Guidebook for Copenhagen
Drinks & Nightlife
Love this place in summertime! Great special brews, friendly English staff who always offers you a taster if you're in doubt.
102 locals recommend
Fermentoren
29C HalmtorvetLove this place in summertime! Great special brews, friendly English staff who always offers you a taster if you're in doubt.
Fun and great party bar. Former gay bar now frequented by all my favorite people. Small and cosy.
7 locals recommend
Amigo Bar
4 SchønbergsgadeFun and great party bar. Former gay bar now frequented by all my favorite people. Small and cosy.
Best drinks in Cph in the most beautiful and historic surroundings. A bit hidden from the street. Right of Føtex you enter a gateway and go further into the yard till you reach the cute 3-floor house.
500 locals recommend
LIDKOEB
72B VesterbrogadeBest drinks in Cph in the most beautiful and historic surroundings. A bit hidden from the street. Right of Føtex you enter a gateway and go further into the yard till you reach the cute 3-floor house.
Do you like you dancefloor with rock on it? Visit the nightclub Rust for livemusic, clubbing or if you just want to party. Visit http://www.rust.dk/pages/koncerter.php to see the concert calendar.
151 locals recommend
RUST
8 GuldbergsgadeDo you like you dancefloor with rock on it? Visit the nightclub Rust for livemusic, clubbing or if you just want to party. Visit http://www.rust.dk/pages/koncerter.php to see the concert calendar.
Ølbaren simply mean 'the beer bar'. Veery small, but great special brews and good atmosphere.
47 locals recommend
Ølbaren
2 ElmegadeØlbaren simply mean 'the beer bar'. Veery small, but great special brews and good atmosphere.
Temple Bar is a great large bar where you typically meet a lot of students. There is a few pooltables on the 1. floor and always a casual feel with the semi-antique furniture. Smoking allowed 1. floor
19 locals recommend
Temple Bar
48 NørrebrogadeTemple Bar is a great large bar where you typically meet a lot of students. There is a few pooltables on the 1. floor and always a casual feel with the semi-antique furniture. Smoking allowed 1. floor
The cool and yet low-key bar on Blågårdsgade gives you coffee and cookies at daytime and beers at night. Great for dating but gets filled quickly because of its popularity.
176 locals recommend
Harbo Bar
2D BlågårdsgadeThe cool and yet low-key bar on Blågårdsgade gives you coffee and cookies at daytime and beers at night. Great for dating but gets filled quickly because of its popularity.
Essentials
SuperBrugsen
53 B NørrebrogadeThe nearest grocery store. A short walk away.
Netto
2 SkelbækgadeThe cheaper grocery store - perfect if you're on a budget.
The greatest kiosk! Soo Vesterbro and so local. They have the largest selection of beers and special brews, along with great coffee and chocolate..and magazines. Sit outside and just watch people.
286 locals recommend
KIHOSKH
53 Sønder Blvd.The greatest kiosk! Soo Vesterbro and so local. They have the largest selection of beers and special brews, along with great coffee and chocolate..and magazines. Sit outside and just watch people.
The largest supermarket in the hood. Go there if the others don't have what you need.
183 locals recommend
føtex Vesterbrogade
74-76 VesterbrogadeThe largest supermarket in the hood. Go there if the others don't have what you need.
The best chocolate Denmark can manage. Try their small 'flødeboller'. Chocolatecoated yumminess with a marzipan bun. Go go go!
13 locals recommend
Summerbird Chocolaterie
9 VærnedamsvejThe best chocolate Denmark can manage. Try their small 'flødeboller'. Chocolatecoated yumminess with a marzipan bun. Go go go!
Food Scene
Favorite restaurant. Good value for money and perfect date mood with high wooden tables, warm lighting and rough Vesterbro style.
82 locals recommend
Cofoco
7 Abel Cathrines GadeFavorite restaurant. Good value for money and perfect date mood with high wooden tables, warm lighting and rough Vesterbro style.
Yum-yum-yummy cakes, classic danish and quality bread - de lux style! With a coffee to go.
25 locals recommend
Lagkagehuset, Værnedamsvej
1 VærnedamsvejYum-yum-yummy cakes, classic danish and quality bread - de lux style! With a coffee to go.
Great sushi with a view. Go to the top of the Tivoli Hotel to start your night if you like drinks and sushi. And then hurry down Vesterbro and away from these a bit gloomy surrondings.
131 locals recommend
Sticks'n'Sushi Tivoli Hotel
2 Arni Magnussons GadeGreat sushi with a view. Go to the top of the Tivoli Hotel to start your night if you like drinks and sushi. And then hurry down Vesterbro and away from these a bit gloomy surrondings.
The best pizza in town. Very Italian. Simple. Cheep. Deli-ci-ous! They only take cash so go next door to buy your coke and get some cash to go as well.
