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- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Partial wheelchair access
- Smoke-free indoors
Wi-Fi and a table, from Ved Vesterport to Rentemestervej in Nordvest.
Photo: Engin Akyurt, Pexels License
Getting online in Copenhagen is rarely the hard part. Denmark is in the EU, so phones on an EU or EEA plan use mobile data here without extra charges under the roam-like-at-home rules.1 Every branch of the public library also runs a free network called Publikum, with no account or login: you connect and accept the terms of use.2 The main library, at Krystalgade 15 in the center, also has study places.4
A café table is a different matter, because the owner decides how it is used. When cafés began restricting laptops in 2016, the consumer organization Tænk said no rules cover it: each café sets its own policy and only has to put up clear signs about it.3
Local tip: If every café table is taken, the nearest public library has free Wi-Fi on the Publikum network, with no login needed.2
Where these cafés are: Indre By (10), Nyhavn & Frederiksstaden (7), Vesterbro (5), Nørrebro (5), Nordvest & Bispebjerg (4), Valby (3), Christianshavn & Refshaleøen (3), Amager (2), Islands Brygge (2), Frederiksberg (2), Østerbro (2), Nordhavn (1), Sydhavn (1).
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That year Café Paludan, the book café on Fiolstræde, said it would soon stop laptop use after 18:00, and The Laundromat Cafe was named among the cafés with a ban; most such limits did not apply during the day.3 Owners argued that laptop users take up more space and spend less, and Paludan's head of bar said the café makes its money from people who come to eat.3
Both have Wi-Fi. Paludan serves until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and the Laundromat Cafe, on Randersgade in Østerbro, until 23:00 every day, so look for a sign before unpacking in the evening.
Indre By has the most cafés with Wi-Fi, followed by Nyhavn & Frederiksstaden. Social Brew, at Ved Vesterport 7, opens at 07:30 on weekdays and closes at 20:00 Monday to Saturday; 20 grams, on Rosengården, is open daily 09:00–18:00, and Kabys is at Nansensgade 64.
In Frederiksstaden, Kafferiet at Kronprinsessegade 1 opens at 08:00 on weekdays and No. 11 is on Sankt Annæ Plads. Rentemestervej in Nordvest has two: Kaffedepartementet at No. 64, open daily 08:00–20:00, and Cafe Sirius at No. 13. In Nordhavn, Pamarés on Marmorvej opens at 07:30 on weekdays, and in Valby, Coffeenhagen on Toftegårds Allé opens at 09:00 Monday to Saturday.
For an early start, Nachbar on Martin Luther Kings Vej in Vesterbro opens at 07:00 every day, and Coffee Collective's bar at Jægersborggade 57 and Prolog's bar on Papirøen both open at 07:00 on weekdays. Copenhagen Coffee Lab at Strandlodsvej 48 on Amager and Risteriet at Helgolandsgade 21 in Vesterbro follow at 07:30 on weekdays. Also on Amager, Bingo on Hans Bogbinders Allé opens at 09:00 from Tuesday to Thursday.
To keep working into the evening, Cafe Blå Time on Store Kongensgade serves daily until 23:00. Tobi's Cafe, on Leifsgade in Islands Brygge, stays open until 23:00 from Tuesday to Saturday and closes on Sundays, and Fovl in Nordvest serves until 23:00 on Thursdays and Fridays. Kaffe, at Istedgade 90, has Wi-Fi until 22:00 every day, and Bastard Café's Valby branch, on Valgårdsvej, until midnight from Sunday to Thursday and 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.





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It depends on the café. No rules cover laptops in Copenhagen cafés, so each owner sets a policy and is expected to sign it clearly. In 2016 Café Paludan said it would stop laptop use after 18:00 and The Laundromat Cafe restricted laptops, with owners saying laptop users take more space and spend less.
Copenhagen's public libraries offer free Wi-Fi at every branch on a network called Publikum, with no account or login; you only accept the terms of use. Phones on an EU or EEA plan can also use mobile data in Denmark without extra charges under the roam-like-at-home rules.
Cafe Blå Time on Store Kongensgade and the Laundromat Cafe on Randersgade serve until 23:00 every day. Tobi's Cafe on Leifsgade in Islands Brygge stays open until 23:00 Tuesday to Saturday, Fovl in Nordvest until 23:00 on Thursdays and Fridays, and Café Paludan until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
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