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At Bang & Jensen you can get it all. Breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and all kinds of beer, coffee and cocktails. You could almost live here all day – and it would be quite a nice day, too. The prices are very reasonable and the portions are ample.

The places opened back in 1997 and was one of the first cafes in the street – if not the first. Now the area is full of great little places, but this is the place to go! A lot of the young people in Vesterbro uses the place as a mix of study hall, meeting point and living room. That makes the place feel like home.

The service is friendly and the place is usually quite packed. They also have free wireless Internet, so bring your laptop along.

Bang & Jensen is a great place to check out the current street style of Copenhagen. Just get a place by the window or look at the other guests. Style everywhere!

By the way – the kitchen closes at 19:30 on Saturdays to make room for cocktails.

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Bang & Jensen | Bars, Coffee & tea, Music, Snacks, Restaurants (Café style)
Istedgade 130 | Vesterbro | +4533255318
Mon – Fri 08:00 – 02:00, Sat 10:00 – 02:00, Sun 10:00 – 22:00

If there is such a thing as the Copenhagen mainstay café, it must be Café Norden. Very mainstream, very well located (at Amagertorv on the section between the main pedestrian streets Strøget and Købmagergade) and very big.

The café occupies two floors and has an almost industrial quality to it. But despite the scale, the place has a nice atmosphere with the heavy inspiration of a Jugend style Wienna café anno 1895. Complete with specially designed opal lamps on the walls. The ground floor is often busy and can be somewhat crowded and cramped at times, whilst the spacious upper floor has a calmer setting with larger tables, a high ceiling and red leather couches for the lucky ones. The window seats offer an interesting view of Copenhagen’s central hustle-and-bustle shopping havoc.

The offering is of the well assorted café with all sorts of coffee, tea and other hot drinks and also beers and soft drinks. Along with different (good) cakes, ice cream and so on. The kitchen is what you might call “heavy café” and offers both light food and snacks as well as more substantial meals, including a very talented tomato soup, full-meal burgers, lasagna and a quality pasta dish. In fact, everything is quality.

Prices reflect this and are fairly high – at least when it comes to food. The place can be a little hectic at times and you may have to be patient to cope. But generally the café is well staffed and things flow well.

Café Norden has outdoor serving all seasons, weather permitting and does not accept reservations for tables.

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Café Norden | Bars, Coffee & tea, Snacks, Restaurants (bistro)
Østergade 61 | Inner City | +4533117791
09:00 – 00:00 daily (kitchen 09:00 – 21:00, Fri 09:00 – 22:00)

This café is almost a little secret, but I want as many people as possible to know about it.

The outside is not doing the very, very cosy inside justice – and I really think this is one of the most cosy, or “hyggelige” as we say, Danish cafés in Copenhagen. Café Retro is the perfect place to go after a long cold walk when you need to get warm, have a nice cup of coffee and just feel good.

And what makes you feel so good at Café Retro? Not just the great coffee and comfy sofas. But also the very kind and friendly service. And guess what – the bartenders are voluntary workers and all profits go to Africa and India! That is just so great!

The menu is limited to soup and snacks, but they have lots of coffee, beer and wine, so you’ll be just fine.

The café is dedicated to live music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. But they also support a wide range of other cultural events. Keep up to date with current events on the website.

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Café Retro | Bars, Coffee & tea, Music, Snacks, Festivals & events
Knabrostræde 26 | Inner City
Tue – Wed & Sun 13:00 – 23:00, Thu 13:00 – 00:00, Fri – Sat 13:00 – 01:00

The café has a warm and friendly atmosphere and is definitely worth considering if you want a moment’s peace and quiet in the course of a shopping or sightseeing marathon. The combination of a downplayed tasteful interior and quality products is just appealing, in my opinion, and the original art on the walls just adds to this. Spisebilletten has that no-nonsense quality that I appreciate very much.

The kitchen is mainstream café and servings are made on the fly. You can choose from salads and sandwiches and a soup of the week and in addition to a broad selection of coffees and (high quality) teas you can have beer, wine, spirits and soft drinks.

There is a breakfast offer until 12:00 and between 12:00 – 14:00, brunch. Prices are average.

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Café Spisebilletten | Coffee & tea, Snacks, Restaurants (Intern.) | Double Latte DKK 30
Skindergade 3 | Inner City | +4533125803
Mon 11:00 – 18:00, Tue – Fri 11:00 – 21:00 (kitchen 12:00 – 19:30), Sat 12:00 – 17:00

Let it be said right away: I like this place best in the summer. As a café, it is very nice with a tasteful interior and the kitchen and bar are capable of providing a good mainstream product. And this, of course, goes both winter and summer. But in the summertime, its location on the lakeside of one of Copenhagens large, artificial lakes, makes it a gem.

