Antique shops

Several streets in Copenhagen are known to have a large selection of retro interior design and furniture shops - from old Danish design classics to antiques. Here is a guide to Bredgade and Læderstræde in city centre, Ravnsborggade in the Nørrebro area and Nordre Frihavnsgade in the Østerbro area.

Bredgade in city centre

In Bredgade you will find a selection of antique shops specializing in second hand design classics. The street also has a number of art galleries.

Find among other treasures furniture classics by famous Danish architects like Børge Mogensen, Finn Juhl, Arne Jacobsen, Hans J. Wegner and Verner Panton, who has designed a string of innovative quality furniture.

Bredgade also houses shops with glass, jewelry, porcelain, silver articles, for example Georg Jensen, sculptures and paintings.

Visit Birthe Sørensens Antikvitetsforretning in number 10, Brandt-Jensen Peter Antikviteter and J. L. Dalgaard Gallery in number 28, and Bruun Rasmussen in number 33.

In the parallel street Store Kongensgade you will also find a number of antique shops. 

Læderstræde in city centre

Læderstræde is hidden between the main pedestrian shopping street Strøget and Gammel Strand near the canals and is lovingly nicknamed just Strædet, which means strait in Danish.

It is nicknamed so because of the fact that is used to be the street running along the old beach and harbour. Today however it is filled with cafes, interesting design stores and antique shops.

Visit Gottschalch Antiques in number 13 and Porcelænskælderen in number 11.

Ravnsborggade in Nørrebro

In the area around Ravnsborggade, Ryesgade, Sankt Hans Gade and Sortedam Dosseringen in the Nørrebro area you will come across what is probably Copenhagen's largest concentration of antique shops. Here you can find retro furniture, antiques, second hand Danish design, French tables and candlesticks.

Some of them are ABC Antik in number 15, Antikhjørnet Bagsværd in number 8, Antikviteter og Kuriosa in number 10B, Bau Antik in number 5, Ingerslev Antik in number 22, Kim Antons og Co. in number 14C and Veirhanen in number 12.

Ravnsborggade lies parrallel to The Lakes where you can take a rest during your shopping spree. Close, on Fælledvej 4, you can also find second hand furniture classics in Roxy Antik og Klassik.

Nordre Frihavnsgade in Østerbro

In Østerbro is another street where you can find a variety of shops with everything from floral china to old advertising signs and furniture designed by 1950's architects such as Eames and Arne Jacobsen.

Visit Allerts Antik in number 62 and Flore's Antik in number 19.

Nordre Frihavnsgade stretches from Østerbrogade to Nordhavn Station, and especially in the latter end, the furniture and decor shops are clumped together. Visit Props Gallery on Strandboulevarden 66 at the foot of Nordre Frihavnsgade, with old props and an impressive poster gallery in the back.

Green Square in Amager

On the island of Amager - you will probably not realise it is an island as you will just walk across the bridge or take the Metro - you will find Scandinavia's largest antique shop, Green Square, where antiques from diferent decades and in different styles are exhibited on 10,000 square metres.

Birthe Sørensens Antikvitetsforretning

Bruun Rasmussen

J.L. Dalgaard Gallery

Gottschalch Antiques

Porcelænskælderen

Ravnsborggade

Allerts Antik

Flore's Antik

Green Square