Copenhagen

The Copenhagen Guide

The most-loved places in Copenhagen, from breakfast to late at night. All on one page, ready to add to your plan.

TripmaniaAugust 28, 2026

42 stops

Breakfast

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Juno the Bakery

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Juno the Bakery

4.7Google(4,328 reviews)

Emil Glaser, a Swede who cooked at Noma, opened this Århusgade bakery in 2017. Cardamom buns, sourdough loaves and pistachio croissants, baked through the day.

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Hart

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Hart

4.6Google(1,750 reviews)Every day 07:30 – 18:00

Richard Hart, once head baker at Tartine in San Francisco, opened this Frederiksberg bakery in 2018. Sourdough, and organic grain milled on the premises.

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Andersen & Maillard

1/3

Andersen & Maillard

4.4Google(2,093 reviews)

Opened in 2018 in a former bank on Nørrebrogade, this roastery and bakery pairs coffee roasted on the premises with croissants and other pastries.

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Democratic Coffee

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Democratic Coffee

4.4Google(973 reviews)

A coffee bar inside Copenhagen's main public library on Krystalgade. The almond croissants are baked on the premises twice a day.

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GRØD Jærgersborggade

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GRØD Jærgersborggade

4.5Google(887 reviews)

The first porridge bar in the world, opened in a Nørrebro basement in 2011. Oats, barley or quinoa, cooked sweet or savoury and served hot in a bowl.

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The Gourmet Edit

Restaurant Kronborg

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Restaurant Kronborg

4.3Google(674 reviews)ScandinavianDanish

An old-fashioned lunch room on Brolæggerstræde. The heart of it is smørrebrød, open sandwiches built on rye.

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Benji

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Benji

4.4Google(228 reviews)

Opened in 2021 by a former Noma baker and named after his son, this Nørrebro bakery works in sourdough, cardamom buns and almond croissants.

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Lunch

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Hija de Sanchez, Kødbyen

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Hija de Sanchez, Kødbyen

4.3Google(2,198 reviews)

GoogleVibrant eatery serving Mexican dishes to eat in or take out, including tacos, salsas & guacamole.

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Slurp Ramen Joint

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Slurp Ramen Joint

4.5Google(478 reviews)Every day 11:30 – 15:00, 17:00 – 22:00

A narrow ramen room on Borgergade. The noodles are made in house, the broth is cooked long, and you eat it at the counter.

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Gasoline Grill

1/3

Gasoline Grill

4.4Google(2,129 reviews)Every day 11:00 – 20:00

The burger counter that began in a petrol station in 2016. Organic beef ground daily, open from 11.00 until it sells out, and nowhere to sit down.

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Kalaset

1/6

Kalaset

4.3Google(736 reviews)CafeEuropean

A basement café on the corner of Nansensgade. Old radios on the walls, brunch on the tables, and after dark the same room turns into a bar.

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Souls

1/3

Souls

4.4Google(1,089 reviews)

A plant-based kitchen on Frederiksborggade. Open from breakfast into the evening, with plates that are plain and filling.

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Kadeau

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Kadeau

4.7Google(518 reviews)

GoogleChic New Nordic restaurant featuring a creative 16- to 18-course tasting menu & wine.

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Barr

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Barr

4.3Google(2,121 reviews)

In Noma's old rooms on Strandgade, this dining room cooks the food of the North Sea and the Baltic, from frikadeller to schnitzel, with twenty beers on tap.

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Marchal

1/5

Marchal

4.3Google(693 reviews)FrenchEuropean

The dining room of the Hotel d'Angleterre on Kongens Nytorv. A French base cooked with Danish produce, and windows onto the square.

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Restaurant Palægade

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Restaurant Palægade

4.6Google(1,385 reviews)

On Palægade, smørrebrød at lunch and Danish classics in the evening. The front tables look straight onto the street.

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Geranium

1/6

Geranium

4.7Google(1,193 reviews)EuropeanHealthy

Eight floors up in the Parken stadium, looking over Fælledparken. Rasmus Kofoed's three-star kitchen dropped meat in 2022: seafood, vegetables, herbs.

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Dinner

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Kødbyens Fiskebar

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Kødbyens Fiskebar

4.3Google(4,820 reviews)

GoogleCool industrial-style restaurant in the former meat market serving simple, fresh seafood dishes.

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Lille Bakery

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Lille Bakery

4.4Google(1,417 reviews)

A bakery among the old shipyard sheds on Refshaleøen. Sourdough bread, morning pastries, and warm plates by the middle of the day.

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Hyttefadet

Hyttefadet

4.5Google(1,466 reviews)EuropeanGastropub

A sailors' inn on Nyhavn 25 since 1937. Open sandwiches at lunch, and in the evening Danish classics given a newer reading.

