Kassen

Kassen sits down Nørrebrogade and is built for busy nights: the bartenders are quick, and the queue rarely lasts. It is not somewhere you plan — you walk in because you were walking past.

The bar makes cocktails, but without ceremony, and there is room to stand. The room is narrow and fills from the inside, so the far end is usually the best place to stand.

Open Tuesday to Thursday from four in the afternoon until midnight, and Friday and Saturday until two in the morning. Closed Sunday and Monday.

They open early and close before the clubs, so this is where an evening starts rather than where it ends. It suits anyone who wants a proper drink without sitting down. It is a few minutes' walk from both Nørreport and Sankt Hans Torv.