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The 9 best bars in Odense

Old pubs, beer bars and places where an evening does not cost a fortune.

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From the guide: Carlsens Kvarter, Den Smagløse Café, Cafe Biografen.

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Highest rated bars in Odense

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Worth the detour

Trappist ale and lager on the brown bar — Carlsens Kvarter

Carlsens Kvarter

Odense's beer bar for decades — more taps than you will get through.

Worth the detour

Draught beer and board games in the quirky living room — Den Smagløse Café

Den Smagløse Café

Great-grandmother's living room meets a bodega on Vindegade — DJs on Saturdays and Denmark's only sausage museum.

Local favourite

Draught beer and coffee in the café by the cinema — Cafe Biografen

Cafe Biografen

Odense's café institution in Brandts — coffee, draught beer and a cinema next door.

Local favourite

Vinyl records, a turntable and a beer — Record Pusher

Record Pusher

A record shop by day, a bar at night — and coffee in between.

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Bars in Odense

9 places · Old pubs, beer bars and places where an evening does not cost a fortune.

Trappist ale and lager on the brown bar — Carlsens Kvarter

Carlsens Kvarter

Odense's beer bar for decades — more taps than you will get through.

Vinyl records, a turntable and a beer — Record Pusher

Record Pusher

A record shop by day, a bar at night — and coffee in between.

Draught beer and coffee in the café by the cinema — Cafe Biografen

Cafe Biografen

Odense's café institution in Brandts — coffee, draught beer and a cinema next door.

Cocktails on the marble table under the awning — JUNE BAR

JUNE BAR

A late bar on Vestergade — opens at five, closes at four.

Draught beer poured into a mug in the old tavern — Café Viggos

Café Viggos

A neighbourhood warm room on Vindegade from noon until late into the night.

Brunch and a latte in the high-ceilinged café — Cuckoo's Nest

Cuckoo's Nest

Café and bar on Vestergade — brunch at weekends, bar until two.

Red wine and draught beer in the old wine tavern — Lørups Vinstue

Lørups Vinstue

An old wine room behind the theatre — a pub more than a wine bar.

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A burger, salad and cocktails by the square — Cafe Kræz

Cafe Kræz

A bar on Gråbrødre Plads — until three in the morning at weekends.

BarGråbrødre Plads

Draught beer and board games in the quirky living room — Den Smagløse Café

Den Smagløse Café

Great-grandmother's living room meets a bodega on Vindegade — DJs on Saturdays and Denmark's only sausage museum.

All 9 bars in Odense in one list

9 places. The score is our own, on a scale from 1 to 10. The price is one of four levels, not an amount. Opening hours are the places' own — not a check of whether they are open right now.
Place	Where	Opening hours	Price	Score
Carlsens Kvarter	Hunderupvej 19, Odense	Mon-Sat 12:00-01:00 · Sun 13:00-19:00	Moderate	8.4
Record Pusher	Overgade 12, Odense	Mon-Thu 10:00-17:30 · Fri 10:00-23:00 · Sat 10:00-16:00	Moderate	8.1
Cafe Biografen	Amfipladsen 13, Brandts, Odense	Mon-Thu 10:00-23:00 · Fri-Sat 10:00-00:00 · Sun 10:00-22:30	Moderate	8.2
JUNE BAR	Vestergade 21, Odense	Fri-Sat 17:00-04:00	Moderate	7.9
Café Viggos	Vindegade 76, Odense	Mon 12:00-01:00 · Tue-Thu 12:00-03:00 · Fri-Sat 12:00-04:00 · Sun 14:00-23:00	Cheap	7.6
Cuckoo's Nest	Vestergade 73, Odense	Mon-Thu 10:00-00:00 · Fri-Sat 10:00-02:00 · Sun 10:00-00:00	Moderate	8.0
Lørups Vinstue	Claus Bergs Gade 5B, Odense	Estimate — check with the place	Cheap	7.7
Cafe Kræz	Gråbrødre Plads 6, Odense	Mon-Wed 10:00-01:00 · Thu-Sat 10:00-03:00 · Sun 10:00-01:00	Cheap	7.8
Den Smagløse Café	Vindegade 57, Odense	Mon 12:00-00:00 · Tue-Thu 12:00-01:00 · Fri-Sat 12:00-03:00 · Sun 12:00-22:00	Cheap	8.3

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About bars in Odense

The bars in Odense gather around two streets. Vindegade and Vestergade run west of the pedestrian street, and most of the city's nine sit between them. This is not a cocktail district. It is brown bars, old pubs and cafés that turn into bars once it gets dark — and that shows in the prices too.

Carlsens Kvarter on Hunderupvej is the reference. It has poured craft beer since that was a rarity, keeps more than a hundred on the list, and the staff can explain the difference between the Danish and the Belgian. The furniture is worn, the music is not something you shout over, and it runs from noon until one in the morning, Monday to Saturday. On Sunday it closes at seven.

Den Smagløse Café on Vindegade has been going since 1996 and looks like a great-grandmother's living room: free board games, a weekly quiz, DJs on Saturdays and a courtyard under vines that fills the moment the sun reaches it. Café Viggos further down the same street is the neighbourhood room — open from noon until late, fixed prices, no doorman. Cafe Kræz on Gråbrødre Plads has the outdoor seats and stays open until three, Thursday to Saturday.

The rest are hybrids. Record Pusher on Overgade is a record shop by day and a bar at night, and Friday is the only evening that runs to eleven. Cafe Biografen in Brandts goes from morning coffee to draught beer without changing tone, and Cuckoo's Nest on Vestergade starts at nine in the morning and finishes at two at night. If it has to be late, JUNE BAR on Vestergade opens on Friday and Saturday only.