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Alchemist

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Alchemist

4.9Google(209 reviews)InternationalEuropean

Chef Rasmus Munk's two-Michelin-star restaurant pairs a multisensory tasting menu with art, theatre and science in themed rooms.

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Restaurant Jordnær

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Restaurant Jordnær

4.8Google(292 reviews)

A dining room in Gentofte, north of Copenhagen. The menu leans on seafood, and caviar has a section of its own.

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AOC

1/3

AOC

4.6Google(245 reviews)

GoogleCreative dishes in 7 & 10-course menus in the stylish arched basement of a 17th-century mansion.

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Kong Hans Kælder

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Kong Hans Kælder

4.6Google(341 reviews)FrenchSeafood

A vaulted Gothic cellar beneath one of the oldest houses in Copenhagen. It opened in 1976 as the city's first French room, and holds two Michelin stars.

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Museums

Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

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Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

4.6Google(15,091 reviews)

The collection of the brewer Carl Jacobsen. A palm-filled winter garden under a glass dome at its centre, antiquities and French painting around it.

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SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst

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SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst

4.6Google(6,671 reviews)

Denmark's national gallery. The nineteenth-century building and its glass wing are joined by a long street lined with sculpture.

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Designmuseum Danmark

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Designmuseum Danmark

4.3Google(8,399 reviews)

Since 1926 it has filled the rococo Royal Frederik's Hospital on Bredgade, built in the 1750s. Kaare Klint, Poul Henningsen and Arne Jacobsen are inside.

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National Museum of Denmark

1/3

National Museum of Denmark

4.5Google(14,254 reviews)Every day 10:00 – 17:00

Denmark's museum of cultural history, founded in 1807. It fills the Prince's Mansion, rebuilt in the 1740s by Niels Eigtved for the crown prince.

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Hirschsprung Collection

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Hirschsprung Collection

4.6Google(817 reviews)

GoogleArt gallery open since 1911 exhibiting a major collection of Danish paintings & sculpture.

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Parks

Tivoli Gardens

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Tivoli Gardens

4.5Google(93,682 reviews)

A pleasure garden opened in 1843, right beside the railway station. The wooden roller coaster of 1914 still runs, and concerts fill the gardens.

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The King's Garden

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The King's Garden

4.6Google(13,833 reviews)Every day 07:00 – 22:00

The garden Christian IV laid out at the start of the seventeenth century. Avenues of lime trees in straight lines, with Rosenborg Castle at the centre.

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Frederiksberg Have

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Frederiksberg Have

4.7Google(6,847 reviews)Every day 06:00 – 22:00

Laid out in the baroque with the palace, then turned into an English landscape garden between 1795 and 1804. Herons on the canals, a Chinese pavilion of 1803.

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Botanical Garden

1/3

Botanical Garden

4.6Google(7,775 reviews)Every day 08:30 – 18:00

Ten hectares laid out on Copenhagen's old ramparts in the 1870s, centred on a cast-iron palm house of 1874 modelled on London's Crystal Palace.

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Assistens Kirkegård

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Assistens Kirkegård

4.7Google(603 reviews)Every day 07:00 – 22:00

A leafy Nørrebro burial ground that Copenhageners also use as a park, where Hans Christian Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard lie among rare old trees.

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Bars

Ruby

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Ruby

4.5Google(2,198 reviews)

GoogleClassic & creative modern cocktails in a cool hangout with comfy sofas & an intimate ambience.

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Lidkoeb

1/3

Lidkoeb

4.5Google(1,521 reviews)

Three floors off a Vesterbro courtyard, in a former pharmacy building. A whisky bar at the top, cocktails and a crowd below.

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Duck and Cover

1/3

Duck and Cover

4.7Google(872 reviews)

A Vesterbro basement with dark walls and low sofas. The cocktails are built on akvavit and Danish gin, with the classics turned a little sideways.

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Ved Stranden 10

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Ved Stranden 10

4.4Google(717 reviews)

A wine bar in the rooms of an old house by the canal. The list is built from natural wine, and in summer the tables move to the water's edge.

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Balderdash

1/3

Balderdash

4.6Google(785 reviews)

Set in a house dating to 1732, this Copenhagen bar blends a cocktail lounge and spirits laboratory in an unconventional concept.

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Nightlife

Culture Box

1/3

Culture Box

3.9Google(585 reviews)

GoogleElectronic music venue with house & techno from international, local & underground acts.

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Jolene Bar

1/3

Jolene Bar

3.7Google(913 reviews)

A late bar in the old slaughterhouse in Kødbyen. The DJs run from house through dub to techno, and there is no charge at the door.

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HIVE

1/3

HIVE

2.0Google(495 reviews)

GoogleHip, multi-level nightclub with 3D wall visuals & lounge areas, for after-hours DJ parties.

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