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Copenhagen Travel Guide

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Copenhagen Travel Guide
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Entrance to Tivoli Gardens
Entrance to Tivoli Gardens
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In 1167 Copenhagen was a tiny village called “Havn” which king Valdemar I gave to his trustee, the bishop Absalon of Roskilde. Since then it gradually grew to be the first city of Denmark, in part because the harbour of Roskilde became inaccessible to the larger trading ships. In 1417 Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark. It’s now by far the largest and most important town in Denmark, with numerous Museums and the hippest Nightlife in the country.

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Little Mermaid
Little Mermaid
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Carlsberg
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The Carlsberg building, home of the famous Danish brewery. The building was constructed in 1847.
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Rådhus (City Hall)

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City Hall
City Hall
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The city hall was buildt in 1905.
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Helsingør Castle
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Helsingor Castle
Helsingor Castle
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This is the castle that inspired William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet". This castle is overlooks the border of Sweden... With it's unique architecture and beautiful tapestries, this is a place to visit, while you are there you can take a quick trip across the border to Sweden.
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Nyhavn (New harbour)
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Nyhavn in a rainy day
Nyhavn in a rainy day
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The New Harbour is nearly the oldest part of the harbour. In former times the district was full of crime and prostitutes, in the presence Nyhavn is an amusement district with many coffeeshops. All harbour tours start from here. The house number 20 is the birthplace of Hans Christan Andersen.
Go to Christianshavn for a quieter drink, with similar views.
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Christiania
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Christiania is a 'free state' inside Copenhagen. Originally a military base, hippy squaters moved into the area when the militray abandoned it and formed a community based on cooperative ideals.
Part commune, part social experiment, Christiania is home to an array of uniquely designed houses and market stalls selling all maner of good. The open sale of hash on pusher street, however is probably the communities most famous sight.
Booming land prices are now the biggest threat to the free state. The government seems convinced to reclaim the site more..
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The Black Diamond
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The Black Diamond, or Den sorte diamant, is a 1996 addition to the Royal Library in Copenhagen. A spectacular structure on the waterfront, with views over to Christianshavn, a restaurant, frequent cultural events and state of the art interior design.
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address: http://www.kb.dk/kultur/diamant/index-en.htm
Amalienborg
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The Amalienborg palace is the home of the royal family. The palace is splitted in four identical palais. The palais was built in 1750. Since 1794 the royal family lives in the palais. The statue in the middle of the palace represents Frederik V.
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Alexander Newskij Kirke
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A remarkable russian-orthodox church.
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Børsen (Stock Exchange)
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This very old building was built by Christian IV between 1619 and 1620. The building is no longer used as a stock exchange.
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Stroget
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Commonly referred to as "The Walking Street", this area is full of people, shopping, cafes, restaurants and tons of ice cream! This is the place to be at any hour of the day... The shops close at around 6 PM, so if you are interested in shopping get there early... If your looking for a cheap place to eat-- there are plenty of Shwarma restaurants, etc..
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address: Stroget
Trinitatis Kirke
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This church was built in 1656. Under the roof of the church is the old university library. After a fire in the year 1728, the building was reconstructed.
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Cruise ships in Copenhagen harbor
Cruise ships in Copenhagen harbor
Joseph Hollick
With direct flights to/from 112 cities world-wide, several international train-connections to/from Scandinavia and the rest of Europe, direct links to the European E-highway system, international ship & ferryboat connections, Copenhagen is easy to reach from any location.
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Copenhagen has always been a city where art could flourish. Today Danish are known for their reductive functional design with takes objects to their most essential form. It seems almost impossible that this is the same that in the 19th century was swept by the Romantic movement that leaded to the so called Danish Golden Age. In Copenhagen, more than 50 museums all tell their own story about the land, the city and it’s people. Each story different and none complete. If you should venture to try to see them all, there is a special ticket which allows you to see as many as possible in one, two or three days. Some museums also have special days when no admission is charged. Outside Copenhagen Louisiana and ARKEN are also worth a visit.
