Jesper's guidebook for Vesterbro & Copenhagen
Food Scene
Great little place ideal for brunch and coffee - and their lunch and dinner is also really good.
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Mad & Kaffe
68 Sønder Blvd.Great little place ideal for brunch and coffee - and their lunch and dinner is also really good.
Anker Chokolade (by Michelin chef Mikkel Anker) is a must visit for chocoholics with delicious artisan chocolates and a Danish chocolate covered marshmallow and marzipan treat called "Flødeboller" in many flavours.
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Anker Chokolade
17 GodsbanegadeAnker Chokolade (by Michelin chef Mikkel Anker) is a must visit for chocoholics with delicious artisan chocolates and a Danish chocolate covered marshmallow and marzipan treat called "Flødeboller" in many flavours.
My favorite place for coffee, lunch or light dinner. Good prices and cool vibe - quintessential Vesterbro! It's also a good place to sit a couple hours and work from, with free coffee refills.
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Cafe Bang & Jensen
130 IstedgadeMy favorite place for coffee, lunch or light dinner. Good prices and cool vibe - quintessential Vesterbro! It's also a good place to sit a couple hours and work from, with free coffee refills.
Best pizza in town! Made on sourdough, this is not your average pizza place, a favorite in the Meatpacking district!
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Mother
9-15 HøkerboderneBest pizza in town! Made on sourdough, this is not your average pizza place, a favorite in the Meatpacking district!
Excellent burgers and milk shakes - and the sweet potato fries are good too!
115 abantu bendawo batusa
Tommi's Burger Joint Kødbyen
21 HøkerboderneExcellent burgers and milk shakes - and the sweet potato fries are good too!
Restaurant Gorilla
63 FlæsketorvetMany small dishes, very good food!
Local brewery, try out their spareribs and all kinds of fun sodas.
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Warpigs Brewpub
25-37 FlæsketorvetLocal brewery, try out their spareribs and all kinds of fun sodas.
Paté Paté is located in an old liver pâté factory – hence the name – and is owned by Kenn Husted, a wine bar specialist, who is also the man behind a number of other places in Copenhagen. The kitchen serves breakfast, lunch and dinner inspired by the French, Spanish and Moroccan cuisines and there is a wide array of wines to select from. Popular among creative people and local celebs.
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Paté Paté
1 SlagterbodernePaté Paté is located in an old liver pâté factory – hence the name – and is owned by Kenn Husted, a wine bar specialist, who is also the man behind a number of other places in Copenhagen. The kitchen serves breakfast, lunch and dinner inspired by the French, Spanish and Moroccan cuisines and there is a wide array of wines to select from. Popular among creative people and local celebs.
Pho Hanoi
2 Vester FarimagsgadeBest Vietnamese Pho, good prices!
Brød
7 Enghave Pl.Amazing bread, also sold fresh in KIHOSKH.
Some of the best sushi I ever had, and I have been to Japan several times. Best enjoyed from this Skybar on top of the Tivoli Hotel!
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Sticks'n'Sushi Tivoli Hotel
2 Arni Magnussons GadeSome of the best sushi I ever had, and I have been to Japan several times. Best enjoyed from this Skybar on top of the Tivoli Hotel!
Amazingly good and healthy salads that will actually fill you up - try the "bearnaise"-dressing if you're not convinced!
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Wedo Kødbyen
21 HalmtorvetAmazingly good and healthy salads that will actually fill you up - try the "bearnaise"-dressing if you're not convinced!
Great place for breakfast and the morning coffee/tea - I think this is the coziest street in the entire city!
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Granola
5 VærnedamsvejGreat place for breakfast and the morning coffee/tea - I think this is the coziest street in the entire city!
Cool and good Ramen noodle place - order on a ticket machine just like in Japan.
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Ramen to Bíiru
28 GriffenfeldsgadeCool and good Ramen noodle place - order on a ticket machine just like in Japan.
The BEST Smørrebrød (open-face rye bread sandwichI) in Denmark - book well in advance!
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Restaurant Schønnemann
16 Hauser Pl.The BEST Smørrebrød (open-face rye bread sandwichI) in Denmark - book well in advance!
Copenhagen’s most popular Vietnamese restaurant that serves exciting and delicious food, for instance crispy spring rolls, noodles and a piquant mixture of chilli, lime and ginger. The atmosphere is young and lively and the prices are reasonable. Lê Lê also has a takeout place on Vesterbrogade within a stone’s throw from the restaurant.
