The 50 best places to eat in Aalborg
Aalborg runs from a wine cellar that has poured since 1624 to a waterfront built yesterday. In between sit Mortens Kro, a couple of sourdough bakers with their own convictions, and Jomfru Ane Gade, which the city has its own relationship with.
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Mortens Kro
8.9Aalborg's best-known restaurant — Morten Nielsen's kitchen by the millstream.
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Fusion
8.8Asian omakase on Strandvejen — organic and by the kitchen's choice.
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Bread by Kærup
8.8A sourdough bakery in Vestbyen, run by William Kærup with the ingredients first.
Douro Wine Bar
8.4A wine bar on Danmarksgade with a Portuguese starting point.
Penny Lane
8.7Aalborg's most legendary café — known for the cakes and the interior.
Aalborg Street Food
8.2A food market in the Køkkenfabrikken by Skudehavnen — hours change with the season.
Behag Din Smag
8.6The best coffee bar in town according to locals — a wide coffee menu with fresh baking alongside.
Duus Vinkælder
8.8A wine cellar from 1624 beneath Jens Bang's House — Aalborg's oldest address.
Mortens Kro
8.9Aalborg's best-known restaurant — Morten Nielsen's kitchen by the millstream.
Proud Mary
8.0The most durable bar on Jomfru Ane Gade — from 13.00 at weekends, 15.00 on night.
Lille Nyhavn
8.2Smørrebrød in Nørresundby — across the fjord, five minutes from the centre.
Struktur
8.7Lunch and dinner on C.W. Obels Plads — food, cocktails and interior in the same class.
Basement Beer Bar
8.3A cellar bar on Løkkegade with craft beer and no noise.
Bentto
7.9Asian bento boxes to take away — open every day from eleven.
Nede Paa Jorden
8.2A French-inspired bar and kitchen on Nørregade — wine, snacks and a courtyard.
Spangsberg
8.2A chocolate house with its own production — Monday to Saturday.
Grønttorvet
7.8Market day on Danmarksgade — Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
Guf & Kugler
7.9Ice cream and sweets on Bispensgade — open until eight every evening.
Surdejsbageren
8.5Sourdough and coffee on Budolfi Plads — in the middle of the pedestrian streets.
Vin og Venner
7.8A small wine bar on Gravensgade — informal and with no list on the wall.
Black Swan
7.7A late bar on Jomfru Ane Gade — Thursday to Saturday only.
Burger Boom
7.6Organic burgers on Vesterbro — a 99-krone lunch menu on weekdays.
Fusion
8.8Asian omakase on Strandvejen — organic and by the kitchen's choice.
IsVærftet
8.1Handmade ice cream on Stjernepladsen with seats outside.
KAFFeFAIR
8.4An organic coffee bar in Vestbyen — closed Sunday, and that is deliberate.
Othello Bageriet
8.0A classic bakery that opens at half past five in the morning.
Brasserie Kunsten
8.1Café Aalto inside Alvar Aalto's art museum — the architecture is half the visit.
Cafe Frederiksberg
7.6A neighbourhood café on Hadsundvej from morning until night.
Den Gyldne Kringle
7.8A bakery and patisserie in Nørresundby with an early opening.
Kaffebaren Bredegade
8.2A coffee bar on Bredegade with long hours and seats in the sun.
Pingvin
8.3Wine and small plates on Stjernepladsen — Tuesday to Saturday.
Bauns Bageri
7.9A neighbourhood bakery on Vestre Alle with eight-krone rolls and everything baked from scratch.
Cafe Vesterå
8.1A café by day, a cocktail bar by night — in a side street off Bispensgade.
Nørregade 25
8.5Danish cooking Tuesday to Saturday — the address is the whole name.
Peace
8.0A café on Boulevarden from eight in the morning until late — but Sunday only until four.
Bistro 59
8.4A French bistro with lunch and dinner — closed Sunday and Monday.
Café Friends
7.9Brunch and burgers on Urbansgade — open until midnight at weekends.
Hos Isidor Henius
8.4Danish cooking in the old aquavit distillery quarter.
An Di
8.3Vietnamese on Boulevarden — pho and bún from ten in the morning.
Brett & Bagels
8.0Bagels baked and filled on site by Campus AAU, from 55 kroner.
Caféministeriet
8.0A café with brunch and long hours on Møllegade.
OmBord
8.3Fish and shellfish by the boat harbour — open until midnight at weekends.
Arnessted
8.2A coffee house and bakery on Gravensgade — all seven days.
Provence
8.2French cooking on weekdays — closed at the weekend.
Restaurant Emil
8.5A fish restaurant on Østre Havn — evenings only, Tuesday to Saturday.
Fisk og Skaldyr
8.1The name is the menu — open every day from half past eleven.
Det Tredje Sted
8.0From breakfast to dinner, Monday to Saturday from nine.
Bistro Dejavú
8.2A French bistro on Ved Stranden — lunch and dinner Wednesday to Saturday.
Sylvius Ginbar
8.4Aalborg's only gin bar — more than 80 gins from around the world on Algade.
Studenterhuset
8.0Music venue and café on Gammeltorv — gigs and club nights in the middle of town.
Whiskybaren
8.2A small whisky bar in Café Alpha — Aalborg's oldest tavern, on Jens Bangs Gade.
Pigen og Trompeten
7.5Jomfru Ane Gade's oldest disco — Friday and Saturday from nine until six in the morning.
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How to eat in Aalborg
Aalborg has 50 places to eat on this page: 18 restaurants, 18 bakeries and coffee bars, 9 bars, 7 brunch rooms, 6 late-night places, 5 wine bars and 4 street food addresses. Some appear in two categories, because they are both things at once.
The city is known for Jomfru Ane Gade, the country's most famous drinking street, and here is the number that says most about how Aalborg actually eats: three of the 50 addresses are on it. The rest sit two or three at a time on Indre By, Vestbyen, Slotsgade, Boulevarden, Nørregade, Danmarksgade and Stjernepladsen, and the city continues north of the fjord — Nørresundby is part of it. From Nytorv square down to the water is a few minutes on foot, so most of it can be walked.
If you need one particular kind, the category pages carry the full list with a map, filters and an open-now badge — restaurants, bakeries, brunch, wine bars, bars, nightlife and street food each on their own. If it is a ranking you are after, that is in the guides: the city's best restaurants and the city's best brunch each have a page.
Two numbers are worth knowing. Sunday and Monday are the weakest days with 27 and 30 of 50 open, against 49 on Friday and Saturday. The price level is low: 25 of the 50 sit on the second-cheapest tier and 12 on the cheapest, while only two addresses are at the expensive end. And Aalborg has the earliest opening hour in the whole guide — the bakery unlocks at half past five in the morning, while at the other end of the clock the night bar closes at six.