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Kahyt og Kaffe – The floating café

"Kahyt og Kaffe" is an old floating cafe in Copenhagen. If the weather is nice, you can sit out on the deck. If not, don't hesitate to visit anyway.

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Bars
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Coffee & tea
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Snacks

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Stefan

Hedegaard

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Bo-bi Bar – Beers and hard boiled eggs

"Bo-bi Bar" is allegedly Copenhagen's oldest brown bar. Everything about it feels authentic. I like their old tradition of serving hardboiled eggs...

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Bars

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Stefan

Hedegaard

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Amager Records – Music on vinyl

"Amager Records" is my favorite record store on my island in Copenhagen. Small and cramped as it should be, the super-helpful owners are also jazz fans!

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Music

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Cindy

Fonvig

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Ark Books – For the love of books

"Ark Books" in Copenhagen is a shop that specializes in books by Danish authors translated into English - good for souvenirs. They also do translations...

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Art & culture
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Shopping

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Cindy

Fonvig

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Prag – Add glamour to your life

"Prag" Copenhagen is a shop where you can get custom-made jewellery and second-hand clothes, but it's my favorite place to shop for tights!

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Shopping

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Cindy

Fonvig

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Tutten – As Danish as it gets

"Tutten" in Copenhagen has probably the best smørrebrød in town. Some of the city's restaurants are good but nothing comes close. A truly Danish experience

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Restaurants

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Stefan

Hedegaard

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Tribeca – A beer and pizza laboratory

"Tribeca" is a 'pizza and beer laboratory' in Copehnagen, in an old industrial building with lots of space! Great reason to explore the northwest...

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Bars
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Restaurants

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William

Nordmark Nielsen

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Fermentoren – Basement beers

"Fermentoren" Copenhagen is 'a nice bar with great beers!' Actually, this one's probably one of the best bar of them all... Protip: taste before you buy!

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Bars

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Stefan

Hedegaard

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Zeppelin Rock Bar – Live or recorded - either way

"Zeppelin Rock bar" Copenhagen is a a bar I love for its soft rock, heavy rock, metal or anything in between music. It's just a perfect place to hang out.

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Bars
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Music

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Stefan

Hedegaard

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Kongens Have – Copenhagens backyard

"Kongens Have": a park that provides a nice, peaceful retreat from the busy city life of Copenhagen. I suggest you go see Europe's longest flowerbed there.

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Relaxing

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David

Brandt

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Wulff+Konstali – Food Shop extraordinaire

"Wulff+Konstali" in Copenhagen is part small café, part coffee house, but mostly it's a place where I love buying delicious things - a true 'food shop'!

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Coffee & tea
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Snacks

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David

Brandt

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Beat – Vinyl and books

"Beat" in Copenhagen's Vesterbro has quickly become my go-to record store. Apart from the music, it also has a great selection of books, biographies and...

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Coffee & tea
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Music
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Shopping

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Cindy

Fonvig

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