Den Franske Cafe is located on the dividing line between inner Copenhagen and the residential areas of Østerbro. And therefore lends itself perfectly to being a waypoint on a walk along or around one or more of those lakes. Then you can sit and rest outside, under the trees and watch the swans, or people on an evening stroll as you drink your café au lait. Not at all bad.

The menu offering is actually quite broad with typical café/bistro dishes and a breakfast or brunch menu all mornings. And there is a bar capable of beers, wines and even a couple of different cocktails.

Prices are fair to average.

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Den Franske Café | Bars, Coffee & tea, Snacks, Restaurants (Café/Bistro)
Sortedam Dossering 101 | Østerbro | +4535424845
Mon – Fri 09:00 – 23:00, Sat – Sun 10:00 – 23:00 (kitches closes 22:00)

Copenhagen’s best vegetarian and organic meals are served at Den Grønne Kælder located in the heart of the city center. The setup is easy:

1. Ask yourself exactly how hungry you are.

2. Define the number and combination of hot dishes and salads you think you can manage.

3. Then choose (if you can) from the mouthwatering banquet of meals on the menu.

It always takes me years to choose, it all just sounds so good – and it is! The hot dishes range from portobello mushrooms over spinach lasagna to potato and tofu stew. The salads are equally lip smacking, I recommend the beet root or the cabbage and apple as winners.

On a general note the chef is not shy in her use of cream, cheese and oil in the foods, meaning that you will never leave Den Grønne Kælder hungry or unsatisfied.

And don’t forget to treat yourself to the delicious homespun hummus as well (comes with some combinations of dishes) – it rocks!

My best recommendations to this place – and it’s cheap too!

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Den Grønne Kælder | Coffee & tea, Snacks, Restaurants (Veg) | Meal DKK 120.00
Pilestræde 48 | Inner City | +4533930140
Mon – Sat 11:00 – 22:00

The Café Flottenheimer is very charming. A lot of effort has gone into making the place real homey and nice. And it is. Mixed furniture and a rustique feeling.

Located in the absolute center of the city, the cafe (and bar actually) is very nice for just dropping in. Guests are all sorts. Shoppers and chillers. There is a free WIFI network available and you frequently see people working there.

The menu is quite extensive for a small place like this – with convincing offerings in both the food and drink department.

There is a breakfast menu every morning until 12:00 and brunch til 13:00.

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Flottenheimer | Bars, Coffee & tea, Snacks | Café au lait DKK 29.00
Skindergade 20 | Inner City | +4535383212
Mon – Wed 10:00 – 23:00, Thu 10:00 – 01:00, Fri – Sat 10:00 – 02:00, Sun 11:00 – 17:00

Frederiksberg Allé is one of the most beautiful streets in Copenhagen. If you walk from Vesterbrogade towards Frederiksberg, you get a nice feel of what Frederiksberg is like.

And then there is the chocolate. Never forget the chocolate. This is the place to go if you want really good handmade quality. I am told you don’t eat as much chocolate if the quality is high, but that’s not my experience…

Frederiksberg Chokolade dates back to 1923 and the current owner, Tina Jacobsen, has been making the wonderful brown pieces of heaven since 1996. The shop still has that feel of long gone times with great service and customer care. But just the smell alone makes the visit worth while. And you’ll need plenty of time if you want to select all the chocolate your self. They have so much to choose from.

I recommend that you try a “flødebolle”. I’m told it’s a Danish thing. It’s a cream puff with a marshmallow kind of filling coated in chocolate on a wafer biscuit. Just try it – it’s a mouthful!

Visit the shop online.

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Frederiksberg Chokolade | Shopping, Snacks | Cream puff DKK 17.00
Frederiksberg Allé 64 | Frederiksberg | +4533223635
Mon – Thu 10:30 – 17:30, Fri 10:30 – 18:00, Sat 10:00 – 14:00

Frederiksberg Have is great for a Sunday stroll in the snow – actually it’s great in any weather, but at the moment its just gorgeous! It’s a good place for looking at birds and apart from the ducks and geese wagging around everywhere waiting to be fed by strolling moms, dads and grandmothers with children, the beautiful heron is not an uncommon sight.

Furthermore, the park borders with Copenhagen Zoo which last year finished their new elephant house, built by none less than the world famous architect Norman Foster. Before this new elephant house appeared, only the smell of animal dumplings would let you know that you were near a zoo. But now with this new and wonderful initiative the fence has been removed and you can enjoy the sight of huge Indian elephants from your walk in the park.