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Tuborg Bryggerierne
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address: Strandvejen 54
openinghours: Monday till Friday 8.30-16.30h.
tel: 4531293311
Tycho Brahe Planetarium
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address: Gl. Kongevej 10
url: www.tycho.dk
openinghours: Tuesday till Thursday 9.00-22.00h, Friday and Saturday 11.00-23.00h
tel: 4533121224
ARKEN
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This Museum, 20 km (12 miles) south of Copenhagen, looks like an huge vessel that has stranded on the coast of Denmark. As is a trend among today’s museum builders, architect Søren Robert Lund made ARKEN the showpiece of its exhibitions. The museum was opened in 1996 and has its focal point on all forms of Danish, Scandinavian and international art from 1945 and onward. The building is organised around the imposing main room which, like a huge banana penetrates the other spaces.
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address: Skovvej 100, Ishøj Strandpark, Ishøj
url: www.arken.dk
tel: 4543540222
Louisiana
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From the sculpture garden
From the sculpture garden
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Also a visit to this museum is an experience in itself. Louisiana has grown in a circle at the coast of Øresund. Pavilions in different stiles are bound together like a necklace to shelter a unique collection of modern art. Especially the Giacometti is a site in itself. When weather allows you can have a picnic in the central clearing. But even when rain pours down it is a place of interesting harmonics and contrasts.
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address: Gammel Strandvej 13, Humlebæk
url: www.louisiana.dk
tel: 4549190719
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek has a vast collection of sculpture in which there are over thirty works by the French sculptor Rodin. This makes it the most important Rodin collection outside France. In addition, the museum displays sculptures by Degas, Canova, Rauch and Kai Nielsen and a large collection of antique Greek, Egyptian, Etruscan and Roman sculpture. It collection of paintings may be somewhat smaller but of equal high quality with artists like Géricault, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas and Van Gogh. One of the showpieces is a magnificent self-portrait by Cézanne and the more..
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admission: 30.00 DKK
address: Dantes Plads 7
url: www.kulturnet.dk
tel: 4533418141
Dansk Architectur Gammel Dok
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This is somesort of museum, but its actually more of an information center on architecture, with an exhibition facility on the first floor. Quite pretentious, but in an interesting "pakhus".
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address: Strandgade 27B
openinghours: Tuesday and Thursday till Friday, 10.00-17.00h. Wednesday also 10.00-22.00h
tel: 4531571930
Thorvaldsen museum
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Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) lived over forty years in Rome. As sculptor he can easily withstand comparison with contemporaries like Antonio Canova or François Rude. At his death, he left his city of birth a vast collection of sculptures and paintings. The neo-classical sculptor now rests among this collections in the central court. The museum itself is a work of art with painted walls and ceilings based on Roman and Etruscan excavations. In these dark chambers, Thorvaldsens white marble sculptures standout in a way they were intended. In the basement, one can see the drawing more..
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admission: 20.00 DKK
address: Porthusgade 2
url: www.laer-it.dk
openinghours: Tuesday till Sunday 11.00-17.00h
tel: 4533321532
Statens Museum for Kunst
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This is Denmark’s largest museum on art with a scope that goes form medieval painting to modern installations and onward. Recently enlarged the exhibition space has doubled. The emphasis is still on Dutch 17th century and Danish 19th century painting, two Golden Ages. Wednesdays free admission.
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address: Sølvgade 48-50
openinghours: Monday till Friday 8.30-16.30h.
tel: 4533748494
Nationalmuseet
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Housed in a 17th century mansion formally inhabited by the princes of Denmark's, the culture-historical museum tells a history of more than 10,000 years. The collection contains not only Danish finds but finds and items from around the world from Egyptian, classical, and mediaeval times. The museum also shows a couple of periodical rooms.
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admission: 40.00 DKK
address: Valkendorfsgade 13
url: http:\\www.natmus.dk
openinghours: Monday till Thursday 9.00-16.00h, Saturday and Sunday 10.00-16.00h.
tel: 4533134411
Carlsberg Museet
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The history of the probably most famous beer and brewery in the world.
