The oldest cake shop in Copenhagen, this is where to head for an amazing sweet treat. The cakes taste as good as they look and the old-fashioned décor and atmosphere of this little patisserie make it worth splashing out (although at about £5 a cake it’s not exactly extortionate).

I can recommend the ‘H.C. Anderson’, named after the famous author, which is a delicious mix of raspberry, lemon, nut and white chocolate.

Skoubogade 3-5, Copenhagen

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Don't panic, it's organic! This place offers 100% organic soups, smoothies and cocktails. The place is the first in Denmark to sell to-go drinks, and I was really pleased to be able to buy a couple of drinks, and bring them with me, so I could enjoy them in the sunshine of Nørrebro.

www.soupanatural.dk

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One of the most famous cafes in Copenhagen. Quick lunches, sandwiches, drinks and various pastries.

Ostergade 61
Amagertorv

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A fantastic little bar/cafe with some of the strangest decor I've ever seen - peculiar taxidermical creations dressed in human clothing, which are created by artist Filip Jensen. A short walk from the town centre it is not full of tourists but has a pleasingly mixed clientele of students, the arty and locals.

www.bankeraat.dk

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Great cafe close to Nyhavn and Kongens Nytorv - without either's high prices. Great sandwiches, good beer, very nice wines.

Free Internet -and a laptop you can use to check your mail, if you haven't brought your own.

The owner is a really nice American guy named Tom.

Holbergsgade 19, Copenhagen

www.holbergno19.dk/

Tel: 33140910

Nearest metro station: Kongens Nytorv

From Kongens Nytorv, walk down Nyhavn past all the old boats and the cafes and take a right across the bridge - it's on the next corner.

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A former hippy commune, and also former hash-market, it used to represent everything that was great about Denmark; relaxed, accepting, friendly, open...now that the government has come over all conservative, it is being systematically shut down to eventually be sold for redevelopment. Shame on you Denmark!

Still well worth a visit for the arts/crafts and cafes/concerts, as well as a peaceful stroll around the lake; very unusual and uniquely Danish. Enjoy it while you can!

Take a number 8 bus from the main station or cycle over the bridge, hang a left and you can't miss it!

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Cafe/bar/restaurant - a well known Copenhagen hangout off the main drag for brunch and at any time - not posh, reasonably priced, with decent food, good beers, great bohemian crowd and atmosphere (always great looking crowd!! - but you are in Scandinavia!) so, students, old folk, artists, trendy types - usually all locals etc.

Ahlefeldtsgade 27-29
1359 Copenhagen K
Tel: 0045-33936988
Nearest station: Noerreport

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This is my local so I won't be dissing it. Cosy cafe in the heart of the vibrant Vesterbro neighbourhood. Award-winning brunch and a great menu in general.

Expect to wait longer for your nosh than other cafes as they prepare it lovingly from scratch. Spend the time enjoying a quality beer.

Zakabona is at Istedgade 88. Ten minutes from the central station. On the corner of Dannebrogsgade.
Brunch is from 10:30-14 (weekdays) and 10-15 (weekends). 99 kroner.
Danish website:
www.zakabona.dk

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The hot spot for young, hungover city dwellers. You're lucky to get a table on a Saturday but try the Hang-over Brunch and, if necessary, order a painkiller pill with it.

Brunch is served from 10-13 except Saturday 10-12 and Sunday 10-15.

In town at:
Læderstræde 32
Tel: (+45)33 13 50 60
www.zirup.dk/

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Any Copenhagener worth their salt knows exactly where the best brunch can be had. Rumours and info about brunch places fly around faster than gossip about whether or not the Queen's husband is a queen.

Brunch is fundamental to trendy Copenhagen life and cafés know how hard the competition is. The result being extraordinary efforts in brunchness, with modern twists on the theme.

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Vesterbro is a dynamic, youthful neighbourhood well worth a visit. Istedgade is the main street to wander down. By the central station there are sex shops, tourist hotels and a mini Chinatown, but continue on and soon lively middle-eastern green grocers, trendy boutiques and wonderful cafes appear.

A high concentration of great and varied restaurants, fantastic coffee places and an invaluable insight into the daily life of Copenhageners are to be found in this old working class neighbourhood.

To the left of the Central Station on the map. Walk up Istedgade to Enghave Plads (square). At an amble it'll take a relaxing 30 minutes.

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Basically every tourist guide to Copenhagen will feature a photo of Nyhavn as the defining iconic image of the city.
The name means New Harbour, an optimistic description for what is merely a straight canal running from the harbour up to Kongens Nytorv Square.

But the gaily painted old houses are eye candy for the tourist and the old sailing ships bobbing at the quay are a long line of photo ops.

What used to be the drunken, whoring sailor's favourite haunt is now a long line of cafés that laugh behind your back for paying so much for their beer.

But it's pretty. Go for a walk. Drink beer elsewhere.

Metro to Kongens Nytorv or walk along the pedestrian street Strøget.

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Cafes always tend to have hearty sandwiches on the menu. Any cosy cafe in the centre of town will serve your needs. They’re usually designed to be eaten with a knife and fork which defeats the whole concept of a sandwich, but tasty is the rule.

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Lagkegehuset is a fantastic bakery in Christianshavn, 10 minutes walk from the centre. This part of town is really much nicer that the touristy centre, so if you want a feel of the real Copenhagen, go there.

The breads-cakes are extremely good and they use mainly organic ingredients. The stone-oven-baked ciabatta is soft, even after five days. The staff are friendly and they serve coffee which you can drink seated on bar-stools facing the canal through the big, opening windows.

Torvegade 45, Copenhagen; tel +45 3257 3607;
www.lagkagehuset.dk/ (only in Danish)

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Most of the museums in Copenhagen are closed on Mondays - go to Roskilde. Visit the medieval cathedral with its royal tombs and wonderful ironwork, then walk down the hill from its west end to the fascinating viking ship museum. It's a group of skeletal wrecks, reassembled after being brought up from where they were sunk to block access, with good interpretive displays, modern full-size rebuilds done by traditional (take a tree trunk and an axe) methods, and, in summer, the chance to take an oar on a short trip out in one of the replicas.

Lots of hands-on activities for children too. It's on the water's edge, with a cafe, and there are more conventional boat trips for those who never fancied being a viking crew member.

Half an hour by train from Copenhagen. There are lots of trains as it is within the local transport net: can use the zone 10 punch strips.

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