I am generally not a zoo fan, but these particular elephants seem to really enjoy themselves – but who wouldn’t in a huge naturally lighted Norman Foster dome with private pool and thermal insulation? When you enter the park from Pile Allé keep left and walk for a

bout 10 minutes before you get there.

For more pictures of the beautiful elephant house, have a look here

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Frederiksberg Have | Relaxing, Snacks | Free
Pile Allé | Frederiksberg
06:00 – 18:00 daily

Ingolfs Kaffebar is a really good reason to come to Amager. This cosy cafe / restaurant / bar is a favorite among a lot of the locals and with good reason. When you visit Ingolfs you’ll feel taken care of the their friendly staff. You can eat great food in relaxed surroundings. Have great coffee. Listen to live music. Enjoy life!

Ingolfs Kaffebar is a great place to have brunch with the family. Lunch with friends, and a romantic dinner with your sweetheart. Or you can sit and enjoy your own company with coffee and a lovely piece of cake. The choice is yours!
The live events have high priority and you can see the program on the website along with really great photos of prior events.

The people behind Ingolfs Kaffebar also own a similar place in Bornholm.

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Ingolfs Kaffebar | Bars, Snacks, Restaurants (Café style) | Brunch DKK 114
Ingolfs Allé 3 | Amager | +4532599596
Sun – Mon 10:00 – 22:00, Tue – Sat 10:00 – 00:00

Two steps down in Elmegade 4 you can get great black coffee at Kaffebar. Along with delicious bread, high quality chocolate a wide selection of the and other amazing treats this is a great spot to hang out, read magazines and watch city life in the street outside. It’s also a good place to do some bike-spotting as seen on Copenhagen Cycle Chic. Elmegade is not a wide street, but quite busy and it has a very cool atmosphere with a lot of great shops.

The interior of Kaffebar is very clean and Scandinavian with it’s wood and simple lines. Easy on the eyes in a part of town with so much to see, so this is a great place to reload and get new energy.

A great thing about this place is also that they open at 08:00. which is not normal cafe opening hours in Copenhagen.

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Kaffebar | Coffee & tea, Snacks | Café Latte to stay DKK 30.00
Elmegade 4 | Nørrebro
Mon – Fri 08:00 – 18:00, Sat – Sun 08:00 – 18:00

Located in Frederiksberg right around the corner from the always buzzing street Værnedamsvej, you will find Kleistkaffe, a small and intimate cafe owned by Helle Kleist, author of a series of cook books on healthy food. Both the location and the name makes this place a little bit more expensive than the average café, but the good quality of food and coffee makes up for it.

The best reason to go there is the brunch, which is much better here than in most other places where i have tried my sometimes very poor luck with this otherwise popular late breakfast/early lunch concept. Tortilla, pancakes with syrup, brie, emmentaler, parma ham, delicious homemade rye bread, fruit, juice, yogurt and muesli with a mix of blueberries and almonds on top is what you will get for the price of 105 Kr. You have to order your coffee or tea on the side as its not included in the price.

Most of what is on the menu you can get “to go” as well. They offer a great selection of sandwiches, “healthy lunch”, salads and a soup of the day. So far i have tried their pumpkin and coconut soup with fried nuts and seeds on top and bread on the side – spicy and delicious. The place also offers all sorts of coffee, milkshakes, lassies, smoothies and so on. In summer the sun shines on their sidewalk terrace all during the afternoon and early evening – nice!

A tip would be to take a stroll up Værnedamsvej to feel the almost Parisian vibe of the street, then turn around the corner to sit down for a nice brunch at Kleistkaffe. And last but not least breathe in the fresh air in Frederiksberg Have (see the Frederiksberg Have article) at the end of Frederiksberg Allé.

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Kleistkaffe | Coffee & tea, Relaxing, Snacks | Brunch DKK 105
Frederiksberg Allé 12 | Frederiksberg | +4520613163
10:00 – 17:00 daily

Kvarterhuset in Jemtelandsgade is my local library, but it’s not all books. It is so much more! The location is a great big house where all kinds of cultural events take place. Click here for the recent program.

In the bright hall you can read newspapers, magazines and just hang out. But my favorite part is the café located to the right when you go in. The service is friendly and attentive, the prices are very reasonable.

