Copenhagen/Frederiksberg

The metro line crosses the northern part of Frederiksberg, so it is the best way to get there from Copenhagen Airport, as well as several other areas of the city served by metro, such as Amager. The following Metro stations are in Frederiksberg:

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  From south to north, two lines of the S-Tog cross Frederiksberg - lines C (and its express variant H) closer to the centre and line F along the eastern border of Frederiksberg. The following stations on line C are in Frederiksberg:
  • Flintholm - interchange with metro and S-Tog line F, and the only stop in Frederiksberg where the express line H stops
  Line F has the following stops along the border of Frederiksberg:
  • Flintholm - interchange with metro and S-Tog lines C and H
  
  The eastern part of Frederiksberg is so close to the Copenhagen Central Station that you may simply walk.
  

Frederiksberg has a system of bus lines (map) with frequent stops that connect to and supplement the bus system of Copenhagen. The operator is the same and so is the ticketing system.

• City Hall (Rådhuset)

  phone: +45 38 21 21 26
  address: Smallegade 1-3
  The massive city hall took 10 years to complete, because the city council failed to see World War II coming, and war time turned out not to be the best period getting materials. The somewhat oversize building might be a result of rivalry with the city of Copenhagen, and its impressive city hall. Enjoy the great view from the tower 60 meters high, but call ahead to make an appointment

• Storm P. Museum

  phone: +45 38 86 05 23
  address: Frederiksberg Runddel
  Robert Storm Petersen (Storm P) was a famous Danish artist and author, his humorous works is often regarded as something quintessentially Danish. The museum owns more than 50000 drawings (of which only some are on exhibition). Storm P is mostly known for his comedic drawings of "philosophical" vagabonds and his much loved Storm P machines, that perform very simple tasks through an unnecessarily complex and usually humorous series of actions.

• Cisternerne

  phone: +45 33 21 93 10
  address: Pile Alle 55
  The museum of is the old, catacomb like, water cisterns under Søndermarken park opposite the main entrance to Zoo, and the unusual environs, combined with the stained glass art and various sculptures makes the museum quite unique.

• Revymuseet

  phone: +45 38102045
  address: Allégade 5
  Revue theatre is still a very popular art form in Denmark, underpinned by the Danes love of black (or dry) humour. And since Frederiksberg has played an important role in the history of Danish theatre, it is only natural that you find a museum dedicated to art form here, telling its story from the early beginnings 200 years ago up to today's stand-up comedians. Unfortunately mainly caters to Scandinavians with some command of the local language, as the multimedia part of the museum, is the best.

• Møstings Hus

  phone: +45 38 21 01 22
  address: Andebakkesti 5
  Changing Art exhibition in small but very cute house next to the Frederiksberg Garden and a small idyllic pond. It is open to any artist that applies and is accepted by the municipality.

• The Bakkehus Museum

  phone: +45 33 31 43 62
  address: Rahbeks Allé 23

• Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultets Have

  address: Bülowsvej 17
  Garden of University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences. It is sort of an botanical garden, but focused on plants for parks and gardens

• Music Museum

  phone: +45 4120 6313
  address: Rosenørns allé 22
  Trace the history of music, with a visit to Denmark’s most comprehensive collection of instruments from all over the world at the Danish Music Museum.

Frederiksberg Have

This park is one of Copenhagen's largest, most attractive and popular green spaces, covering more than 30 hectares (75 acres) of parkland. It was originally part of the palace grounds, and is a mix of baroque and romantic era landscape garden. When the weather is nice the park is full of life, with kids playing around, occasional soccer and Frisbee games, and young couples kissing on the benches. If you walk around to explore the park, you'll find a few surprises hidden around the park; The Apias Temple, located on the hill leading up to the palace, is a Greek style temple build in 1802, the classic look combined with washed out graffiti, makes for some interesting photo opportunities, if you're a geek. Elsewhere the Chinese gazebo and bridge was constructed in 1803, and was used as a tea house for the royalty on the palace, it sits on an island surrounded by a canal, and is open for visitors every Sunday afternoon. For the kids and other playful souls there is also a park labyrinth facing Pile Allé, and in the winter there is an ice-skating rink at the main entrance (don't worry there is rentals if you happen to have forgot to back your old skates). And in the summer you can rent a boat and row around the canals. Remember to end your visit with lunch or dinner in the wonderful family gardens' on the southern edge of the park.

