From sleek interior stores to modern perfumiers and quirky sex shops, the Danish capital has no shortage of unusual shopping opportunities. Tullinsgade 3. Copenhagen is a sex-positive city β Denmark was the first country to legalise porn back in β and at contemporary sex shop Peech the team firmly believe that buying sex toys should not be embarrassing.
Guldbergsgade Want to smell like the battle of Trafalgar? Or, perhaps, a biscuit? Watch the glassblowers at work in the studio and browse shelves stacked with glassware, tableware, candle holders and vases decorated with googly-eye motifs and Mr Men-like characters. Bonus: the staff are well versed in wrapping fragile items for international transit. Skindergade 7. Prik is a portal back to a s childhood, selling everything from little paper windmills that swirl in a breeze to tiny plastic animals, knitted dolls, doll houses, toy cars and tiny slips of red plastic fish that curl up in your hand and tell your fortune.
Run by Annette for the past 17 years, the treasure trove of a shop is packed to the rafters with dressing-up clothes and bags, room decorations and toys, with something at every price, for every child. Gammel Kongevej , Frederiksberg. Putting the fun β and female β back into sneaker shops is Naked. Its racks hold seemingly every colour of Adidas Gazelles and Sambas, alongside exclusive limited releases from the likes of Salomon, Asics, New Balance and Nike.
It also carries a curated selection of sportswear and clothes from brands including Ganni and Carhartt, and has coffee table books to browse. Store Regnegade 2. The boutique β which has a cafe-bar β is a bijou exhibition of champagne coupes, tables topped with discs of grey marble, perfectly turned sculptural wooden chairs and mugs with exaggerated handles. The cafe is lit with parchment-coloured globe candles, and serves coffee in generous mugs accompanied by buns from superstar local bakery Juno.
Vognmagergade 9. The boiled sweets come in a rainbow of flavours, from the Danish favourite, liquorice, to pear, sherbert and rhubarb. The best place to go vintage shopping is a Danish flea market. A new Rotate dress with the tags in? A perfect unworn pair of Converse? Old Icelandic sweaters, Iittala glasses, a foot spa or a chocolate fountain could also be there. However, for visitors wanting something longer-lasting to take home, the creative fake flowers at Flowerism Studio , down a cobbled street in the centre of town, are just as tempting.
