A morning in Nørrebro — coffee and bread, 5 stops

Nørrebro is compact. That is the whole point. In less than half an hour on foot you pass a roastery that set the standard for Danish coffee, a bakery that does the classics properly, and a place that does both equally well. Here is the route if you have a morning and no plans.

Start on Jægersborggade

The Coffee Collective at number 10 is the place that taught Copenhagen to drink coffee as something other than a habit. They roast their own, they will happily tell you where it comes from, and the bar opens at seven on weekdays. Take it standing up and save the sitting down for later.

Two doors along sits Meyers Bageri. This is not about the new thing, but about the things everyone knows being done properly: rye bread, cinnamon swirls, poppy seed pastries. Buy something to take home while you are there — by the afternoon the shelves are thinner.

Jægersborggade is short enough to walk up and back, and narrow enough that the doors are never far apart. Come before ten at the weekend if you want to avoid queueing at both.

On to Møllegade

Andersen & Maillard at Møllegade 1 is both a roastery and a bakery, and it is unusual for both halves to be this good. The croissant is what most people come for. It is a ten-minute walk from Jægersborggade, through the part of Nørrebro where there are still workshops between the cafés.

Finish on Rantzausgade

Darcy's Kaffe sits on the corner of Rantzausgade and pours guest roasts from across Europe. This is where you sit down. The bar is small, and there is usually a seat if you come outside lunchtime.

If it is summer, walk a couple of minutes further to Siciliansk Is on Skjolds Plads. They make gelato the Sicilian way, and the pistachio is the reason for the queue. In winter they are closed — they open again in spring.

How to make the walk shorter

If you only have an hour, do Jægersborggade alone. The first two stops are thirty metres apart, and you get both the best coffee and the most solid bakery on the route without really moving.

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