144 locals recommend
Itzi Pitzi Pizza
51 Sønder Blvd.The best pizza in town. Very Italian. Simple. Cheep. Deli-ci-ous! They only take cash so go next door to buy your coke and get some cash to go as well.
Translates to 'Black Coffee and Vinyl'. The smallest place, but the best to sit outside when the sun comes out. Buy a record with your coffee.
113 locals recommend
Black Coffee & Vinyl
4 SkydebanegadeTranslates to 'Black Coffee and Vinyl'. The smallest place, but the best to sit outside when the sun comes out. Buy a record with your coffee.
Favorite Italian-style restaurant - value for money. Such a nice atmosphere :)
100 locals recommend
Les Trois Cochons
10 VærnedamsvejFavorite Italian-style restaurant - value for money. Such a nice atmosphere :)
Kødbyens Deli ApS
8 SlagterboderneWant some decent take away? Try their fish and chips.
Nice and popular sourdough pizzas. Eat it outside in the summertime - if you can find a table!
396 locals recommend
Mother
9-15 HøkerboderneNice and popular sourdough pizzas. Eat it outside in the summertime - if you can find a table!
The best brunch. Great Nordic-style food, good sourdough bread. Quality by Claus Meyer - inventor of the Nordic (NOMA) Kitchen.
126 locals recommend
Meyers Deli
107 Gl. KongevejThe best brunch. Great Nordic-style food, good sourdough bread. Quality by Claus Meyer - inventor of the Nordic (NOMA) Kitchen.
A cosy café where you can start a night out with a delish sandwich, a drink or a beer. Small and intimate with wooden tables and dimmed lighting.
40 locals recommend
Café Plenum
3 Sankt Hans TorvA cosy café where you can start a night out with a delish sandwich, a drink or a beer. Small and intimate with wooden tables and dimmed lighting.
Bodil
105 Sønder Blvd.Great gourmet-like food at good prices at cosy surroundings. A fixed menu.
Great value for money. Good for more people. Has a small drinks bar as well.
406 locals recommend
Madklubben Vesterbro
62 VesterbrogadeGreat value for money. Good for more people. Has a small drinks bar as well.
GREAT Italian food. Not your original pizza place. Small, so reserve a table beforehand.
83 locals recommend
ITALO DISCO
5 OehlenschlægersgadeGREAT Italian food. Not your original pizza place. Small, so reserve a table beforehand.
Indoor street food in an old papir factory. Great on sunny days, where you can sit by the harbourside. Can be packed with people though.
311 locals recommend
Papirøen
Indoor street food in an old papir factory. Great on sunny days, where you can sit by the harbourside. Can be packed with people though.
Everything Else
Baisikeli
2 IngerslevsgadeRent you're bike here! Cool place, that sends old bikes to Africa.
The nearby station - if you're to lazy to walk to the central station it takes only... 7 minutes here! You can take the S-train almost anywere round greater Copenhagen.
125 locals recommend
Dybbølsbro st
The nearby station - if you're to lazy to walk to the central station it takes only... 7 minutes here! You can take the S-train almost anywere round greater Copenhagen.
Post Danmark
Nearest postoffice.
DGI-byen
65 TietgensgadeWant to go for a swim indoors? Go to DGI Byen. They have it all.
Go for a swim in the harbour. It's clean and fresh and wonderful in the summertime when the heat is on!
101 locals recommend
Havnebadet Fisketorvet
55 Kalvebod BryggeGo for a swim in the harbour. It's clean and fresh and wonderful in the summertime when the heat is on!
Go for a swim in the harbour. It's clean and fresh and wonderful in the summertime when the heat is on!
563 locals recommend
Havnebadet Islands brygge
14 Islands BryggeGo for a swim in the harbour. It's clean and fresh and wonderful in the summertime when the heat is on!
Go on a boatcruise - it's a must do in Cph! The cheep boats are Netto-Bådene. The more expensive are Canal Tours. You can also just take a harbour-bus if you want to sail a bit, at the end of Nyhavn.
192 locals recommend
Nettobådene
NyhavnGo on a boatcruise - it's a must do in Cph! The cheep boats are Netto-Bådene. The more expensive are Canal Tours. You can also just take a harbour-bus if you want to sail a bit, at the end of Nyhavn.
The harbour-bus departs from the end of Nyhavn (and a lot of other places). You can use your regular busticket here. Go sailing!
31 locals recommend
Havnebussen
HavnebussenThe harbour-bus departs from the end of Nyhavn (and a lot of other places). You can use your regular busticket here. Go sailing!
Buy a coffe and a Danish to go, and take a walk around the lakes like a true Copenhagener, the moment the sun comes out. Add a good friend and stroll along.
380 locals recommend
Emmerys
51 ØsterbrogadeBuy a coffe and a Danish to go, and take a walk around the lakes like a true Copenhagener, the moment the sun comes out. Add a good friend and stroll along.