After the tour taste the free samples.
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address: Valby Langgade 1
openinghours: Monday till Friday, 8.30-16.00h
tel: 4531210112
Legetøjmuseet
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address: Valkendorfsgade 13
openinghours: Monday till Thursday 9.00-16.00h, Saturday and Sunday 10.00-16.00h.
tel: 4533141009
Kunstindustrie Museet
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address: Bredgade 68
openinghours: Tuesday till Sunday, 13.00-16.00h.
tel: 4533149452
København Bymuseum
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address: Vesterbrogade 59
openinghours: Thuesday till Friday 13.00-16.00h. (In summer they open at 10.00)
tel: 4531210772
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Town Hall Square
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Webcam view
Webcam view
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Danish newspaper Politikens webcam, overlooking Town Hall Square.
The Town Hall is seen in the upper part of the picture. The camera is placed on the roof of the Politiken domicile.
The picture is updated every 20 sec, but you must refresh manually.
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Dollhouse of Copenhagen
Dollhouse of Copenhagen
Nightlife in Copenhagen changes fast and starts late. Most clubs only begin to fill up around midnight. New clubs and bars spring up regularly. Some of the newer additions include: Subsonic, featuring a 'preserved' Bier Keller corner, a large dance floor and a perfect copy of a SAS lounge with original aircraft seats. The music is predominantly 80’s dance. Also new is Fever in the old X-Ray club, which is a Hip hop and R&B club. A relaxed lounge area makes it a good place for an earlier start, with the dance floor picking up around midnight Friday/Saturday only.
For a completely different experience, there's Base Camp, a hangar like venue on the newly revamped military island, Holmen. As well as a nightclub and 'The north's biggest restaurant' with 600 seats, it's got an outdoor grill area with live music.
An interesting pre club bar is Stereo Bar around Israels Plads, which offers 70’s retro decor easy listening and lava lamps. Music ranges from trip hop, drum & bass to latin/jazz. Ideal Bar, in Vesterbro is also an early starter, which picks up speed as the night wears on, developing into a fully fledged dance club featuring funk, latin, easy listening and swing beat.
Clubs and venues :
Vega, one of the city's most characteristic venues, features both big names from the rock and dance world and underground acts on it's smaller stage. Based in a 1950's trade union building, the interior has been retained right up to the fifties glass light shades giving it a unique atmosphere, from its zigzag tiled floors to its 60’s mural decked bar. For a more underground feel, Stengade 30, in Nørrebro features the best of Danish and international rock and dance acts, usually with an all-night club to follow. Also in Nørrebro, Rust, a primarily live music/dance venue has an outdoor yard and bar. Its packed club nights have a relaxed free-style dance-floor policy.
Pure dance clubs are also thick on the ground, Fever, Slide and Nasa, all in Baron Boltens Gård are worth a visit. However, as Nasa is a private club, it may be hard for visitors to get in - admission are preferably granted non-members who look like models or money. Right next to Tivoli in the old Jazzhouse Slukefter there's Club Mantra which play perhaps the best R&B and hip-hop in town. A luxurious interior, white leather sofas and a panoramic mural of Copenhagen at dusk, combined with the beats makes this THE place for cool Copenhageners. Over in Østerbro there's the more established Park Diskotek, the relaxed home of happy house. Copenhagen's gay scene is loosely based around Sebastian and the popular three storey Pan Disco, as the focal point for dancing.
You might try to use the mobile night life guide Mobileclubbing that also lists all the gay clubs. It is found on your mobile phone on wap.mobileclubbing.net.
For jazz, Copenhagen Jazz House is the best option. With the renewed interest in new Danish jazz, this intimate showcase club features international and Danish acts, with a club night on weekends is popular with the younger Copenhagen jazz crowd.
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Stengade 30 (Nørrebro)
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Stengade 30 is THE venue for underground music in copenhagen offering live music every night from tuesday to sunday and a dancefloor nightclub from midnight thursday to sunday in various genres.
