Copenhagen Shopping

  1. Bang & Olufsen

    For sleek, top-priced audio and televisual equipment, it's hard to go past this über-stylish brand. The shop itself is a hi-tech marvel that has design nuts drooling.

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  2. Birger Christensen

    The city's pre-eminent upscale clothing store sells a wide range of Danish and international brands for both men and women, including Prada, Chanel and YSL. Known in Denmark for its furs.

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  3. Bitte Kai Rand

    Ask many Copenhagen women over 30 for one of their favourite addreses and the name of this veteran of the Danish fashion scene will invariably crop up. Rand presents six collections a year of sophisticated, chic and very, very beautiful clothing.

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  4. Bruuns Bazaar

    Now an internationally recognised fashion label selling archetypal, contemporary Scandinavian style around the world, this is where the men's and women's Bruuns Bazaars began - they also stock other well known brands.

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  5. Casimose

    Tina Casimose and Maiken Charlotte Bang offer one of the most consistent collections of womenswear on Nansensgade - the kind of clothing that is defining the Copenhagen look, with bold mix-and-match fabrics and patterns.

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  6. Dansk Møbelkunst

    Filled with the very best of 20th-century Scandinavian furniture and design, this excellent shop had us wondering: 'would they mind if we moved in?'.

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  7. Day Birger Mikkelsen

    The magnificent flagship store for this leading Danish brand is right in the heart of the mainstream fashion district with the equally excellent Designers Remix just across the way. Birger's clothes are ultra desirable - elegant, feminine, classic, sexy with just a hint of hippy (and that's just the menswear). Designer Malene Birger's own shop (she is no longer part of the Day group) is just around the corner.

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  8. Filippa K

    This is Swedish designer Filippa Kihlborg's flagship Danish store, selling her simple, modern, often monochromatic men's and women's ranges - both day-to-day stuff and more dressy partywear.

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  9. Frederiksen

    Lise Frederiksen's super-feminine clothing boutique is just one of several new fashion shops on what used to be thought of as the city's top antiques street. She is joined by Dico (Ravnsborggade 21), Stig P (Ravnsborggade 18), Riktigt (Ravnsborggade 17c) and the groovy gift shop Kiertner (Ravnsborggade 10a) in the ongoing funkification of this area.

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  10. Frogeye

    If walking about town is making you hate the look (and smell) of your shoes, head for one of the grooviest shoe shops in the city, with a wide range of Camper footwear always in stock.

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  12. Fünf

    This gorgeous women's clothing store on trendy Elmegade stocks up-to-the-second ranges from several local designers. There are several of these kind of nouveau-garde fashion boutiques nearby, including Goggle, Resteröds, Bark, Cappalis and, just around the corner on Guldbergsgade, Weiz.

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  13. Illums Bolighus

    Fabulous-looking Illums Bolighus stocks wonderful Danish-designed furniture, clothing, ceramics, silverware and glass, and is also a good place to look for gifts such as a quality toy or kitchen utensil.

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  14. Klædebo

    The best fashion shop on Blågårdsgade, an interesting pedestrian street just off Nørrebrogade. It sells stylish, modern and trendy women's and children's clothes.

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  15. Louis Poulsen

    The new showroom of the famous Danish lighting brand, next to Thorvaldsen Hus on Gammel Strand, offers state-of-the-art Scandinavian lighting design.

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  16. Maria And Kendt

    This Swedish/Danish design duo are making a name for themselves in the Danish fashion press for their light (lots of chiffon and silk), girly, colourful partywear and more casual clothing. Not cheap, but these are limited runs.

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  17. Munthe Plus Simonsen

    Local gals flock to this stunning flagship store of local label Munthe Plus Simonsen. The look is part boho-chic, part ethno-dress ups, part luxe detailing and part Stevie Nicks at her most coke-addled. To get here, take bus 350S.

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  18. Normann

    This recently opened, 1700 sq m clothing and interior design store is housed in a vast, whitewashed room - formerly a cinema - on Østerbro's main shopping street. As well as stocking its own award-winning brand of homewear (including the famous rubber washing-up bowls and outlandish cardboard lampshades), Normann also stocks vintage-style sportswear, furniture and Alessi homewear, and clothing by Joseph and Resteröds.

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  19. Rützou Fashion

    One of the leading names in contemporary Danish fashion, Susanne Rützou now has this impressive store in the city's fashion quarter. If you are looking for that kooky-feminine Copenhagen look, this is where you'll find it.

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  20. Sand

    Stylish Sand sells Danish-designed men's and women's clothing with lots of subtle neutral tones punctuated by just-so bursts of next-season's hippest colours. Not exactly budget-priced, but beautifully made and built to last from quality, durable fabrics.

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  21. Sandwich

    This inviting store is one of several women's clothes and jewellery stores on this charming side street off Nyhavn, it sells casual and dressy women's clothes from this popular Dutch design group.

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  23. Strædet

    Strøget is usually people's first experience of shopping in Copenhagen, but the city has so much more to offer than this mainstream, touristy drag. Running parallel to the south is another pedestrian shopping street, Strædet (made up of two streets, Kompagnistræde and Læderstræde), full of interesting, independent jewellery, clothing, interior design and antique shops.

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  24. Sweater Market

    Scandinavian sweaters are typically made of heavy wool, in rich blue or black colours accented with white and sporting snowflake-like designs. They are very distinctive, and ideally suited for warding off the chill in cold climates. A wide variety, including popular Norwegian styles, can be found at the Sweater Market, plus a range of other winter woollies.

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