It’s a special feeling to step into this little wooden box of a coffee bar in the middle of Copenhagen. The coffee’s great, but the cakes don’t impress.

Coffee aficionados are piling into a new café, yet something doesn’t add up for me

Walk in and everything slows down: pine-lined walls and gentle acoustics make the place feel like a cozy mountain lodge. Foto: Jacob Ehrbahn
Walk in and everything slows down: pine-lined walls and gentle acoustics make the place feel like a cozy mountain lodge. Foto: Jacob Ehrbahn
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What kind of place is this?

A new, small coffee bar in Copenhagen K. Minimalistically decorated in an exclusive, relaxed manner. Created by Italian-born Riccardo Marcon, who runs the neighboring restaurant Barabba and the popular Propaganda, chef and co-owner of the hyped Bar Vitrine, Dhriti Arora, and Niels Strøyer, who is behind the design firm Frama.

Right on bustling Store Kongensgade, the three have created a small sanctuary that feels like a ski lodge—something you might find in Hokkaido after carving powder all day.

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