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address: 18, Stengade
url: www.stengade30.dk
tel: +45 35 39 09 20
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Mojo Blues-Bar
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type: Live music
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address: 21, Løngangsstræde
url: www.mojo.dk
tel: +45 33 11 64 53
ABC (Frederiksberg)
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address: 98, Frederiksberg Allé
url: www.abc2000.dk
tel: +45 33 23 58 28
Pakhus 11 (Amerikakaj)
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address: 28, Dampfærgevej
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VEGA Natklub
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The Vega Nightclub is one of the best places to go out in Copenhagen on a Friday or a Saturday. It features two dancefloors. The lower usually plays techno or house. The upper, which is lounge-like, usually plays more groovy music like soul or hiphop.
Located in Vesterbro
Open from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m., free entrance before 0 a.m.
type: Clubs and dancing
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address: Enghavevej 40, 1674 København V
url: www.vega.dk
tel: +45 33 25 80 12
Loppen (Christiania)
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address: 43, Bådsmandsstræde
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tel: +45 32 57 84 22
Fever, Baron Boltens Gård
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(Hip Hop - R&B club)
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address: 8F, Gothersgade
tel: +45 33 93 74 15
Copenhagen JazzHouse
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address: 10, N. Hemmingsensgade
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tel: +45 33 15 26 00
Musikcafeen, Huset
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type: Live music
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address: 13, Rådhusstræde
tel: +45 33 15 20 02
Dollhouse of Copenhagen
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Dollhouse of Copenhagen
Dollhouse of Copenhagen
Dollhouse of Copenhagen is a high end nightclub mostly for gentlemen. It is situated in central Copenhagen near the central station.
This is the place to visit - if you can afford it.
They offer a lot of entertainment. Without paying any extra fees you can enjoy a floor show performed by beautiful girls from all over the world. The floor show is a combination of dance and striptease, and in the end - not much is left for your fantasy. Besides that they offer table dance, lap dance and private VIP areas where you privately can enjoy the company or dance more..
type: Pool and billiards
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ClosingTime: 05.00
tel: +45 33 21 42 04
url: www.copenhagen-nightclubs.com
address: Istedgade 38, 1st
email: info@copenhagen-nightclubs.com
NASA, Baron Boltens Gård
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Copenhagens most exclusive club, entrence only by guestlist.
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address: 8F, Gothersgade
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tel: +45 33 93 74 15
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Park Diskotek (Østerbro)
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type: Disco
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address: 79, Østerbrogade
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tel: +45 35 42 62 48
Klub Vega (Vesterbro)
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+45 33 25 80 12
type: Disco
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address: 40, Enghavevej
tel: +45 33 25 80 12
url: www.vega.dk
Sabor Latino (Salsa)
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type: Disco
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address: 85, Vester Voldgade
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tel: 45 33 11 97 66
Ideal Bar
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(Vega on Vesterbro)
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url: www.vega.dk
tel: +45 33 25 80 12
Base Camp Holmen (Holmen)
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address: 12, Halvtolv
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tel: +45 70 23 23 18
Stereo Bar
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address: 16A, Linnésgade
tel: +45 33 13 61 13
Club Mantra
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(R&B and hip-hop)(RegGae Dub Club only Thursdays)
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address: 3, Bernstorffsgade
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tel: +45 33 11 11 13
Pumpehuset
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address: 52, Studiestræde
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tel: +45 33 93 19 60
Subsonic(Design Disco)
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address: 45, Skindergade
tel: +45 33 13 26 25
Sebastian Café & Bar
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type: Jazz music
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address: 10, Hyskenstræde
tel: +45 33 32 22 79
Propaganda
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(Eating place, bar & dance)
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address: 13, Nørrebrogade
tel: +45 35 39 49 00
Hvide Lam
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Experience jazz music, Copenhagen style. Jazz-music 6 days a week, played by an everchanging lineup of different amateurs.
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url: www.aok.dk