The thing I like most about Kvarterhuset is that it is located sort of out of the way, but it’s still easy to get to. It’s just behind the church on Holmbladsgade – close to Amagerbrogade and Amagerbro metro station. And just behind the building is Prags Boulevard – a 1,8 km. park and activity area designed by Kristine Jensens Tegnestue in 2005. Read more about the area on Copenhagen X.

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Kvarterhuset | Art & culture, Coffee & tea, Snacks, Theaters, Restaurants (Café style)
Jemtelandsgade 3 | Amager | +4582325532
Mon – Thu 10:00 – 19:00, Fri 10:00 – 18:00, Sat 10:00 – 14:00

When I really want a treat I go to Lagkagehuset. This is in my humble opinion the best bakery in all of Copenhagen.

Located just in the heart of Christianshavn – by the canal and the metro – it’s a great place to start of the day exploring this beautiful part of town.

You can choose from so many delicious breads and cakes, have coffee, juice and what your heart desire. My favorite at the moment is teacake with raisins. And strawberry cake. And walnut bread. And chocolate muffins. And rasberry muffins. And anything with cinnamon – yum!

You can sit at the counter and look at the people running to and from buses and metro, watch the sightseeing boats sail by and plan your day. But I also recommend taking your baked goods and find a nice bench by the canal a bit away from all the traffic.

This is not, however, the cheapest bakery. But it’s very much woth the extra expence. The service is friendly and swift, and the location is perfect – not to mention that the house also is called Lagkagehuset – Layer cake house.

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Lagkagehuset | Coffee & tea, Snacks
Torvegade 45 | Christianshavn
06:00 – 19:00 daily

It almost seems ridiculous to recommend more spots at Christiania. You might as well go there and see it all, but that wouldn’t make much of a blog, would it?

Månefiskeren is one of my favorite places. Not because the menu holds anything too special or alluring in any way, actually the whole thing is mediocre at best, but because it’s probably the best hangout spot in the entire city. The atmosphere is amazing in summertime outside Månefiskeren, where people eat food, drink cold beers and listen to the DJ, who’s always turning records. You have to be patient if you want to eat something at Månefiskeren – mostly because the staff seems to be stoned all the time and most likely will forget your order entirely.

Luckily you can bring your own food or beverages (no alcohol is served). There is no fancy brunch or anything that resembles it, but if you come at the right time (early!) Månefiskeren will be quiet and you should enjoy a truly Danish breakfast – coffee and white bread with cheese and cucumber, or oatmeal with milk and sugar. During wintertime it is really nice to sit inside with a bun just out of the oven, and a steaming glass of tea.

You can also find Internet and a pool table. Sometimes you may stumble upon a concert at night, but the true bliss lies in the hot summer chill-out with all your friends and half of Copenhagen.

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Månefiskeren | Coffee & tea, Music, Snacks
Bådsmandsstræde 43 | Christianshavn | +4532571456
Tue – Sun 10:00 – 00:00

I love every inch of Massimo!

On the surface Massimo is just another small pizza place, like thousands of others on every street corner of Copenhagen.

Except for the incredibly entertaining and friendly Italians behind the counter, they’re always dancing around while making their delicious food and listening to mixed music.

It has been voted the best fast food restaurant in Copenhagen several times, and is always packed with people even though it’s a bit away from the centre.
But even though the place is packed with people and the place is very small, the service is always fast and attentive.

The pizzas taste wonderful and with reasonable prices, especially their mozzarella pizzas are great.

An extra treat would be to speak to them in Italian or Spanish, they will go crazy! So if you’re anywhere near Copenhagen, and feel like having a good time with some funky fast speaking Italians, you should definitely go to Massimo.

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Massimo | Snacks, Restaurants (Italian) | Lovely pizza DKK 49.00
Amager Boulevard 134 | Amager | +4532951943
Mon – Sat 11:00 – 22:00, Sun 12:00 – 22:00

Mormor is Danish for your grandmother on your mothers side, and Mormors is like coming home to grandma’. This place is one of a kind and I highly recommend it. And located in Bredgade with all the galleries and just by Amalienborg Castle this should be on your list.

At Mormors you can get sandwiches, home made cakes, cookies and hot and cold drinks. They also serve breakfast the old fashioned way with oatmeal porridge. Mormor is also modern enough to make a wide range of delicious smoothies. But the most special treat is the biscuit cake or kiksekage as it is called in Danish. This is a layered cake made with biscuits and a very heavy chocolate filling. My mormor used to make this for Christmas, but I can eat this all year round. Great with strong, black coffee.

The cafe is decorated in a cute retro style with floral tapestry, tiny lamps and the atmosphere is peaceful and friendly. So stop buy Mormors and get good taken care of.