• Frederiksberg Palace

  phone: +45 36 13 26 00
  address: Roskildevej 28
  The baroque palace dates back to 1699 and used to be a royal residence, today it functions as home of the Royal Danish Army Officers Academy. It can be viewed from the gardens or on the monthly tours.

• Copenhagen Zoo

  phone: +45 72 20 02 00
  address: Roskildevej 32
  The Copenhagen Zoo is one of the oldest in Europe tracing its history back to 1859, in recent times focus has shifted from displaying as many animals as possible, to providing large, world class facilities to the animals, earning the zoo a reputation as one of the best in the world. Recent projects include an open savannah area where the native wildlife mixes with each other, and a large elephant house designed by Norman Foster. It is the only zoo outside Australia to have Tasmanian devils on display, and the zoo is amazingly kids friendly, with many play areas, and some hands on animal displays throughout the zoo. The Zoo has a restaurant, fast-food places, and you are allowed to bring your own food, and eat in the picnic areas.

• Svendsens Bådfart

  phone: +45 38 11 44 32
  Tours take 20 minutes

• Haveselskabets Have

  address: Pile Allé 6
  Several nice small gardens run by the Garden Society

• Forum

  phone: +45 32 47 20 00
  address: Julius Thomsens Plads 1
  Big hall used for exhibitions, conferences and concerts. Their website is in English and worth checking out, as they often has international acts on the programme.

• The Betty Nansen Theater

  phone: +45 33 21 14 90
  address: Frederiksberg Allé 57
  A good, popular and long running local theatre, back from the heydays of Frederiksberg theatre, but English performances are rare, so it is best suited for Scandinavian speakers.

• Camp X Theatre

  phone: +45 70 20 10 31
  address: Smallegade 2 & Frederiksberg Allé 102
  A modern, lightly experimental, theatre on Frederiksberg where English or other international performances, or visitors, are not unusual.

Falkoner Allé one of Frederiksberg's main streets are well known for its many Computer stores, and is the place to go in Copenhagen if you need spare parts, a USB drive for your pictures or the like.

• Can Gallery

  phone: +45 31 18 18 16
  address: Tullinsgade 5
  A cool combined shop, record label and gallery, featuring some nice and rather childlike paintings, records, toys and other odds and ends that the trio behind the shop happen to like.

• Frederiksberg Fleamarket

  phone: +45 38 21 42 20
  The most popular of Copenhagen's flea markets, since the neighbourhood is rather affluent, you can often find good antiques and up scale 2nd hand fashion brands. Beers are often served from tents, and sometimes there is folksy live music.

• Frederiksberg Centeret

  phone: +45 38 16 03 40
  address: Falkoner Alle 21
  The only shopping mall on Frederiksberg, right by the metro station. 65 stores over 9000m2. Usual high street suspects, plus a few interesting stores.

• Hansen & Jensen

  phone: +45 21 78 99 68
  address: Tullinsgade 24
  Weird mix bank of a store, with mainly unusually fresh office appliances, often with a graphic edge and come in recycled materials.

• Priip

  phone: +45 23 70 27 11
  address: Tullinsgade 25
  A cute little store carrying jewellery designed by the owner Pia Rasmussen, but also handicrafts, ceramics and glass art from a range of interesting designers.

• Royal Copenhagen Factory Outlet

  phone: +45 38 34 10 04
  address: Søndre Fasanvej 9
  This store is located on the grounds of what used to be the companies factory, the production has now moved elsewhere, but they still maintain this outlet store here, selling classical dinnerware, home decor and figurines.

Værnedamsvej

Værnedams is a small, but incredibly hip, street running betweenVesterbrogade and Gammel Kongevej. It is mainly famous for, and colloquially known as, "The Food street" because of the solid number of speciality food stores and good take away stores located here. But endowed with its spot on location right on the border between the towns hippest district, Vesterbro and the most wealthy; Frederiksberg. Food is not the only thing on offer on the small street. If you are here, why not continue shopping in some of the cool fashion stores mixed in between the food stores, or buy you loved one some flowers from the impossibly cute floweriest right at the middle of the street.

