Every European capital has the Irish pub at the centre of the tourist map. Copenhagen's is The Dubliner, and it earns its keep by being better at sport than it needs to be.
The address is Amagertorv 5, on the central square of the Strøget pedestrian street, with the Storkespringvandet fountain outside the door. Nørreport and Kongens Nytorv stations are each about six minutes on foot. You cannot stay in central Copenhagen and be far from it.
LiberoGuide is blunt about the branding, writing that the pub is "as authentic as Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins," and then concedes the part that matters: it is a pleasant place to escape the crowds, the football is on, and the fish and chips arrive as promised. We rate it on the same terms. The dark wood room does the Irish pub job, but the sports coverage is the real product.
That coverage is broad. Two big screens and three TVs carry the Premier League, Scottish football, Serie A, La Liga, rugby and, unusually for Denmark, GAA fixtures, which makes this the rare spot in the city where you can watch hurling with an audience that cares. Live music fills the gaps between fixtures most weeks. Among Copenhagen's sports bars, only the dedicated Irish rooms compete on breadth of codes.
What to order: the Guinness moves fast enough to be reliable, and the more interesting taps come from Braunstein, the pioneering brewery in nearby Køge, whose IPA and organic wheat beer give the list a Danish anchor. Czech Budvar covers the lager purists. On the plate, the Irish stew and the fish and chips are the dependable orders.
Who it is for: visitors who want sport, food and a central location in one stop, GAA and rugby followers starved of company, and groups whose members cannot agree on a fixture. Locals tend to drink elsewhere, which is worth knowing; for the Copenhagen that Copenhageners use, start at Østerbros Perle in Østerbro.
Best time to go: weekend afternoons stack Premier League kick-offs back to back, and the 10am opening means breakfast football is on the table. Friday and Saturday run to 5am, among the latest closes in the city centre. Sunday opens at 11am for the GAA calendar in season. The wider picture is in our Copenhagen guide and the global sports bars collection.
Sources
The Dubliner official site · LiberoGuide: 10 best football bars in Copenhagen · VisitCopenhagen · Yelp