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Mormors | Coffee & tea, Shopping, Snacks | Biscuit cake DKK 22.00
Bredgade 45 | Inner City | +4533160700
Mon – Fri 09:30 – 16:00, Sat 11:30 – 15:00

Paludans Bog & Café is located in the inner city amidst the Latin quarter and the main pedestrian shopping streets. And, appropriately, right opposite to the university main building and the University Library building from 1861 (and still in service for the political science people).

The café serves beer and wine, but the emphasis is on high quality teas and coffee – all acquired from Fair Trade suppliers. So if you are a supporter of the Fair Trade concept, the feel-good factor should kick in here. The menu is limited to soup, buns with (good) cheese or ham and one or two cakes.

The place is fairly large and loaded with books, being, as it is, a hybrid (proper) book store and café. The book store sells both new and used books and was already well established before the café was created in 2001. It is now a tradition, that on Thursdays at 17:00, an author, poet or other literary person comes to the café and recite, chair a debate or something. These sessions are mostly in Danish though.

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Paludans Bog & Cafe | Art & culture, Coffee & tea, Relaxing, Snacks
Fiolstræde 10-12 | Inner City | +4533150675
Mon – Fri 10:00 – 18:00, Sat 10:00 – 17:00

Could it be? Yes! Paradis is ready to please you.

My favorite is Paradis – and not just because of the name. “Is” is the Danish word for ice cream and Paradis is, well – paradise.

You can get all sorts of flavors and they are made daily in the shop. I recommend strawberry and chocolate – and so does my son, Alfred, in the picture. But they always have something good. The wafers are not home made, but quite good, so try one next time you stop by. You can also have the ice cream in a cup.

You can enjoy your ice cream at the store along with different kinds of coffee and chocolate, but the location is great for taking the ice cream to go. Not too far is Volden – a green area part of the old moat. Wonderful spot to hang out and enjoy a spot of green and some scoops of paradise.

You can find Paradis other places in the city. The first one opened in Sankt Hans Torv and the lines were sooo long. They still can be on a sunny day, but it’s worth the wait!

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Paradis | Coffee & tea, Snacks, Festivals & events | 3 scoops DKK 30.00
Amagerbrogade 9 | Amager
March Mon – Fri 13:00 – 20:00, Sat – Sun 11:30 – 20:00

Its easy to spot Props when walking along Blågårdsgade in the heart of Nørrebro. The amount of bicycles parked outside the entrance bear witness to a popular local café. Looking through the large dim lit windows you will see a young relaxed crowd of people sipping hot drinks and beer.

Inside, the café interior is made up of secondhand furniture, vintage posters and paintings on the walls. However, you can never be sure that it will be the same next time you visit as everything in here is up for sale. Even the chair you sit on could potentially be sold whilst you rest your tired little bum-cheeks on it – and you will be asked to move somewhere else. The owner spotted the concept in a bar in Norway in the mid-nineties and brought it back home to Nørrebro.

Props to me represent the very essence of Nørrebro with its mix of people, its charmingly scruffy interior, the relaxed taste in music and a creative, international atmosphere. It is small, cozy, arty, relaxed, fairly cheap and not the least incredibly friendly.

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Props | Bars, Coffee & tea, Snacks | Beer DKK 25
Blågårdsgade 5 | Nørrebro
Mon – Wed 11:00 – 00:00, Thu – Sat 11:00 – 02:00, Sun 12:00 – 23:00

Quattro Fontane Due is a well known restaurant in the hip quarters of town, but seeing that this site has been created to make people more aware of the lesser known places.

I will direct my focus towards the small shop in Frederiksberg instead, both to get some variety in my reviews and because the place is quite wonderful.

The shop specializes in gastronomical wonders of the Italian kitchen, which includes many different types of bread, but also sauces, pizza, pasta and of course : amazing Italian ice cream!Most of the people working at the store are Italian, but even the danish employees have that characteristic Italian cheerfulness.

And the place is not limited to neither being a store nor a take-away restaurant, they are both wonderfully combined in Quattro Fontane Due.

They sell both tasty bread you can take with you to eat later, and hot meals you can and will eat immediately, but also regular cooking items, such as high quality Olive oil and spices.

But where they really stand out is in their delicious ice-cream, which is actually quite cheap if you keep the good quality in mind.