• EncodeRaw street style for both sexes

• Galleri Asti

• Karl Smart

  phone: +45 33 25 28 33
  address: Værnedamsvej 11

• Pigen & Diamanten

  phone: +45 33 23 00 36
  address: Værnedamsvej 9
  The name means the 'Girl and the Diamond' in English, which should reveal that this is jewellery store. Exciting Danish designs and designers on sale, and a broad range which should soothe most tastes.

• Samsøe & Samsøe

  phone: +45 33 22 16 38
  address: Værnedamsvej 12
  Fashion for both ladies and gents, Samsøe & Samsøe is one of the top Danish fashion brands, but this store also sells a few other selected brands like BZR, Acne, Nümph and Minimum.

• Tiger Lilly

  phone: +45 44 61 22 04
  address: Værnedamsvej 11
  Funky 2nd hand fashion store for the girls, run by two local stylists. Boheme attitude, vintage dresses and new designer clothes resold for local hipsters in need of new outfits.

• Tres Bien

  phone: +45 33 22 23 83
  address: Værnedamsvej 4A
  Classic cut, but modern fashion for women

Budget

• Cafe Sokkelund

  phone: +45 38 10 64 00
  address: Smallegade 36
  Brasserie style French cafe, whose 100 kroner Brunch is a good deal, and the premier draw at this place. Anything else is fine and OK, but nothing you'll remember the minute you walk out of there.

Mid-range

• Hansens Old Family Garden

  phone: +45 36309257
  address: Pile Alle 10-12
  The oldest of the Frederiksberg garden restaurants. The main building is from 1630. Serves very traditional Danish food in mix between a Garden and an outdoor German style Beer hale, but also has indoor seating. No music played

• Falernum

  phone: +45 33 22 30 89
  address: Værnedamsvej 16
  A good place to buy breakfast or lunch as it rather unusually opens at 8AM, and you can either opt for eating at the long tables, or ask to take away - the freshly baked bread is yummy. In the evening it turns into a rather nice wine bar, with a good an extensive menu.

• Kartellet

  phone: +45 33 22 36 42
  address: Allégade 8A
  Located in one of the old houses along Allégade, with outdoor seating in small garden facing the street, and indoor seating in tasteful large room. A Good brunch menu (130 Kr), Café lunch (burgers, sandwiches etc.) and a small French inspired menu in the evening, which is nothing extraordinary, but pretty good and at reasonable prices.

• Krøgers Family Garden

  phone: +45 36450897
  address: Pile Alle 18
  Only dating back to 1864, this is the youngest of the family gardens, where you sit outside on long benches drinking beer while garbling in traditional Danish fare. Live music every weekend in the summer

• Bjørnekælderen

  phone: +45 33 31 62 52
  address: Frederiksberg Alle 55
  A solid restaurant serving (slightly updated) Danish slow food made from the ground up, with fresh ingredients. And classic Smørrebrød (Ryebread sandwiches) for lunch. Small outdoor seating area and there is also seating in an indoor pavilion.

• La Fiesta Mexicana

  phone: +45 33 21 77 50
  address: Frederiksberg Alle 21
  Excellent Mexican food restaurant that lives up to American standards. Reservations strongly suggested.

Splurge

• Formel B

  phone: +45 33 25 10 66
  address: Vesterbrogade 182
  Top-notch French inspired cuisine using classic, often forgotten, Danish ingredients. It is so tasty that it has earned this place a Michelin star. Staff is highly professional, but if you are not into that, it may all feel a bit impersonal. Reservation necessary.

• Mielcke & Hurtigkarl

  phone: +45 38348436
  address: Frederiksberg Runddel
  Experimental gourmet restaurant by one of Denmark's finest chefs, you pay for it too, but it is usually worth it.

• Café Intime

  phone: +45 38 34 19 58
  address: Allégade 25
  A really cosy, and as the name suggests; intimate bar, with candle light, coloured lamps and purposely messy decoration. Frequent live Jazz and Classic music acts, which also turns really intimate as there isn't a lot of space, after a piano has been set up. Traditionally a gay bar, but straight customers are neither turned away nor frowned upon. Very friendly staff!