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LêLê Street Kitchen Vesterbrogade 40
40 VesterbrogadeCopenhagen’s most popular Vietnamese restaurant that serves exciting and delicious food, for instance crispy spring rolls, noodles and a piquant mixture of chilli, lime and ginger. The atmosphere is young and lively and the prices are reasonable. Lê Lê also has a takeout place on Vesterbrogade within a stone’s throw from the restaurant.
A recent favourite of mine, amazingly tasty wraps and bowls! Their chili+honey marinate is delicious, and the fact that it makes a relatively inexpensive and healthy meal is an added bonus.
Wrap House
58 IstedgadeA recent favourite of mine, amazingly tasty wraps and bowls! Their chili+honey marinate is delicious, and the fact that it makes a relatively inexpensive and healthy meal is an added bonus.
Drinks & Nightlife
This Argentinian wine bar on Istedgade is a cool and casual kind of wine bar, where you sit on what looks like an overgrown bookshelf.
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Malbeck Vinbar
61 IstedgadeThis Argentinian wine bar on Istedgade is a cool and casual kind of wine bar, where you sit on what looks like an overgrown bookshelf.
One of the best microbreweries / beer bars in Vesterbro, and that says a lot!
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Fermentoren
29C HalmtorvetOne of the best microbreweries / beer bars in Vesterbro, and that says a lot!
Of all the music venues in Copenhagen, Vega is the most stylish. The house and everything down to the lightning was designed by the Danish architect Vilhelm Lauritzen. Two scenes with additional bars and balconies.
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Vega
40 EnghavevejOf all the music venues in Copenhagen, Vega is the most stylish. The house and everything down to the lightning was designed by the Danish architect Vilhelm Lauritzen. Two scenes with additional bars and balconies.
Excellent cocktails and fine food, stylish yet very friendly and relaxed as only the Meatpacking can be.
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NOHO
28 FlæsketorvetExcellent cocktails and fine food, stylish yet very friendly and relaxed as only the Meatpacking can be.
Sightseeing
Christiania is a place you most likely read about, with its obvious and semi-legalized marijuana trade, but it's much more than that. Cozy little cafés, picturesque scenery by old military foirtifications and small interesting little shops and local crafts. The area around Christiania is rapidly being developed these years, I highly recommend a walk along the house boats on Holmen and the buzzing activity on Refshaleøen (Copenhagen Street Food etc)
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Freetown Christiania
Christiania is a place you most likely read about, with its obvious and semi-legalized marijuana trade, but it's much more than that. Cozy little cafés, picturesque scenery by old military foirtifications and small interesting little shops and local crafts. The area around Christiania is rapidly being developed these years, I highly recommend a walk along the house boats on Holmen and the buzzing activity on Refshaleøen (Copenhagen Street Food etc)
Copenhagen Street Food, just opened and already super popular, after the previous location "Papirøen" was shut down. You can take the bus-ferry there.
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REFFEN
167 RefshalevejCopenhagen Street Food, just opened and already super popular, after the previous location "Papirøen" was shut down. You can take the bus-ferry there.
This street on Nørrebro is very happening, with lots of cool bars and restaurants - I would recommend you check out this area too.
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Ravnsborggade
RavnsborggadeThis street on Nørrebro is very happening, with lots of cool bars and restaurants - I would recommend you check out this area too.
When people ask me, I always recommend seeing Kronborg Castle (home of Shakespeare’s Hamlet) - it's really beautiful and so is the surrounding nature, and the city of Helsingør is also very charming! It's only a 45 minute train ride from the Central station (10min walk from the apartment, departure every 20 minutes) and the train goes north along the picturesque coastline. You might even want to do a quick stop along the way at Klampenborg (You'll find the lovely park "Dyrehaven" here) or Rungsted for a walk and view of the most expensive villas in Denmark. From Helsingør you can even take the ferry to Helsingborg. A return-ticket by foot is only 70 DKK, and takes 20 minutes (remember passport, it's Sweden!)
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Kronborg
1B KronborgWhen people ask me, I always recommend seeing Kronborg Castle (home of Shakespeare’s Hamlet) - it's really beautiful and so is the surrounding nature, and the city of Helsingør is also very charming! It's only a 45 minute train ride from the Central station (10min walk from the apartment, departure every 20 minutes) and the train goes north along the picturesque coastline. You might even want to do a quick stop along the way at Klampenborg (You'll find the lovely park "Dyrehaven" here) or Rungsted for a walk and view of the most expensive villas in Denmark. From Helsingør you can even take the ferry to Helsingborg. A return-ticket by foot is only 70 DKK, and takes 20 minutes (remember passport, it's Sweden!)
