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Copenhagen is a shopper’s delight! Explore the traditions of Danish design and enjoy arts and crafts, furniture and designer clothes of international standard. You’ll find it all in well-established department stores or in small, curious speciality shops.
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Shopping in Copenhagen
The centre of Copenhagen isn't big, but for inspiration per pavement meter it's hard to beat anywhere else in the world. The compact geography of the city centre is the major factor that makes shopping in Copenhagen such a relief.
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A stroll down Strøget and its surrounding streets is an easily manageable exercise in the art of window shopping and within just a few hundred yards the picture can change from large exclusive stores to curious speciality shops. Finding what you want couldn't be easier in Copenhagen. The city has loosely defined quarters which tend to attract trades and shops of a similar nature; Avant-garde, underground and up-and-coming in Larsbjørnsstræde, art and cutting edge design in the Royal District, major department stores and leading big-name stores on Strøget and the new face of Danish fashion in Kronprinsensgade.
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Strøget
Your shopping tour starts here....Strøget runs right through the heart of Copenhagen from Kgs. Nytorv to Rådhuspladsen and along its length, the dopplered sound of street performers fill the air. The stretch closest to Rådhuspladsen is mainly dedicated to young fashion and further along, several of the major fashion chains have their flagship stores. The stretch closest to Kgs. Nytorv is where you will find the more exclusive stores. In fact, this long pedestrian street could be considered as a series of architectural gems, punctuated with just about every shop conceivable. And in the unlikely event that you still haven't found what you want, there's the option of the multi-floored emporiums of Illum and Magasin (biggest in Scandinavia) to slake your shopping thirst.
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Tax free shoppingIn Denmark you pay 25% VAT on the purchases you make, the VAT is included in the price. All visitors residing outside of the European Union (special rules apply to norwegian visitors) are entitled to claim back the tax, if they spend 300 DKK or more in one shop in one day. Read more about tax free shopping and save a lot of money!
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