• Cafe Kellerdirk

  phone: +45 33 25 22 53
  address: Frederiksberg Allé 102
  Named after two of the biggest names in Danish theatre, this place has a history going back nearly 200 years, though the current buildings has been converted from a theatre build in 1919. Salsa night every Monday (and Salsa courses the first Monday of the month), it is also staged for stand-up comedy (Danish) and frequent live music. Weekends it turns into a nightclub (30+ crowd). Serves lunch and brunch during the day.

• Cafe Svejk

  phone: +45 38 86 25 60
  address: Smallegade 31
  Located at the northern entrance to Frederiksberg Have, this small bar serves Czech Bohemia Regent beer (its own import - the bar is named after a Czech cartoon). Sometimes there are football matches and sometimes there is live music, but that is all rather random.

• Guldfasanen

  phone: +45 38 34 20 71
  address: Nordre Fasanvej 1
  A local watering hole, popular with students from the nearby CBS university, but also with local alcoholics who are mostly there for the cheap beer, while students prefer the basic but very reasonably priced cocktails and "kander" (a cocktail pitcher for 145-189 Kr). This place for heavy drinking and smoking.

• Vinstue 90

  phone: +45 33 31 84 90
  address: Gammel Kongevej 90
  Very traditional (and smoky) wine bar with wine, port wine, and slow beer which is poured in exactly 12½ minutes without the use of carbon dioxide. You are allowed to bring food from the nearby smørrebrød store.

Coffee

• Granola

  phone: +45 33 25 00 80
  address: Værnedamsvej 5
  Go here to buy a good cup of coffee, in this cosy resurrected coffee shop, with thick dark wooden classic interior.

Budget

• Euroglobe

  phone: +45 33 79 79 54
  address: Niels Ebbesensvej 20
  A budget hotel, which seems more like a hostel with shared bathrooms, a TV room and a simple kitchenette on one of the floors. It is pretty outdated, but at least this is reflected in the prices.

• CAB INN Copenhagen Express

  phone: +45 33 21 04 00
  address: Danasvej 32-34
  This budget hotel is pretty well reviewed for what it is, but it could use a makeover. Has both standard rooms and family rooms with bunk beds. Free Wi-Fi in the lobby and in selected rooms.

• CAB INN Scandinavia

  phone: +45 35 36 11 11
  address: Vodrofssvej 55
  Quite large hotel with small rooms, which is to be expected from a Danish budget hotel. Many rooms have bunk beds. On the upside it is centrally located and very close to the Forum metro stop, and staff is usually welcoming and accommodating.

Mid-range

• Avenue Hotel

  phone: +45 35 37 31 33
  address: Åboulevard 29
  A well located mid range hotel, with an impressive lobby and common facilities for the price - including sofas and a fireplace. The rooms are quite big by Copenhagen standards, nicely furnished and clean, though the carpets could use a replacement as they are beginning to have small stains many places. The rooms facing the main street can have noise problems, if you want the windows open. Internet is pricey.

• Hotel Josty

  phone: +45 38 86 90 90
  address: Pile Alle 14A
  Josty is located near the entrance to Frederiksberg Have and was founded in 1813 by the Italian artist Agostino Taddei. The restaurant is open for lunch but otherwise reserved for bigger parties. Josty operates a boutique hotel with 7 rooms of varying size, which are a bit worn, but if you can live with that they are individually furnished with lavish antique interiors and chandeliers - no Nordic minimalism here. The place used to be used by the king to keep mistresses when he lived in the nearby castle. Breakfast is not included, but is reasonable and cheap at 65 Kr.

Splurge

• Radisson SAS Falconer Hotel

  phone: +45 3815 8001
  address: Falkoner Allé 9
  Hotel and conference centre in one of the rare tall buildings of Copenhagen. If you get the right rooms on the upper floors, views can be amazing. It is starting to show its age though, so rooms and hallways can seem a bit worn out though this is no major issue. Facilities are good and includes a commercial gym with free access for guests and a business centre.

• Frederiksberg Posthus

  phone: +45 80 20 70 30
  address: Finsensvej 12

• Frederiksberg Bibliotek

  phone: +45 38 21 18 00
  address: Falkoner Plads 3
  Free Internet

• Frederiksberg Svømmehal

  address: Helgesvej 29
  Go for a swim