Parks & Nature
Karens Minde is a natural area in Copenhagen's South Harbor near the Valbypark, with free-ranging sheep, goats and llamas and many cultural events. Very few people know of this local gem, only 15 minutes from Vesterbro by bicycle. Karens Minde Kulturhus was built as an asylum institution in 1879 and the vast nature reserve behind it was actually created as a landfill from Copenhagens expansion in the 1940s.
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Karens Minde Culture House
19 WagnersvejKarens Minde is a natural area in Copenhagen's South Harbor near the Valbypark, with free-ranging sheep, goats and llamas and many cultural events. Very few people know of this local gem, only 15 minutes from Vesterbro by bicycle. Karens Minde Kulturhus was built as an asylum institution in 1879 and the vast nature reserve behind it was actually created as a landfill from Copenhagens expansion in the 1940s.
These two romantic parks (Søndermarken & Frederiksberg Have) were built in the early 1700s in connection with the newly built Frederiksberg Castle - you can see the elephants and zebras (in Copenhagen Zoo) for free, from this park.
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Søndermarken
55 Pile AlléThese two romantic parks (Søndermarken & Frederiksberg Have) were built in the early 1700s in connection with the newly built Frederiksberg Castle - you can see the elephants and zebras (in Copenhagen Zoo) for free, from this park.
The most popular beach ("Havnebadet") in the city center! Walk there in 5-10 minutes or even better try the new stunning elevated bike bridge.
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Islands Brygge
Islands BryggeThe most popular beach ("Havnebadet") in the city center! Walk there in 5-10 minutes or even better try the new stunning elevated bike bridge.
Litauens Plads
Lovely little park, popular with dogs.
Arts & Culture
Carlsberg is one of the biggest exports successes of Denmark and "Probably the best beer in the world", began right down the road, in an area that is currently being developed into a new area of the city, connecting Valby with Vesterbro. Beer tastings, a beautiful garden and architecture and much more!
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Carl Jacobsen House
1 Valby LanggadeCarlsberg is one of the biggest exports successes of Denmark and "Probably the best beer in the world", began right down the road, in an area that is currently being developed into a new area of the city, connecting Valby with Vesterbro. Beer tastings, a beautiful garden and architecture and much more!
This former church is a creative and social hub of activities, facilitated by the city and open to all - Your living room away from home. Your breakfast café. Your afternoon hangout. Your evening bar and party-spot. A place where you can eat dinner with 200 friends you don’t know yet every night at 6.–Swing by anytime for a game of ping pong, start your day with yoga or dance, invite your special someone for a bingo-date and join a croquis class or a philosophical discussion. Absalon is open from morning until late.
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Folkehuset Absalon
73 Sønder Blvd.This former church is a creative and social hub of activities, facilitated by the city and open to all - Your living room away from home. Your breakfast café. Your afternoon hangout. Your evening bar and party-spot. A place where you can eat dinner with 200 friends you don’t know yet every night at 6.–Swing by anytime for a game of ping pong, start your day with yoga or dance, invite your special someone for a bingo-date and join a croquis class or a philosophical discussion. Absalon is open from morning until late.
Shopping
Upscale department store, offers 10% tourist discount and tax-free shopping if you're based outside EU.
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Illum
52 ØstergadeUpscale department store, offers 10% tourist discount and tax-free shopping if you're based outside EU.
Popular shopping mall and a large Cinemaxx theatre, less than a 10 minute walk from the apartment
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Fisketorvet
59 Kalvebod BryggePopular shopping mall and a large Cinemaxx theatre, less than a 10 minute walk from the apartment
Essentials
SuperBrugsen
53 B NørrebrogadeBest place to do your grocery shopping.
KIHOSKH is the epitome of hip and trendy Vesterbro - this little kiosk has everything from its own brewery to rare magazines and fantastic bread. You can't possibly miss it!
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KIHOSKH
53 Sønder Blvd.KIHOSKH is the epitome of hip and trendy Vesterbro - this little kiosk has everything from its own brewery to rare magazines and fantastic bread. You can't possibly miss it!