Sightseeing
Go here and cross the bike-bridge across the harbour. The best view over the city. Here you find the classic padlock-bridge ;)
Cykelbro
Go here and cross the bike-bridge across the harbour. The best view over the city. Here you find the classic padlock-bridge ;)
Visit the old brewery here, and take a walk around the old industrial area while you're there. The city is planning a new borough here.
131 locals recommend
Visit Carlsberg Brand Store
11 Gamle Carlsberg VejVisit the old brewery here, and take a walk around the old industrial area while you're there. The city is planning a new borough here.
Go literally under the park and down into the former watersupply. Now a glassmuseum. An unexpected place in the city.
211 locals recommend
Cisterns in Søndermarken
25A RoskildevejGo literally under the park and down into the former watersupply. Now a glassmuseum. An unexpected place in the city.
Go to the zoo!! See the new elephant house or the polarbears. And then take a walk in the Frederiksberg Have and watch the castle from afar. Beautiful.
1011 locals recommend
Copenhagen ZOO
32 RoskildevejGo to the zoo!! See the new elephant house or the polarbears. And then take a walk in the Frederiksberg Have and watch the castle from afar. Beautiful.
This garden is a beautiful place for spending time summer or winter. Walk to the garden along Frederiksberg Allé and look at the beautiful and expensive apartmentbuildings while you go.
1712 locals recommend
Frederiksberg Gardens
This garden is a beautiful place for spending time summer or winter. Walk to the garden along Frederiksberg Allé and look at the beautiful and expensive apartmentbuildings while you go.
The Nationalmuseum is worth a visit. And it's for free! But be aware - it's impossible to see everything in one visit, so choose your exhibition of interest ;)
530 locals recommend
The National Museum of Denmark
10 Ny VestergadeThe Nationalmuseum is worth a visit. And it's for free! But be aware - it's impossible to see everything in one visit, so choose your exhibition of interest ;)
Want to take a walk around the city? Go from Krusågade to the bike-bridge and walk alond Islands Brygge. Walk under the Longbridge and continue to Christianshavn. Go to the top of Our Saviours Church.
474 locals recommend
Islands Brygge
Islands BryggeWant to take a walk around the city? Go from Krusågade to the bike-bridge and walk alond Islands Brygge. Walk under the Longbridge and continue to Christianshavn. Go to the top of Our Saviours Church.
Visit the top if you dare and get the best view of the city!!
373 locals recommend
Church of Our Saviour
29 Sankt Annæ GadeVisit the top if you dare and get the best view of the city!!
Visit the freetown Christiania. Enjoy the atmosphere and the people or find a concert in 'Den Grå Hal' or at 'Loppen'.
2088 locals recommend
Freetown Christiania
Visit the freetown Christiania. Enjoy the atmosphere and the people or find a concert in 'Den Grå Hal' or at 'Loppen'.
This tower was build in 16th century by the most famous Danish king, Christian the 4th. Go to the top and enjoy the view. No stairs but still a bit of a climb.
354 locals recommend
The Round Tower
52A KøbmagergadeThis tower was build in 16th century by the most famous Danish king, Christian the 4th. Go to the top and enjoy the view. No stairs but still a bit of a climb.
Take the Canal Tours to the end stop at Trekoner Fort if your into history and a beautiful view into Copenhagen on one side and Sweden on the other.
7 locals recommend
Trekroner Fort
1 TrekronerTake the Canal Tours to the end stop at Trekoner Fort if your into history and a beautiful view into Copenhagen on one side and Sweden on the other.
Shopping
If its raining and you just want to shop a bit. You can buy groceries here as well.
679 locals recommend
Fisketorvet
59 Kalvebod BryggeIf its raining and you just want to shop a bit. You can buy groceries here as well.
Arts & Culture
Go have fun! - remember to buy a funpass besides the entrencefee if you want to try something. You can also check out the Friday concerts in the summertime at 10pm or just enjoy the atmosphere.
2596 locals recommend
Tivoli Gardens
3 VesterbrogadeGo have fun! - remember to buy a funpass besides the entrencefee if you want to try something. You can also check out the Friday concerts in the summertime at 10pm or just enjoy the atmosphere.
Go here to see antique statues - or just to enjoy a cake in the beautiful winter garden.
519 locals recommend
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
7 Dantes PladsGo here to see antique statues - or just to enjoy a cake in the beautiful winter garden.
Amazing art exibitions in the old water reserve under Søndermarken park. Look for the small glass pyramids across from Frederiksberg Castle. Thats the entrance.
211 locals recommend
Cisterns in Søndermarken
25A RoskildevejAmazing art exibitions in the old water reserve under Søndermarken park. Look for the small glass pyramids across from Frederiksberg Castle. Thats the entrance.