They have around 35 different kinds of ice cream, each more tasty than the next, when first you’ve tasted one you will want to have them all, so ye be warned

Oh yeah, as a little side-note “Quattro Fontane Due” is roughly translated from Italian = four Two fountains. I have no idea what it means, so feel free to ask when you’re there

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Quattro Fontane Due | Snacks | Piece of bread DKK 10.00
Falkoner Allé 12 | Frederiksberg | +4501394982
10:00 – 22:00 daily

This wonderful corner coffee shop is a true neighbourhood favorite. And I think I know why!

It’s the combination of a coffee-thirsty neighbourhood, a great location on the corner, really, really good coffee, friendly service, enough seats (about 20 inside) and just the right atmosphere of urban retro cool. Not to forget the fact that they are open from 8 in the morning (hello espresso!) to 22 (goodnight espresso!). This would make a great stop if you are out exploring the more unknown sides of Amager.

And who stops by here? Everybody from young moms on maternity leave with the strollers close to the window to students working on papers, artists needing a break and families (like my own!) on the way home just craving something delicious, hot and sweet.

At Riccos you can not only have great coffee at a very fair price. You can also buy really beautiful porcelain from the talentet Helbak. And if you don’t like coffee you can always try one of the many tasty Anton-beverages. All natural juice. In a bottle. My kids love them. Rasberry is really great!

And as something new you can get soup from the ever so yummi-yummi Soupanatural (check the Soupanatural article) at Riccos!

Behind the name ‘Ricco’ you find Ricco Sørensen who now is the proud owner of 7 coffee shops around Copenhagen. You never go wrong with coffee from Riccos!

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Riccos | Coffee & tea, Shopping, Snacks | Double espresso DKK 22.00
Holmbladsgade 52 | Amager
08:00 – 22:00 daily

With its truly unique atmosphere and an original and delicious food concept, Royal Café is one of my favourite places to go for lunch or just a stopover during the day.

It is not your standard cafe concept at all but more of a combination of an ambitious cafe and a factory outlet for some of the best Danish design ware manufacturers. The synthesis works, in my opinion.

On the food side, the offering is re-designed Danish food culture with the emphasis on quality that characterise the place through and through. Royal Café invented what they call… smushies – miniature open sandwiches of a superb quality and obviously a tribute to, and re-interpretation of, the traditional Danish open sandwich. The word smushi is a contraction of the Danish smørrebrød (open faced sandwich) and sushi, by the way.

Royal Café is very much a lunch/shopping-stop-over place but with a Sunday brunch as well. You may want to book a table if planning to visit during the peak lunch and early afternoon hours.

Royal Café describes itself as being “Funky Baroque – design confusion, humorous and chic”. And that is a fair description, actually. Go experience – the café is located in the courtyard behind/between Royal Copenhagen’s and Georg Jensen’s flagship stores on Amagertorv. You can’t see it until you are in the courtyard.

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Royal Café | Coffee & tea, Shopping, Snacks | Cappucino DKK 40
Amagertorv 6 | Inner City | +4533121122
Mon – Fri 10:00 – 19:00, Sat 10:00 – 18:00, Sun 11:00 – 17:00

Opened in 2007, Salon 39 is an ambitious attempt at a cocktail bar + restaurant. And the place is a huge success, so if you want to eat, remember to book in advance. The style is relaxed in a dark minimalistic atmosphere and the jazz or blues music is – of course – from vinyl stock.

Both cocktails and kitchen are of a very high standard with a wide selection of cocktails – including exotic numbers like the classic Sazerac with absinthe, for instance. The kitchen favours simple but excellent menus with an obvious Italian bias. The audience is a mix of locals and people who come from far away to experience this rather unique place. I like!

Salon 39 has expanded with a banqueting room for parties up to 25 people.

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Salon 39 | Bars, Snacks, Restaurants (Bistro – Italian) | Cocktails from DKK 75.00
Vodroffsvej 39 | Frederiksberg | +4539208039
Wed – Thu 16:00 – 23:30, Fri – Sat 16:00 – 01:30

If you are hungry and looking for a healthy alternative to Nørrebrogades greasy pizza and kebab scene, turn around the corner up Fælledvej and find the tiny little take away place Smag.

The name says it all – smag means taste – and there are lots of good stuff to make your taste buds long for more. Apart from the three weekly specials – a soup, a warm meal and a dessert – you are sure to find the best and most varied sandwiches and salads on Nørrebro. All sandwiches are made up of either dark rye bread or organic whole wheat. The salads come in a great variety ranging from green leaf over bulgur to quinoa and the friendly staff are happy to mix just the salad you want out of all the fresh and delicious tasting ingredients.

The owners Mads and Martin both have a degree in nutrition and also offer advice on healthy lifestyle and a good nutritious diet. For a food lover on the go this place is heaven and what all fast food should be like.

