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Moderate · 14.8 km · 1 hr 40 min

Market to Market: A Copenhagen Food RideA safe cycling route in Copenhagen

A cycle route between Copenhagen's best food markets and yards.

Sights & culture Food & drink Your route, stop by stop
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Opens in the app if you have it installed, with every stop in ride order.

One ride, four feasts. Link the glass food halls of Torvehallerne with the harbour-side street food of Broens Gadekokken, the stalls of Reffen out on Refshaleoen, and the Kodbyen and the organic railway-shed kitchens of BaneGaarden. A flat, easy waterfront-and-city route designed to be ridden slowly, with a long lunch at every stop.

Surface: Paved harbour and city paths Traffic: Medium Better without small kids

Turn by turn

Directions

Street-by-street cues for the whole ride - the numbered stops match the pins on the map.

  1. Head north-east 15 m
  2. Turn left onto Frederiksborggade 22 m
  3. Turn right onto Rømersgade 119 m
  4. Turn right onto Gothersgade 709 m
  5. Bear left onto Gothersgade 463 m
  6. Turn right onto Kongens Nytorv 16 m
  7. Turn left onto the path 34 m
  8. Turn right onto the path 24 m
  9. Turn left onto Nyhavn 252 m
  10. Turn left onto Nyhavnsbroen 22 m
  11. 1 Nyhavn 14 m
  12. Turn right onto Nyhavnsbroen 8 m
  13. Turn left onto Nyhavn 138 m
  14. Turn left onto the path 94 m
  15. 2 Inderhavnsbroen 173 m
  16. Turn right onto the path 37 m
  17. 3 Broens Gadekokken 55 m
  18. Turn left onto the path 28 m
  19. Turn right onto the path 73 m
  20. Turn right onto the path 128 m
  21. Turn left onto Bodenhoffs Plads 168 m
  22. Turn left onto Prinsessegade 70 m
  23. Turn right onto the path 235 m
  24. Turn left onto Refshalevej 78 m
  25. Turn right onto the path 43 m
  26. Turn left onto the path 29 m
  27. Turn right onto the path 80 m
  28. Turn right onto the path 26 m
  29. Turn left onto the path 67 m
  30. Turn right onto Dyssebroen 77 m
  31. Turn left onto Midtdyssen 893 m
  32. Bear right onto Norddyssen 485 m
  33. Turn left onto Forlandet 573 m
  34. Bear left onto the path 142 m
  35. Bear right onto the path 79 m
  36. Bear right onto the path 158 m
  37. Bear left onto Refshalevej 176 m
  38. Turn right onto the path 72 m
  39. 4 Reffen Street Food 72 m
  40. Turn left onto Refshalevej 457 m
  41. 5 La Banchina 98 m
  42. Continue onto Refshalevej 573 m
  43. Turn right onto Norddyssen 385 m
  44. Bear left onto Norddyssen 1.9 km
  45. Turn right onto the path 226 m
  46. Turn left onto Christianshavns Voldgade 157 m
  47. Turn right onto Sofiegade 204 m
  48. Turn left onto Overgaden Oven Vandet 209 m
  49. Turn right onto Overgaden Oven Vandet 44 m
  50. Turn left onto Langebrogade 529 m
  51. Bear right onto the path 33 m
  52. Turn left onto Christians Brygge 172 m
  53. Turn right onto Puggaardsgade 54 m
  54. Turn left onto Hambrosgade 129 m
  55. Turn right onto Otto Mønsteds Gade 316 m
  56. Turn left onto Tietgensgade 529 m
  57. Bear right onto Kvægtorvsgade 64 m
  58. Turn left onto Halmtorvet 182 m
  59. Turn left onto Slagtehusgade 42 m
  60. Turn right onto Slagtehusgade 63 m
  61. Turn left onto the path 359 m
  62. 6 Kodbyen (The Meatpacking District) 328 m
  63. Turn left onto the path 23 m
  64. Turn right onto Skelbækgade 110 m
  65. Turn right onto the path 69 m
  66. Turn left onto Sønder Boulevard 1.0 km
  67. Bear right onto Sønder Boulevard 25 m
  68. Turn left onto Enghavevej 397 m
  69. Turn left onto the path 22 m
  70. Turn left onto the path 32 m
  71. Turn sharp right onto the path 33 m
  72. Turn left onto the path 113 m
  73. Bear right onto the path 18 m
  74. Turn right onto Bivejen 11 m
  75. 7 BaneGaarden

Along the way

Stops worth making

attraction

1 Torvehallerne

The glass food halls at Israels Plads - 60-odd stalls of coffee, smorrebrod, cheese and fresh produce.

Frederiksborggade 21
sight

2 Nyhavn

The postcard harbour - walk your bike along the quay past the painted houses.

Nyhavn (the quay)
sight

3 Inderhavnsbroen

The "kissing bridge" sliding open for boats - the bike link between Nyhavn and Christianshavn.

Nyhavn / Gronlandske Handels Plads
restaurant

4 Broens Gadekokken

A waterfront street-food yard right by Inderhavnsbroen - tacos, lobster rolls and harbour views.

Strandgade 95 kr kr
restaurant

5 Reffen Street Food

A waterfront street-food village with ~35 stalls on Refshaleoen (roughly March-September).

Refshalevej 167A kr
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restaurant

6 La Banchina

Tiny dockside cafe and wine bar on Refshaleoen with its own swim pier and sauna.

Refshalevej 141 kr kr
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sight

7 Kodbyen (The Meatpacking District)

White-tiled former meat halls now packed with restaurants, galleries and bars - dead by day, alive at night.

Flaesketorvet
restaurant

8 BaneGaarden

A sustainable food-and-culture yard in old railway sheds - organic kitchens, bonfires and weekend markets.

Otto Busses Vej 45 kr kr
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The essentials

The 3 rules that keep you safe in Copenhagen

However you got here, start with these. They are the rules visitors get wrong most often, and the ones that carry a fine.

01

Ride in the bike lane - always

Where there is a cycle track (the raised lane between the pavement and the road), you must use it - riding on the sidewa...
02

Lights on after dark

From dusk to dawn you must have a white light at the front and a red light at the rear, visible from 300 metres. Steady...
03

Keep your phone in your pocket

Using a handheld phone while cycling is illegal in Denmark and fined around 1,000 kr. That includes texting at red light...
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