Post “The Bear”: Over the past two decades, Danes have undergone a quiet awakening — a sensuous shift where life’s smaller, richer pleasures have taken center stage. These days, everyone’s so eco-aware and gym-honed that indulging in sugar feels like a well-earned rite, especially after a round of sauna infusions and cold plunges.
Where people once lined up outside nightclubs or for hypebeast sneakers, they now queue at Instagramable bakeries — waiting for the latest genius creations to drop.
So ditch the guilt. Wander the city. Taste your way through these gastrosexual temples of pleasure — listed here in no particular order:
Juno the Bakery
Århusgade 48, 2100 København Ø
Cardamom swirl (4.70 €)
The swirl that launched a thousand queue selfies. Swedish calm meets Østerbro money. A pastry so perfect it makes you question your life choices.
Hart Bageri
Gammel Kongevej 109, 1850 Frederiksberg C
Krudtløbsvej 8, 1439 København K
Dark-baked country loaf (6.30 €)
Ex-Noma bread philosophy taken to its brooding extreme. Charred crusts, cultish crumb, and the distinct feeling you’re not worthy.
Alice
Markmandsgade 1, 2300 København S
Kouign-amann w/ miso & brown butter (5.20 €)
Dessert meets zen. Miso glaze, flaky tragedy, and Amager minimalism with a sugar rush. They also serve gelato so good you’ll cancel Italy.
Benji
Store Kongensgade 94, 1264 København K
Tonka bean croissant (4.90 €)
Soft jazz, soft light, soft dough. Every croissant here tastes like someone’s ex-boyfriend who writes poetry in Paris.
Collective Bakery
Nørrebrogade 176, 2200 København N
Lemon wave (5.00 €)
Tattooed bakers, Gen-Z espresso fanatics, and pastries that crunch and pucker. Sour meets power in a bun you’ll write a caption about.
Studio X Kitchen
Pasteursvej 28, 1799 København V (Carlsberg Byen)
Giant pistachio kringle (16.00 €)
This is not a pastry, it’s a sculpture. Beige on beige, curated lighting, and kringle priced like wearable art. Look around: you’re inside a mood board.
Københavns Bageri
Flaskehalsen 22, 1799 København V (Carlsberg Byen)
Croissant-dough kringle with prunes & brandy (6.50 €)
Heritage-kitsch turned hypermodern. Brought to life by the Alice/Benji crew with glass-wall transparency and culinary ambition. Tastes like a royal scandal in 1884.
Lille Bakery
Refshalevej 213B, 1432 København K
Sourdough bun with cultured butter (4.30 €)
Industrial utopia on the edge of nowhere. Bread with soul, butter with punch. Brunch for architecture students and fermentation romantics.
Andersen & Maillard (Nørrebro & Nordhavn)
Nørrebrogade 62, 2200 København N / Orientkaj 1, 2150 Nordhavn
Espresso-glazed croissant (5.50 €)
Where caffeine meets laminated elegance. The city’s most photogenic pastries—flexing next to flat whites and heavy eyewear.
Andersen & Maillard (City – Ny Østergade)
Ny Østergade 15, 1101 København K
Cube croissant (6.00 €)
Croissants gone cubist. This is where influencers recharge and architects over-articulate. Nothing round, everything square—including your vibe.
Gasværksvejens Bageri
Gasværksvej 19, 1656 København V
Salted raisin bun (2.60 €)
A no-nonsense rebel bakeshop. Lo-fi, high taste. This place smells like rye, cigarettes, and working-class poetry.
Rondo
Vesterbrogade 106A, 1620 København V
Liquorice croissant (4.80 €)
Swedish sibling to Juno, with bolder moves. Black licorice and laminated defiance. Croissants that party harder than you.
Det Rene Brød
Multiple locations: Nordre Frihavnsgade 59, Fælledvej 25, Falkoner Allé 36
Ancient grain loaf (5.40 €)
The elder of the Øko movement. Pre-hipster, post-Birkenstock. Feels like a climate march in your mouth.
Democratic Coffee
Krystalgade 15, 1172 København K (inside the library)
Almond croissant (5.20 €)
Almonds so perfect they cause silence. Inside the city’s main library, surrounded by introverts with excellent taste and strong opinions.
Brødflov
Torvegade 45, 1400 København K (Christianshavn)
Burnt butter cinnamon roll (4.70 €)
The hygge is weaponized here. You go in for coffee and come out meditating on your childhood. Subtle, elegant, deadly.
Olinico
Sluseholmen 2, 2450 København SV
Fermented rye focaccia w/ black garlic (5.90 €)
Floating district, floating flavors. A culinary disruptor in a district of sea views and microcement.
Wild Bakery
Guldbergsgade 29F, 2200 København N
Seaweed sourdough w/ edible flowers (6.00 €)
Psychedelic crusts for apocalypse brunches. Experimental baking with botanical flair and heavy existential undertones.
Conditori La Glace
Skoubogade 3, 1158 København K
Sportskage (7.50 € per slice – it’s impossible to run after you taste it…)
The OG grand dame of Danish cakes. Mahogany interiors, whipped cream heritage, and cake forks that haven’t changed since 1870. It’s not ironic—it’s imperial.