As an extra bonus to those of you who get there before 3pm you will be treated with fresh fruit and water to go with your meal. And don’t forget to try out some of their delicate specialties from the fridge, the honey and thyme roasted cashews being my personal favourite.

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Smag | Snacks, Restaurants (Take away) | Sandwich DKK 39.00
Fælledvej 25 | Nørrebro | +4535363670
Mon – Fri 11:00 – 21:00, Sun 12:00 – 21:00

What better to nourish your soul than with soup? What better to brighten your mood than with cocktails? And what better place to go than Soupanatural in Guldbergsgade? Not only is everything organic – 1 Dkr. out of every soup or cocktail you buy go to charity. And the cocktails are min. 4 cl. alcohol. What’s not to like? I’ll hop on my bike for soup and cocktails like that any night!

Soupanatural offers 4-6 different kinds of soups daily. You can order 250 ml. or 400 ml. with the special of the day costing 30,-/40,- They also have a good selection of cocktails – and you can get everything to go. But the place is really a great place to hang out, so stay in and enjoy the comfort food, cocktails and organic beer. See the selection on the website.

If you are up and about early and want a good start on you day – try the porridge and a smoothie. They open at 08:00 most weekdays.

The location is very typical Nørrebro with a very environmentally way of making business. They don’t just talk about making a greener world – they start with the soup and everything that goes with it. The service is friendly and welcoming and even though the space is quite small the heart behind is big and warm.

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Soupanatural | Bars, Coffee & tea, Snacks, Restaurants (Organic) | Soup from DKK 35
Guldbergsgade 7A | Nørrebro
Sun – Tue & Thu 12:00 – 22:00, Wed, Fri & Sat 12:00 – 02:00

Sweet Treat is a lovely little café and shop in Sankt Annæ Gade on Christianshavn. Just around the corner from the canals you will notice it by the garden chars outside on the sidewalk where people usually hang out and enjoy their daily hot coffee or tea.

Inside is nice too, where you cat sit down and relax to some jazz music. It is, however, a very small place and especially in the mornings it gets quite crowded, mainly due to the run of politicians from the Foreign Ministry who start their day with a sweet treat here.

And there are lots of little sweet treats in Sweet Treat, most of them organic too. You will find homemade liquorice, fruit juices, very dark chocolate and French caramels with silly jokes written inside the packaging. At least that’s what they tell you, a non French speaker myself I wouldn’t know – they might be really funny?! They also have a good selection of good teas and coffee.

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Sweet Treat | Coffee & tea, Shopping, Snacks | Lunch plate DKK 49.00
Sankt Annæ Gade 3a | Christianshavn | +4532954115
Mon – Fri 07:30 – 19:00, Sat – Sun 10:00 – 18:00

If you like tea (and who doesn’t!) you must not miss this spot! Tante T is a nostalgic and cozy tea saloon and shop with no hurry and no stress. The furniture is old and the rooms decorated like a typical Danish grandmother would have done it – all velvety in douche pastel colors. It’s funny and creative and first of all very comfortable. The shop is an old grocery store and the shelves behind the counter are old and charming.

You can order a pot of tea at the spot and bring some home if it delights you. There are over a hundred kinds of tea to buy and various sweet specialties from the Danish kitchen. Tante T offers cookies, brownies, biscuit cake, fruit pie – you name it! All of the cakes are homemade and they alone make a trip to Tante T worth your while. Especially the biscuit cake is mouthwatering. In Denmark, dark bread is very popular so the bread is darker in general. Even most breakfast buns contain several kinds of seeds and corn which go really well with cheese or butter. Try one!

I’ve enjoyed several Saturday and Sunday brunches, with homemade tea buns, Asti, lemon curd and of course tea and other delicacies. The service is really good and the atmosphere is calm, but Tante T is a popular spot. It’s a good idea to order a table if you want to be sure to get a place to sit.

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Tante T | Coffee & tea, Music, Shopping, Snacks | Breakfast DKK 75.00
Viktoriagade 6 | Vesterbro | +4532103610
Mon – Sat 10:00 – 22:00, Sun 10:00 – 21:00

If you are traveling for a longer period of time and need to get your dirty clothes washed, then there is no better place to do so than at Laundromat Café in Elmegade. With the wireless Internet you can even check your emails whilst smelly socks take care of themselves in one of the four shiny red launderettes in the back.

Whilst waiting for your laundry, or if you just happened to pop by the café to enjoy a good strong cappuccino, you can enjoy a good selection of magazines and newspapers or read one of their 4000 books, all of which are stylishly lined up in the bar according to colour. Lounge on the red leather diner style benches and have a look at the wall boxes decorated by young local artists or designers.

