Food destinations within easy reach of Copenhagen. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.

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Roskilde ★ 4.4

30 min by trainTrain from Copenhagen Central Station, every 10 minutes

Famous forViking Ship Museum cafe, smørrebrød, Roskilde Cathedral lunch

Roskilde is 30 minutes from Copenhagen by train, with the Viking Ship Museum cafe, Snekken's fjordside restaurant and traditional smørrebrød counters.

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Helsingør (Elsinore) ★ 4.6

45 min by trainTrain from Copenhagen Central Station, every 20 minutes

Famous forSmørrebrød lunch, fresh fish on the harbour, Kronborg Castle cafe

Helsingør is 45 minutes north of Copenhagen by train, with Kronborg Castle, Stengade smørrebrød counters and harbour-front fish restaurants by the Øresund.

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Lammefjord (asparagus and root vegetables) ★ 4.8

60 min by carDrive northwest via Holbæk; no direct train

Famous forLammefjord asparagus, root vegetables, farm-shop lunches

The Lammefjord polder west of Copenhagen is Denmark's protected root-vegetable and white asparagus origin, with farm shops and seasonal lunches.

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Louisiana Museum (Humlebæk) restaurant ★ 4.0

40 min by trainTrain from Copenhagen Central to Humlebæk, then 10-minute walk

Famous forMuseum cafe with smørrebrød, terrace overlooking Øresund

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art's cafe in Humlebæk runs an upgraded museum-cafe smørrebrød lunch with a terrace overlooking the Øresund Sound to Sweden.

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Dragør (smoked herring and harbour fish) ★ 4.2

30 min by busBus 250S from Copenhagen Central Station

Famous forSmoked herring, harbour-front fish counters, yellow-fisherman cottages

Dragør on Amager island, 30 minutes by bus from Copenhagen, has smoked-herring smokehouses, harbour fish counters and a yellow-cottage fishing village.

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