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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…

It is my honor to write this article about perhaps the greatest venue of culture in this city, Jazzhus Montmartre.

This “jazzhus” (jazzhouse) has long, thick roots in the soil of Copenhagen. The club was originally opened in 1959, and during its existence, to the year 1995, hosted all the amazing jazz artists’ concerts from Webster Gordon and Stan Getz to Dizzy Gillespie. The club stayed on Store Regnegade till the year 1976 and on Nørregade till 1995. Since then the admirers of the late club have been eager to re-establish the club, and in 2010, their dreams came true when the original house of the first Jazzhus Montmartre became vacant again. With the strength of the volunteers and CEO Rune Bech, Jazzhus Montmartre is in its previous glory, hosting as magnificent concerts as in its past.

Concerts are amazing, the small, intimate club’s feeling intense and the food and drinks offered by their restaurant: mouth-watering! The restaurant even got five stars from Politiken, one of Denmarks most appreciated newspaper. Unfortunately one cannot dine at Montmartre every day, just the concert nights, and usually it is wise to book the table in beforehand. Many people like to come for a dinner before the concert and continue the evening with the greatest jazz artists of today.

Very close to the busiest streets of Copenhagen, though still hidden on a small side street, a lucky traveller might notice this little piece of Spain -El Tapeo.

I have to say I absolutely adore this Spanish dreamland, everything about it! The “experience” starts already outside the building -the restaurant is located in a skinny, white, very Spanish -looking house squeezed between others.  The decorative shutters give already away a piece of the magic inside.

The restaurant is basically in two floors, and for bigger parties there are also two more floors to be booked. The feeling in this place is amazing-its like taking a quick holiday in Spain: rustic wooden benches and tables, candle light, authentic pictures, old advertisements and newspaper on the walls, and the look is completed with -yes-plates filled with gorgeous tapas.

With a very versatile menu, I feel a bit lame to talk only of their tapas,but it simply is so fantastic so why not. I think the beauty of tapas hides in the concept that even though you still have to choose on what to eat, you are able to choose more than one dish to enjoy- and the more people,the more dishes My favorite would most likely be the Dates wrapped in ham and roasted in oven- an absolute delicacy! And to make this dining really feel like a trip to south, I suggest you order some of their excellent Sangria.

Just a 10 minute walk from the main railway station is absolutely the cutest cinema in the city, Vester Vov Vov. At the time the cinema was established (1975), there were plenty of cinemas side by side in the area of Vesterbro, but this one is the only one still standing. Even though they sometimes show some “mainstream” -movies, are they still considered as an art cinema. The movies are chosen with thought and they always have an interesting film to see. And the earlier showing you choose, the cheaper are the tickets.

For me, especially the Vester Vov Vov’s café plays a big role in creating the good, old cinema atmosphere: Cane chairs, big movie posters and checked floor, not forgetting the glass roof. They sell the beverages also to be enjoyed during the show, which I like a lot. And if you are lucky with your timing, during the summer they have outdoors cinema! Just remember to take (a phone with) a radio and headphones, since the voices of the movie are to be heard only that way in order not to disturb the neighbors.

Like they say in Denmark: god fornøjelse!

I have come to notice that with a little effort it is possible to travel around the world just staying in Copenhagen- food wise that is. LêLê nhàhàng -or just LêLê among me and my friends -is a great addition to the large choice of restaurants offering food from foreign cultures.

During the years in Copenhagen LêLê has grown to be the biggest -and the most popular – Vietnamese kitchen. They started with just one “streetkitchen” offering take-out -food, and today they have a restaurant and a takeaway on Vesterbrogade, street kitchen on H.C. Andersens Boulevard next to the famous Rådhuspladsen and another takeaway on Østerbrogade.

Why do I like LêLê? Simple answer: Vietnamese Spring rolls. Especially the dish from takeaway where the rolls are served with rice noodles, vegetables and fish sauce -simple, tasty and healthy! Also the brunch where you have 5choices gets points from me – as one of the choices includes only sweet treats. Having a serious bacon-eggs -brunch loving friend with you? No problem, LêLê offers something for them too.

This is especially for you who has never tasted Vietnamese food- go taste and fall in love!