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62  ❯❯   The Top 10 of Everything

           Shopping Districts


         Kronprinsensgade
     1
         MAP J4
     This posh shopping area includes
     many of Scandinavia’s top designer
     brands, such as Stig P and Le-Fix.
     You will also find Scandinavia’s
     oldest tea shop, Perch’s Tea Room.
         Off Strøget (South)
     2
         MAP J4–J5
     The streets to the south of Strøget
     are great for “alternative” shopping.
     Læderstræde and Kompagnistræde
     are especially good, the latter mostly
     for its antique shops.
         Off Strøget (North)
     3
         MAP H4–J4
     Heading up north from Strøget, you   Airy interior of the Fisketorvet mall
                                  Fisketorvet Copenhagen
     will find numerous little boutiques,   5
     record stores and second-hand   Mall
     shops. Go shopping on streets like   MAP D6  •  Kalvebod Brygge 59,
     Skindergade, Larsbjørnstræde,   Havneholmen 5, Vesterbro  •  35 37
     Vestergade and Studiestræde.   19 17  •  Open 10am–8pm Mon–Fri,
                              10am–6pm Sat & Sun
         Strøget
     4                        On the waterfront facing the Inner
                              Harbour, this city mall is minutes
         MAP H5–K4
     Copenhagen’s shopping street is   away from the Copencabana harbour
     known as “the walking street”. The   pool. It has more than 120 shops,
     shops, which stretch across five   several restaurants and a cinema.
     linked pedestrian streets, range from
                                  Vesterbro
     cheerful and inexpensive outlets to   6
     designer and upmarket department   MAP C5–C6
     stores (towards Kongens Nytorv),   This former red-light area is now
     with some thing for everyone.   an offbeat shopping district offering














     Window-shopping along Copenhagen’s famous shopping street, Strøget






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