Zealand
This quietly classy wood-panelled bar-restaurant has a sunny street terrace and offers a wide range of Danish pub meals along with several beers,…
Must-see nightlife in Denmark
Zealand
Beside Gilleleje's eastern lighthouse, the great attraction of this 18th-century inn is its fabulous terrace looking across the water towards Sweden. The…
Zealand
Cosy, candlelit yet unpretentious, this beer cellar, with walls made of giant boulders, has 15 regularly changing craft beers on tap, sometimes including…
Ærø
This bare-brick shop-cafe plays Sinatra-esque music and serves excellent espresso that comes with a wrapped toffee – one of the numerous, locally famous…
Zealand
Trying to be British in a very Danish fashion, this is the place for a scone-and-cake high tea (250kr for two) seated at antique chairs on whitewashed old…
Southern Jutland
Look out for this label’s locally brewed beers at restaurants and bars around town, or pop into the brewery (in the courtyard) during its limited opening…
Helsingør
Decked with beer steins and lit with low-hanging copper pan-lamps, this appealing yet inexpensive bar proudly serves Wiibroe, originally Helsingør's 'home…
Funen
Though calling itself a restaurant and turning out cheap, rustic lunches (fish cakes and remoulade, smoked mackerel with pesto, or meatballs with potato…
Aalborg
Every Danish town worth its salt has a microbrewery, and Aalborg’s is a cracker. With loads of outdoor seating and a long meaty menu of beer…
Aarhus
The vintage furniture and quirky titbits make Ris Ras (named after a children's nursery rhyme) feel like the living room of a cool local friend. This…
Southern Jutland
Known in town simply as ‘the English pub’, this traditional boozer lies in a passage between Jernbanegade and Klostergade. Outdoor seating, meals, weekend…
Møn, Falster & Lolland
With barista coffee from 25kr and four beers on tap including Belgian Grimbergen Double, this spacious, convivial modern brasserie is a delight that you'd…
Aarhus
This is a real English-style pub, dim and cosy and with a calendar full of live music, karaoke, quiz nights, jam sessions and televised football. You can…
Møn, Falster & Lolland
This relaxed hang-out in the base of the 1908 water tower/gallery serves some of the town's best coffee at octagonal tables decorated with naive art or on…
Funen
At the south end of Kerteminde's pretty main street, Lulu's serves good coffee at a street terrace shaded by gigantic parasols, or indoors beneath…
Funen
Entering this smoky, time-warp place is like wandering into a 19th-century painting full of well-studied local characters. A pub since 1829, it's hidden…
Funen
This great little cafe-restaurant serves a tasty range of international favourites (spare ribs, tapas, burgers), but is also a relaxing, jazzy-toned place…
Skagen
Lots of summertime live music, a snack-worthy menu and a big beer garden make this microbrewery an ideal spot for a lazy afternoon. Sample your way…
Helsingør
Swoon at the astonishing selection of luscious cakes to accompany the excellent coffee at this cosy cafe facing Axeltorv, Helsingør's most buzzing…
Odense
Smokily unpretentious, this clutter-filled gem dates from 1932 and is very much a locals' local, serving a small range of inexpensive Odense beers.
Møn, Falster & Lolland
This time-warp, nautically flavoured locals' pub has wood-panelled walls and a salty clientele of daytime regulars as authentic as the half-timbered…
Southern Jutland
Thirsty? Stop by this excellent brewery on the outskirts of Nordby. BYO food to eat in the beer garden (there's no food served), and settle in to sample…
Aarhus
Doing exactly as its name suggests, this industrial-cool space makes top-notch, award-winning brews (limited food). Head through to the courtyard to find…
Odense
One of central Odense's best places for finding an excellent range of tap beers and whiskies, served at bench seats inside or on a merry street terrace.
Vesterbro & Frederiksberg
KBIII is the biggest club in the kicking Kødbyen (Meatpacking District), aptly occupying a giant former meat freezer. Although events span film screenings…
Vesterbro & Frederiksberg
Affordable drinks, DJ-spun disco and rock, and a Meatpacking District address make intimate, gritty Bakken a magnet for revellers.
Funen
With black cushions on black benches, warehouse-style Kammerateriet's main bar area feels like you're camping in a cinema foyer, but there's a chance of…
Aarhus
Location, location, location. You can’t miss this cafe – it’s right on the corner by one of the main bridges over the river. Food is not its strong point,…
Zealand
Though ultra-basic and serving very ordinary canned beers, the Sunspot's chairs offer a lovely yet inexpensive spot from which to watch the sun setting…
Southern Zealand
Just off the main square, this oversized doll's house with its mix-and-match furniture is a super-friendly, quietly feminine place for excellent coffee,…
Ærø
This unsophisticated local pub with panelling and beer-sign decor serves Rise Brewery's unusual walnut-flavoured Hertug Hans among its several tap-beer…
Møn, Falster & Lolland
For a full-on local experience grab a cheap beer and frame up a game of keglebillard (five-pin billiards) in this little pub behind the central square's…
Northern Jutland
There's not a whole lot of public partying going on (surfers generally like to wake early), but this small bodega (pub) lives on the town's outskirts.
Helsingør
Central half-timbered pub with a decent selection of international and local beers, including Esrum Kloster brews.
Aarhus
Aarhus' main gay bar and club, open and welcoming to all. See its Facebook page for events and parties.
