shops in Copenhagen because I do not have to go through piles and piles of hideous 1980′s dresses. I can just walk in and enjoy all the beautiful items that have been handpicked by the shop’s owner Pauli Tvilling. This of course does affect the price level, which is on the high side, but you definitely do have the creme of the creme here. Although there are items from the 1920′s, 30′s and 40′s – even 1900′s and 1910′s – the shop’s biggest strength is definitely 1950′s dresses! In these, there is a large variety in sizes, so there should be something for every frame and every taste, and although I’m certainly no size small, but I have always found something that I can fit. Go and try your luck! Details about this spot (Show on map).jpg)
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FN92 Vintage | Shopping | 50′s dress +/- DKK 750
Larsbjoernstraede 6, kld. th | Inner City | +4533132050
Mon – Sat 11:00 – 18:00
Grønsagen is one of my favorite places at Christiania. It’s a greengrocer’s shop and restaurant/café combined! It’s very (very!) small and filled with baskets with vegetables and fruit. At the counter you’ll find various salads, lasagna and bread. Especially the salads are very tasty and creative with nuts, beetroot, pasta, eggplant, and all of your favorite traditional or nontraditional vegetables. The food is prized per weight. It’s a bit expensive, but nutritious and delicious! In the middle of the room are a couple of tables and chairs so it’s possible to sit down and enjoy your lunch, but you can also take your plastic plate and your food outside and sit wherever you like on one of the many beautiful and cozy spots at Christiania. If you want to eat outside in the sunlight I recommend bringing your food into Haven (“the garden”) and to sit on the grass like a true Copenhagener! I have to warn you that this spot is a bit chilly during wintertime, but if you are already equipped for walking around the city, it should not be much of a problem. If you are staying inside, Grønsagen has a wall with some very large windows, so with all the greens it’s kind of like being inside a greenhouse, but luckily without the damp. There is something very beautiful and fragile about the interior and the way the light falls inside this place is gorgeous. Remember to enjoy this! Details about this spot (Show on map).jpg)
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Grønsagen | Shopping, Restaurants (Healthy) | Salad plate DKK 35.00
Pusherstreet/Fremtidsskoven | Christianshavn
Mon – Fri 09:00 – 19:00, Sat – Sun 10:00 – 19:00
“Genbrug” means vintage in Danish and this is both the name and the contents of the shop. The shop is quite big for one that sells vintage and it is also remarkably popular, even for the vintage-loving Danes. The shop has two departments. The first one is entered from Vesterbrogade and contains all you could ever dream of in all sorts of clothes and accessories, while the second department, just next door, holds shoes (mostly high heeled and leather booths) and purses. Genbrug offers new goods regularly and has a local trend spotter who makes sure that the fashion victims won’t go home hungry. Especially dresses from every decade of the last century can be purchased and admired. Both dresses for daily wear and huge Cindarella robes with glitter and skirts like balloons. Even though you may never wear one, it’s good to be one the safe side and squeeze one into the closet, ay? For a vintage shop the shoe department is impressive. The high heeled shoes are put in order by color in the biggest room along with the purses, while the boots live their vintage lives in the other room. Go get them! Details about this spot (Show on map).jpg)
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Genbrug | Shopping
Vesterbrogade 79 | Vesterbro
Mon – Fri 11:00 – 17:30, Sat 10:00 – 15:00
