Copenhagen Travel Blog

Department store dining doesn’t have to be stuffy and boring. Copenhagen’s two biggest and oldest department stores, Magasin du Nord and Illum, have revamped their eating options with upmarket menus, lively decor and a hip reputation. Cocktails and penthouse views in Illum’s Spisebaren The 2011...

Copenhagen’s dining options expanded in 2011 with the opening of several high-profile eateries and trends towards stylish Asian and vegetarian cuisine, Nordic ingredients, and casual bistro settings. Nordic wave not over yet The Nordic wave continued with New Nordic Cuisine pioneer Claus Meyer’s...

Copenhagen’s restaurants are now famous throughout the world for revitalizing simple Nordic produce into extraordinary, imaginative dishes. But what about dessert? Here are four spots in Copenhagen where the sweet tooth gets a chance at the five star treatment. Strangas Cakeaway’s sweet masterpieces It...

Copenhagen’s reputation as a culinary destination has traveled across the globe, so treating out-of-town guests to eating out ought to be one of the highlights of their trip. An ill-informed decision, however, may make for disappointment and anticlimax. With good service, availability and location...

This year witnessed a break with tradition for Tivoli Pleasure Gardens, as the custom of adding a new ride each season was replaced by improving the overall experience of the centuries-old amusement park, including quality dining at sensible prices. No less than five new eateries have opened their doors...

Over the last decade, the trend towards outdoor dining in Copenhagen has expanded enough to rival a Mediterranean city’s. As soon as spring arrives, Danes turn in to outdoorsy people, and with the long summer evenings characteristic of Scandinavia, al fresco dining can be just as pleasant here...

Today sees the opening of Bo Bech’s new à la carte restaurant, Geist, on Kongens Nytorv: A smarter, more casual place than his previous venture, with a showy open kitchen as centerpiece. Flashy chef Bo Bech is a well-known name on Copenhagen’s restaurant scene since the opening of his Paustian restaurant...

Holidays like Easter make great occasions for travel. Copenhageners think so too, however, and the city can seem pretty quiet over the long holiday weekend. Many city dwellers take off to summerhouses in the country to enjoy their vacation with extended family members and plenty of food and drink. Denmark...

There was nothing new for Copenhagen’s top restaurants when the Michelin Guide 2011 was unveiled yesterday, March 16. With everything pretty much as it had been before, it almost looked like Michelin had forgotten to update the guide: Noma retained its two stars but failed to get the top third star...

There can be no better build-up to the new winter edition of Copenhagen Cooking that kicks off later this week than the news that Denmark’s Rasmus Kofoed, head chef at Copenhagen’s Geranium restaurant, has won first prize at the prestigious Bocuse d’Or in Lyon. Super-chef Kofoed served an extremely...