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Best Food Markets in Copenhagen

Torvehallerne food market halls in city center are open year round and is the modern luxury edition of a food market with groceries, bakeries, coffee, wine, beer, delis and fast food – most of it organic. You can sit outside or if you are lucky, find a spot inside. Copenhagen Street Food is an entirely different experience, still in city center, but across the harbor on Papirøen (Paper Island). Here you will experience a genuine and sustainable food truck atmosphere. Then add one of the best views of the city.

Copenhagen Street Food

Copenhagen’s first and most popular street food market serves up food from all corners of the world paired with perfect sunsets by the harbor front.

Torvehallerne

It is not a supermarket – it is a super market. Torvehallerne, that is. Delicacies and fresh produce of the highest quality are what you will find at this market place. You will find over 60 stands selling everything from fresh fish and meat to gourmet chocolate and exotic spices, as well as small places where you can have a quick bite to eat. Here, you can eat breakfast at Grød, drink a nice cup of coffee at Coffee Collective, eat delicious smørrebrød and so much more.

Tivoli Food Hall

All-round food market at the corner of Tivoli. Tivoli Gardens amusement park is one of the most visited attractions in Copenhagen, and now you can also explore the 15 food stalls with a big range of all-round, good quality foods. From breakfast to dinner, from classics to the more experimenting. The 850 square meter food hall lies right next to Copenhagen Central Station.

The Bridge Street Kitchen

Owners of Copenhagen Street Food and Noma is behind The Bridge Street Kitchen right in front of Nyhavn.

Closes for winter between: 23/12/2018 – 30/3/2019

At the Greenlandic Trade Square just across Inderhavsbroen (the bridge) by Nyhavn you will find The Bridge Street Kitchen. The Bridge Street Kitchen is placed just by the water and will feature some of the most popular street food in Copenhagen: California Kitchen‘s bowls, Grød‘s porridge, Gasoline Grill burgers, Coffee Collective and a few more.

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Get the Scandi look: where to shop for Danish design in Copenhagen

If you’ve been wanting to bring the Scandinavian design ethos into your own home, where better to shop for inspiration and those coveted items than the Danish capital itself

Named by Lonely Planet as Best in Travel 2019, a city break to Copenhagen will do more that satiate your wanderlust, it’ll satisfy your most fundamental desire – to feel good.

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The Danes have spent a century raising interior design to an art form – and applying art forms to interior design. Whether you want sleek, minimalist furniture, colourful ceramics or hygge-inducing textiles, you’ll find them in exquisitely presented specialist stores throughout Copenhagen, especially around Strøget, the pedestrianised main shopping street. Here are some of the key places to head to.

Illums Bolighus, Address: Amagertorv 10

This four-storey department store for the ultra-discerning is the place to browse the best in Danish design – furniture and lamps, kitchen and bathroom accessories, ceramics and glassware, jewellery and fashion, and much more. It feels more like an art gallery than a shop, and if the high prices don’t attract you it’s the perfect place for window shopping.

Stilleben, Address: Niels Hemmingsens Gade 3

Ceramic designers Ditte Reckweg and Jelena Schou Nordentoft have a flair for spotting up-and-coming designers, not only in their own métier but in glassware, textiles, accessories and jewellery too. Their two shops, one off Strøget and one near the Botanical Gardens, are a cornucopia of collectibles, plus a fine selection of artworks, photographs and prints.

Hay House, Address: Østergade 61

Rolf Hay is one of Denmark’s top contemporary furniture designers and his shop on Strøget combines his own clean, ultra-functional pieces with those of other fresh, innovative young designers. Expect everything from sofas and stools to wall clocks and vases. Don’t expect to pay the Earth, as prices can be surprisingly affordable.

Inge Vincents, Address: Jægersborggade 43

Ceramicist Inge Vincents has spent years perfecting the art of making “hysterically thin” homewares from ghost-white porcelain – every piece handmade and unique. At her store on cobbled Jægersborggade in multicultural Nørrebro you’ll find delicately fluted vases and mugs that resemble folded paper, tealight holders translucent as a horn lantern, but all designed for daily use.