Wallpaper a few years ago labeled the place “the worlds hippest launderette” and without having visited all the launderettes in the world so far I would have to agree. The general crowd here is the young urbanites, designers, creatives, and students. Hip and arty. A flashy Mac laptop is more common here than not.

Only downside to the place is the prices, which are, well… quite hip! Laundromat is probably the most expensive place to enjoy your coffee in Nørrebro. Saying that the homemade food and the overall superior quality make me come back to enjoy the cozy atmosphere. Besides, not many cafés in Copenhagen are open this early, 08:00, so often it becomes my morning hang out before a long day of work.

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The Laundromat Café | Art & culture, Bars, Coffee & tea, Snacks | Latte DKK 32.00
Elmegade 15 | Nørrebro | +4535352672
Mon -Thu 08:00 – 00:00, Fri 08:00 – 02:00, Sat 10:00 – 02:00, Sun 10:00 – 00:00

The Living Room has a split personality – with an ecological conscience. The place is in two floors with upstairs being a nice and busy coffee/tea bar (with a good view of the busy outside), and downstairs coming across as an almost cave-like retro lounge. The lounge has an open fire and is literally crammed with all sorts of furniture, including chaise longs and your grandparent’s old leather chairs and coffee tables. Dark, intimate and very cosy. Sometimes there is live (DJ) music.

The Living Room source excellent coffee and are serious about ecology and Fair Trade. You will find a wide selection of coffees and teas along with various café food (cakes, paninis and so on). Most of it with an ecological pedigree.

The Living Room is located in Larsbjørnsstræde – notoriously famous for once being one of Copenhagens darkest neighbourhoods full of hookers and hoodlums. But this has changed and the whole area surrounding, the Latin Quarter, is one of Copenhagen’s most dynamic and off mainstream places to be.

Until recently, The Living Room was known as Robert’s Coffee and part of the franchise chain so named. The owners, however, decided to leave the franchise and relaunched as The Living Room with a similar concept.

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The Living Room | Coffee & tea, Music, Snacks | Cafe au Lait DKK 26,00
Larsbjørnsstræde 17 | Inner City | +4533326610
Mon -Thu 10:00 – 23:00, Fri 10:00 – 01:00, Sat 11:00 – 00:00
Sun (Sep – Apr) 12:00 – 19:00

Verde Food and Coffee serves the best organic coffee in town by far! The nice people there prepares it for you with a warm smile and always have time for a little anecdote or a chat about the days news.

Apart from the coffee and deli, another addition to Verde Food & Coffee is jeans! As goes for everything else in the shop the jeans are organic and fair trade. The brand Kuyichi is Dutch and has taken its name from the Peruvian God of the Rainbow. Sounds quite hippie – which it may well be, but really it is quite hip too.

So is this place, which also provides free Internet so you can check your email whilst resting comfortably on top of the chunky tree trunks which make up the chairs. The funky interior is lit up by custom made woolen lamps and makes for a cozy atmosphere any day.

By the way, new fresh and amazing juices have been added to the menu and more seats have been installed in a cosy lounge area in the back – another good excuse to go and hang out!

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Verde Food & Coffee | Coffee & tea, Shopping, Snacks | Cafe cortado DKK 27.00
Nørre Farimagsgade 72 | Inner City | +4570203015
Mon – Fri 08:00 – 20:00, Sat – Sun 10:00 – 18:00

This cosy spot at Sortedamssøen has it all. Great coffee of all kinds. Check! Extensive menue. Check! Nice view of the lake. Check! Vinyl records in the cieling of the restroom. Check! The last part is almost my favorite thing about the place – but all of the decor has that very retro/low key feel that makes you feel welcome and at home. Oh – and if you have a dog, it’s allowed to go inside as well.

Vinylbar is great for brunch as it offers a large buffet. Order a warm drink and get cosy inside. Or watch the eager runners sprint by, the new moms with their strollers, old people with dogs and just life in general. Be careful when stepping outside – you have to cross a cycle path. You can also stay for dinner and in the evening there’s cocktails and music.

This is one of those all through the day kind of places to hang out and enjoy the city.

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Vinylbar | Bars, Coffee & tea, Snacks, Restaurants (cafe style) | Brunch DKK 75.00
Sortedamsdosseringen 81 | Østerbro
Mon – Wed 10:00 – 22:00, Thu – Sat 10:00 – 00:00, Sun 10:00 – 19:00