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Coffee outside in Copenhagen
On a sunny day, Copenhagen takes its coffee outside. Prolog's Kødbyen regulars sit on the pavement, The Artisan has a large deck on the lakes, Enghave Kaffe puts tables on the square, Sneezing Fruits has long wooden tables in its courtyard and Coffice has plenty of seats in the sun.
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No. 1
Prolog Coffee Bar Meatpacking District
Vesterbro+3 locationsMust-try
Sebastian Quistorff and Jonas Gehl opened Prolog in 2016 as a narrow bar in Kødbyen, the old meatpacking district, and it has grown into a roastery with four bars. The original keeps a few seats inside and a couple of tables outside, and on sunny days people sit on the pavement. The menu is mostly light-roasted single origins, served as espresso, filter or V60 pour-over. For a different room, the Papirøen bar sits in a glass building on the harbour, with high ceilings, wood and views toward Nyhavn. The other two bars are on Randersgade in Østerbro and on Marguerite Vibys Plads in Frederiksberg.
Høkerboderne 16, 1712 København, Denmark
No. 2
The Artisan Copenhagen
NørrebroMust-try
The Artisan sits at the corner of the lake by Fredens Park, on the walk around the city's lakes, with a large front deck. It is run by a Peruvian and a Danish owner, and founder Jose Antonio travels to Peru regularly to buy micro-lots from small farms. Everything is roasted in house on a one-kilo roaster built in Copenhagen, and the menu is Peruvian coffee only, including anaerobic and natural lots. Regulars come for the pour-overs, and the beans are for sale.
Sortedam Dossering 45A, 2200 København, Denmark
No. 3
Enghave Kaffe
VesterbroMust-try
Enghave Kaffe is a dark, minimalist bar on Enghave Plads in Vesterbro, with a bench along the wall and tables outside. It serves coffee from Fuglen, the Norwegian roaster, and the batch brew is the local favourite, alongside espresso drinks and kombucha. Barista Magazine credits Nobuaki Matsui, who manages the bar, with changing how espresso is brewed in Copenhagen. Laptops are welcome only from 12 to 15.
Enghave Pl. 3, stuen th, 1670 København, Denmark
No. 4
Sneezing Fruits
Islands BryggeGood
Sneezing Fruits is a tiny coffee shop in a courtyard on Sturlasgade in Islands Brygge, below studios, workshops and offices. It is an offshoot of Alice, the ice-cream café, and of the bakery Benji. The filter coffee comes from Koppi in Sweden, roasted light, and the house coffee rotates as supplies run out, with espresso and milk drinks, pastries and paninis. Sit at the long wooden tables outside, or by the window when it rains.
Sturlasgade 14m, 2300 København, Denmark
No. 5
COFFICE Coffee
AmagerbroGood
Coffice is a co-working coffee bar inside Prismen, the culture and sports centre on Holmbladsgade in Amager. It brews coffee from ROAST, including pour-overs on an Origami dripper, and sells the beans. Elias Egholm, who used to work at ROAST, runs the bar, and Barista Magazine describes him as the warmth of the neighbourhood. There is plenty of seating outside in the sun and tables inside. It is closed on Fridays.
Holmbladsgade 71, 2300 København, Denmark
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