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above...fortunately, they deliver (two lunch seatings Mon-Sat: 11:30-14:00
and 14:14-17:00, closed Sun, no dinner, Hauser Plads 16, tel. 33 12 07 85).
Café Halvvejen
is a small mom-and-pop place serving traditional lunches
and open-face sandwiches in a woody and smoke-stained café, lined with por-
traits of Danish royalty. You can eat inside or at an outside table in good
weather (50-70 kr
smørrebrød
, 80-100-kr main dishes, food served Mon-Sat
12:00-15:00, closed Sun, next to public library at Krystalgade 11, tel. 33 11 91
12). In the evening, it becomes a hip and smoky student hangout, though no
food is served.
Slagteren ved Kultorvet,
a few blocks northwest of the university, is a
small butcher shop with bowler-hatted clerks selling good, inexpensive sand-
wiches to go for about 35 kr. Choose from ham, beef, or pork (sorry—no ve-
getarian options, Mon-Thu 8:00-17:30, Fri 8:00-19:00, Sat 8:00-14:00, closed
Sun, just off Kultorvet square at #4 Frederiksborggade, look for gold bull's
head hanging outside).
Near Gammeltorv/Nytorv
(See “Copenhagen Hotels & Restaurants” map,
here
.)
Restaurant and Café Nytorv
has pleasant outdoor seating on Nytorv (with
cozyindoortablesavailablenearby)andagreatdealona
smørrebrød
sampler
for about 179 kr—perfect for two people to share. This “Copenhagen City
Plate” gives you a selection of the traditional sandwiches and extra bread on
request (daily 9:00-22:00, Nytorv 15, tel. 33 11 77 06).
Sorgenfri
offers a
local experience in a dark, woody spot just off the Strøget (80-100 kr, Mon-
Sat 11:00-20:45, Sun 12:00-18:00, Brolæggerstræde 8, tel. 33 11 58 80). Or
consider
Domhusets Smørrebrød
(Mon-Fri 8:00-15:00, closed Sat-Sun, off
the City Hall end of the Strøget at Kattesundet 18, tel. 33 15 98 98).
The Pølse
The famous Danish hot dog, sold in
pølsevogne
(sausage wagons) throughout
the country, is another typically Danish institution that has resisted the on-
slaught of our global, prepackaged, fast-food culture. Study the photo menu
for variations. These are fast, cheap, tasty, and, like their American cousins,
