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The city's biggest dance venue for the younger gay/lesbian crowd. Mainstream hits on Fridays and more experimental music Saturdays.

This place, was along with the now closed Montmartre, institutions in the hey days of Danish Jazz. There is concerts daily on evenings, and on weekends there is a nightclub for the 30+ crowd in the basement.

Copenhagen's main Latin venue, with a large dance floor for salsa dancing, and a lounge bar with a wider variety of music. Free Salsa lessons every Thursday from 8-9PM. Unfortunately it is totally random wether the place is jam packed or really quite.

Culture Box is the flagship of the electronic music scene in Copenhagen, and is immensely important for the local development of the genre. Mixes superstar DJ's with local talent. Usually a friendly, open crowd, and non commercial music blasting out the speakers.

This is the place to go if you enjoy dance and light house music. But be forewarned, has a reputation among locals, for its mostly very young crowd, heavy drug use and frequent shows of testosterone. That being said, it can be fun if you take it as an experience.

A hit or miss sorta place, with nice colorful interiors, chill corners, and occasional artistic performances in the midst of the partying crowd. The entrance fee includes free beers from 10PM to 1AM, Minimum age is 18 on Thursdays, and 21 on weekends.

This club used to be the flagship of the gay community, but drowned in straights joining in on the outrageous parties. The club took the consequence and reopened as the pan sexual club K3. That doesn't take note of your sexual orientation, but parties away in an inferno of drags, dancers, and decadence in 4 stories playing different styles of music. Thursdays the venue hosts club Slik; a bit more down to earth than on weekends - with resident DJ's playing upfront electronic music on level one & disco classics from the 90's on the second level.

This is a large club, playing rock music, heavy metal etc. People here mainly wear black, has died their hair black, and uses black eyeliner - but the crowd is open and friendly to everyone. Also has a stage where live music of the same genre is played mostly every weekend.

Studenterhuset or the Student house in English is a lively cafe, bar and live venue run by the student association on the University of Copenhagen, right next to Rundetårn. There are certain regular weekly events here; Tuesdays noon-01PM it is gay day, Wednesdays noon-01PM it is international night where many exchange students come to party, a good option for a night out on Wednesdays which can be pretty quite elsewhere, Thursdays & Fridays noon-late are nights for various live acts. The rest of the week has no set schedule.

Great choice of beers, especially British beers and real cask ales. Very popular so you might have to stand on weekends, but lively also on weekdays.

Non-profit bar supports humanitarian work with a very cosy atmosphere, reasonable prices. Free Wifi and a browser-terminal for guests. Also sells clothes. Live music Thu/Fri/Sat from 9 pn,

The name means the Tatooed widow in Danish, 16 beers on tap and more than 100 on bottles. This is the place for Belgian beers. Also have a good restaurant on the top floor.

Huge and rather touristy, it is still probably the most authentic Irish pub in Copenhagen, usually always something going on, even on weekdays - also serves pub food, and has many big screens for watching sports.

Real old-fashioned bar with a good mix of regulars and "poor" student's from the universities. The bar prices are some of the cheapest you get in downtown, and while the place looks pretty run down, the mixed clientele gives it a good atmosphere.

Is another old fashioned bar. Its main claim to fame is its adoption of the 10-trip card you use at public transit, known as a klippekort in Danish, to sell alcohol. 13 servings of beer, shots or spirits for 199 Kr.

2 floors of Tyrolean after ski attitude a short walk away from RÃ¥dhuspladsen.

A fun experience, wrap yourselves in warm clothes from the Russian winter, and indulge yourself in vodka from an ice glass over the ice counter etc. - Good fun, but you're going to have to decide if the expensive entrance fee which includes one drink is worth it.

Cosy Bar

A small late night bar/club with a very mixed clientele, extremely busy in the weekends, but the fun usually never starts until 4-5AM when other places are closed. Fun, but can feel a bit like a meat market at times.

A long time favourite for students from the universities, this small cramped bar is famed for its moose head, over tagged walls and most importantly the "double up" Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays - where you get two draft beers for 32 Kr.

This is probably the best cocktail bar in town in the moment, although, visitors should keep in mind that this is Scandinavia, and a night out here could easily break a budget - that being said - this is the place to do it, with attentive and qualified bartenders, and a well designed interior.

Relaxed bar with a wide range of beers on draft and several good beers on bottle, soft chairs, a pool table, and a fussball table.

If you are interested in politics, this oddity of low key bar near the parliament, is frequented by many parliamentarians, and always have a heated debate going on - feel free to join in as mostly everyone has some command of English. Speciality is the Von Oosten bitter - tastes terrible, but don't be surprised if someone forces it in you.

A wine bar with good a good selections of bottles and 5-6 both red and whites by the glass. Also has champagne, cocktails and a few beers. A good place to relax in soft soft leather chairs, watch the aquariums, and listen to the quiet music.

Small but hip place, which also serves good food. Always crowded on weekends. Interesting decoration with colorful artsy graffitis on the wall. Always crowded in the weekends, where quality local DJ's takes to the decks.

This place at the end of Studiestræde roasts coffee freshly on the premises every day. And you are offered both to drink some in the cafe or bring it home from the store.

The Living Room

The Living Room is a nice place in the Latin quarter, with a clean and lean 1st floor, and a more anarchistic but very cosy basement with a fireplace, candlelight, bare massive stone walls and an interesting decoration - Perfect for a cold day. The many coffee's are mostly organic, and they also sells beers and cakes. Sometimes there are random, intimate concerts going on the basement.

This place has a really nice outdoor beergarden in a courtyard in one of the historic buildings downtown. The menu is specially designed to go well with the beers, that the brewery produces in their own basement. Also has indoor seating.

This idyllic place set by a lake inside Tivoli see picture on the right, has an austrian brewmaster behind its beers, and serves Danish food both inside the old building, or at a large patio by the lake.