Museum eateries

If it is pouring down outside, when you are visiting a museum, you do not want to have to go searching for a place to have a snack or lunch break. Several museums offer great cafés or restaurants.

Restaurant Julian, The National Museum

On the first floor of The National Museum (Nationalmuseet) you will find Restaurant Julian with tables inside the restaurant and on the balcony overlooking the museum's entrance hall. The restaurant serves many Danish dishes, often inspired my the current museum exhibitions. In addition the restaurant has a tasty selection of cakes and coffees.

Cafe Glyptoteket, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

At Cafe Glyptoteket at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek the tables are set on a balcony overlooking the glass-roofed Winter gardens complete with palm trees, neo-classical statues and fountains. Run by restaurateur Mette Blomsterberg, the French inspired dishes and cakes are all home made and prepared as you wait.

Cafe Republic, The National Gallery 

Café Republic at The National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst) is a real design and art cafe with furniture by Kasper Salto for Fritz Hansen A/S. On the walls you can see works of art by changing artists.

The restaurant has a beautiful view of the park Øster Anlæg and serves breakfast and lunch as well as cakes and coffees. The dishes are all prepared as you wait.

Kunstindustrimuseets Cafe, The Danish Museum of Art and Design 

Kunstindustrimuseets Cafe at The Danish Museum of Art and Design (Kunstindustrimuseet) is furnished in classic style by Danish designers Hans J. Wegner and Poul Kjærholm. You can enjoy a light organic lunch, cake, coffee or cold drink. You can sit inside or outside in Summer in the museum's charming Grønnegård. 

Ordrupgaards Cafe, Ordrupgaard 

Ordrupgaards Cafe at Ordrupgaard is located in the museum wing designed by Zaha Hadid, the Iraqui London-based architect. Ordrupgaard is noted for its fine collection of Impressionist art, and in the cafe you can enjoy light lunches at reasonable prices.

Restaurant Søren K, The Royal Library 

Inside The Royal Library The Black Diamond, overlooking the old canals, furnished in a fine, minimalistic style is Restaurant Søren K named after the famous Danish philosopher and author Søren Kierkegaard. Here you can enjoy a restful Scandinavian lunch or dinner in splendid surroundings.

The Royal Cafe, Royal Copenhagen Flagship Store and Museum 

Next door to The Royal Copenhagen Flagship Store and museum, you will find The Royal Cafe. Famous Danish design firms such as Holmegaard, Bang and Olufsen and Fritz Hansen have produced special fixtures and fittings for the cafe, which consists of long banquet tables and three-foot-high royal portraits and wall paintings with a twist of humor and a feminine pink touch.

The cafe is home to the sushi-style open-faced sandwishes called smushi and also serves quality coffees and teas, cakes and other light lunches. In Summer you can sit outside.

Cafe og Ølhalle, The Workers Museum

At The Workers Museum, you will find the historic restaurant Cafe og Ølhalle (cafe and beer hall) from 1892 where you can get a taste of the past. The authentic cellar restaurant serves traditional Danish food and beer like it tasted in the 1940's. In the museum's nostalgic coffee shop, you can also try historic cakes and coffee.

Cafe Hovedtelegrafen, The Post and Tele Museum

Café Hovedtelegrafen is located on top of The Post and Tele Museum and has one of the best views of Copenhagen's rooftops. From here, you are able to see Rundetaarn, Marble Church and Christiansborg, while you drink a cup of coffee and eat a piece of cake, a brunch or lunch.

Please note that the museum eateries follow the opening hours of the museums, and some are thus closed on Mondays. Check the websites before you go.