48 Hours of Drinking in Copenhagen

1105 draws a steady local crowd in Indre By. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Drop bags. Find a hotel-adjacent bar within a five-minute walk. Order something simple to anchor yourself to the city.

ARCH Rooftop draws a steady local crowd in Indre By. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The polished room you'd take a first date to. Sit at the bar. Talk to the bartender. Stay one drink — you're scouting, not committing.

McGinleys Irish Pub draws a steady local crowd in Indre By. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Walk into the city's drinking quarter (the heart of the night, not the tourist version). Two drinks, two rooms. Pace yourself — Saturday is the long day.

Aamanns Deli Bar draws a steady local crowd in Indre By. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Sunset. Find a rooftop. Order whatever the house specials around sundown. Take photos but don't lose 90 minutes to your phone.

Apollo Bar is Nyhavn's most precise classical cocktail bar — opened in 2018 by former Ruby bartenders. The 32-seat counter bar is dimly lit with leather banquet Eat somewhere with serious bartending built in. The right room is one you order both your dinner and your nightcap from.

Baest Bar draws a steady local crowd in Norrebro. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The bar that made you book the trip. The pre-research one. Reservation-only ideally. Stay until last call.

Baest Pub draws a steady local crowd in Norrebro. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Mary, Mimosa, or whatever low-ABV house play the room runs. Eat. Pay. Walk.

Balderdash draws a steady local crowd in Indre By. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Find the hotel bar at your departure airport equivalent — somewhere quiet, low-volume, well-staffed. End the trip on a martini and a clean conversation.