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Georg Jensen Silver,Address: Amagertorv 4

For more than a century, the name Georg Jensen has been synonymous with the finest in Danish silver. The firm’s flagship store on Strøget is a magpie’s delight of brooches, earrings, necklaces, pendants and rings, gleaming vases and tableware, and affordable knick-knacks such as money clips and business card holders.

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Normann Copenhagen, Address: Østerbrogade 70

This former cinema in the city’s Østerbro district is still putting on a glittering performance, only now the stars are Normann Copenhagen’s ever growing range of beautifully designed furniture, sculptural lighting, stunning textiles and clever home accessories. If you want a tealight holder or comfy cushion that is also a conversation piece, you will find it here.

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Royal Copenhagen Flagship Store, Address: Amagertorv 6

Everything about Royal Copenhagen’s flagship store on Strøget whispers classic elegance, from the 400-year-old building to displays that look as though her majesty is expected for tea or dinner. The firm’s signature blue-and-white designs are world-famous, and its botanically meticulous Flora Danica range is reassuringly expensive.

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Free Museums to Enjoy While on a Pre-or Post-Cruise Day in Copenhagen

Sometimes all you need to make your day in Copenhagen is a perfect little surprise of a museum that speaks to you and what´s even more important, leaves you some extra budget for those delectable Danish pastries no-one can possibly resist.

Free Museums to Enjoy in Copenhagen

Children and young people under 18 years of age have free access to state and state-subsidized museums in Denmark. Some of these museums also have free entrance for adults on certain days, including the following:

Tøjhusmuseet/The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum, Copenhagen (Wednesday)

The Royal Danish Arsenal Museum is in central Copenhagen, located in Christian IVs arsenal Tøjhuset. Created in 1928, the museum focuses on the military history of Denmark. The narrow, 163 meters brick building its located in, with its tall wooden columns lends itself perfectly to the unique display on the second floor. Take a walk through Danish war history from the 1500s until today; from samurai swords to World War II and the war in Afghanistan.

Hunting and Forestry Museum, Hørsholm (Wednesday)

Danish Museum for Hunting and Forestry in Hørsholm, north of Copenhagen, is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The museum owns approximately 3,000 square metres of exhibition space throwing light on the cultural history of hunting and forestry in Denmark from the Stone Age to the present day. The museum is housed in the beautiful old 18th century stables and barns belonging to the no longer existing Hirschholm Palace.

Post & Tele Museum, Copenhagen (every day)

The Post & Tele Museum is the depository of Denmark’s national collections in the field of post and telecommunications and houses the largest stamp collection in Denmark and the country’s most important special subject library.

Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen (Wednesday)

Vivid colours and grand architectural design characterise the museum, which houses the works of the world-famous Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsenhouses the works of the world-famous Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. A tour of the museum reveals a very special opportunity to enjoy world-class art and architecture. Located at Slotsholmen in the heart of Copenhagen the museum is very close to some of the most popular attractions of the city houses the work of the world-famous Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844).

The museum is a gem in the heart of Copenhagen and since opening in 1848 as the first museum in Denmark it has afforded visitors a very special opportunity to savour world-class art and architecture.

Museum of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Friday)

The Museum of Copenhagen wishes to kindle a desire for knowledge of the city, its past, present, and future.

Nyhavn, ideal for strolls, coffee and people watching

Design Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, (Wednesday)

With a unique location in Copenhagen’s historic centre, near tourist attractions, the harbour boats, design companies and galleries, Designmuseum Danmark is a working archive and the entrance to Denmark as a design destination.

Københavns Domkirke

There’s a small, free-to-visit museum at Copenhagen’s cathedral, which locals know as Københavns Domkirke. The subject changes each year (paintings have been shown here, and there was once an exhibition about the Danish philosopher Søren Aabye Kierkegaard). At the time of writing, the focus was on religious textiles. As long as there’s no church service taking place, you’re free to look around the cathedral, too.