Photo: Lesleyk

Denmark’s finest gastronomical invention is the unpronounceable and mouthwatering smørrebrød (open sandwich). A classic smørrebrød consists of a piece of rye bread hidden under different kinds of meat or fish and topped with a small mountain of pickles. Globalization has been harsh to the Danish national dish and its popularity has for a long periode been threatened by the pizza and the shawarma. However in recent years the smørrebrød has got a deserved renaissance and at lunch time (smørrebrød is a lunch thing) Copenhagen’s restaurants are again full of hungry guests - especially on Saturdays and during Christmas.

There are plenty of restaurant in Copenhagen serving smørrebrød and I have selected my favourites. Beware that the food served at the following restaurants is anything but kosher and it probably won’t appeal to vegetarians either.

See my recommendations below