Café Det Vide Hus

Imagine you are wandering downtown, wondering where to go for a quiet getaway coffee, hoping to find something different - a place that is “just you” and not just another chain type coffee shop. Maybe a place you could consider making your regular meet-the-gang place, and certainly somewhere where you wouldn’t have to pay an overpriced (“downtown”) coffee. 

Well, not sure it is “just you”, but there is one special place not too far from Nørreport and overlooking Rosenborg Castle and Kongens Have (The King’s Garden).  It’s called Café Det Vide Hus.

Entering the cafe you are met with a colorful display of fruits and teas, various drinks, coffee, cakes and chocolates. 

Up on the first floor a real “hyggehule” (cozy cave) as they call it, set up with a squashy sofa, wooden tables, candles and quiet music in the background. Stacked in the corner there are board games left at your disposition. The walls are covered with oversized paintings from new promising artists.

From the window openings on the front side you can enjoy a view of the castle and the park, while the windows on the other side give you an inside view of the neighboring building’s courtyard (you can also stare into the clothes hanged to dry between the floors or glance the silhouettes in people’s apartments... Not having curtains- so very Danish)

Being in this place gives you the feeling of hanging out at somebody's home - somebody very friendly who'd tell you “oh just go upstairs and make yourself at home”. It’s small and cozy, intimate. Not as much couple-like intimate but more like “we are the few people sharing this small space at this time” intimate. You don’t come here to see or to be seen; you come here to give your undivided attention to someone or something. 

On top of it all, the owner is very charming and he prepares your coffee with utmost attention. If you need internet, just ask for the password - it’s free, and you can come here enjoy your coffee and work in peace.

For more photos here.