Café Copenhagen

Set on the main square of Hillerød, this joint makes one of the best stopovers for lunch if you're racing through the area during the day, returning to Copenhagen that evening. At midday, expect the usual array of freshly made salads, burgers, and sandwiches. During the day this place mainly functions as a cafe and restaurant, where good-tasting menu items include New Orleans-style barbecue, grilled shrimp, well-stuffed club sandwiches, and succulent pastas. However, when the food service winds down, beginning around 7pm, it transforms itself into a bar designed for drinking, talking, and flirting. We like it best then. Action spills over onto an outdoor terrace, and every Friday and Saturday an annex room is transformed into a dance club, Club Annabell, which can get quite rowdy. Entry is DKK50 ($8.50/£5); a bottle of Carlsberg goes for DKK40 ($6.80/£4). No one under age 21 is allowed inside.

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