Copenhagen Travel Blog

Jazz is as much part of Copenhagen’s landscape as bicycles, open sandwiches and HC Andersen. Jazz musicians’ love affair with Copenhagen began in the ‘50s, when well-known Americans like Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Ed Thigpen and Kenny Drew crossed the Atlantic and formed a community around Copenhagen’s...

Copenhagen has a good selection of authentic Irish pubs with an enthusiastic crowd of loyal regulars and the chance to drink a pint of the black stuff, see some sports and even enjoy a full Irish breakfast. And what better way to sample a little from each of Copenhagen’s Irish pubs than to partake...

Eager for some local insight, we asked three local ladies where they would go on a typical night out. The response was clear: Insiders prefer neighborhood places, for cheap drinks and a more entertaining time. Connie Westergaard is head of online services at Wonderful Copenhagen tourist bureau and...

You don’t have to go too far to meet locals in Copenhagen, though it may mean leaving obvious tourist attractions like Nyhavn and Tivoli Gardens to other visitors. And although the phrase “meeting the locals” brings to mind stuffy basement bars frequented by bearded old men rambling tall tales,...

Copenhagen may have plenty of nightclubs – but where do you go if you want to dance? Whether you’re a lover of mambo or a serious techno freak, this list should point you in the right direction. Salsa clubs The Latino wave moved over Copenhagen in the last decade and opted to stay. For lovers...

Copenhagen’s biggest street festival, Distortion, has been growing in scale and popularity since its humble beginnings in 1998, and when it opens tomorrow it will be the kick-starting of no less than 155 block parties and many more club nights across the city. One thing has remained constant over the...

Dry land is no longer a prerequisite for a rocking night out. Northern Europe’s latest club trend is the party boat: mobile, floating nightclubs that dock in one particular city for a few months before setting sail to another place. This year sees Spektrum Scandinavia touring the Danish festival circuit. Spektrum...

The style trends inspired by the hit US TV series ’Mad Men’ – set in a ’60s New York City inhabited by cigar-smoking advertizing execs and their dames – have finally reached the shores of Denmark. Fans of the Emmy award-winning show can now imitate its stars in the city’s smartest...

There’s good news on the billboards for theater lovers visiting Copenhagen over the next month, with not just one but two possibilities for seeing some really new and exciting English-language theater. While Copenhagen has a dynamic and thriving live theater scene, it does tend to leave English...

Sunday nights are notoriously quiet in Copenhagen. After the clubs have stayed open until 6am or later the two previous nights, Sundays are a day to stay long in bed, read the papers, enjoy a leisurely brunch and then to retire to the sofa to watch the latest crime drama on Danish television. For those...