Kardemommesnurre is a coiled Nordic bun: enriched butter dough rolled with crushed cardamom-and-butter filling, twisted into a knot, brushed with egg and baked to a deep mahogany.
Cardamom buns took hold in Danish bakeries in the 19th century via the trade routes that brought Indian cardamom to Scandinavia through the Danish East India Company. The modern revival is owed to Emil Glaser at Juno the Bakery (opened 2017 in Østerbro), whose intensely cardamom-perfumed knot bun became a Copenhagen ritual queue and reset the city's expectations. Hart Bageri (Richard Hart, mentored by Tartine's Chad Robertson) joined the wave from 2018 with a darker-baked version. Andersen & Maillard runs an espresso-paired version at their Nørrebro and Nordhavn counters.
3 editor picks for Kardemommesnurre (cardamom bun) in Copenhagen, ranked by editorial score. All Copenhagen signature dishes · Kardemommesnurre (cardamom bun) across every city.
Juno the Bakery ★ 4.9
Århusgade 48, 2100 København Ø
Juno the Bakery on Århusgade in Østerbro from former noma cook Emil Glaser bakes the cardamom bun that anchors the modern Copenhagen pastry conversation.
Hart Bageri ★ 4.8
Gammel Kongevej 109, 1850 Frederiksberg C
Hart Bageri on Gammel Kongevej in Frederiksberg was opened by former Tartine head baker Richard Hart and now runs ten locations across greater Copenhagen.
Andersen & Maillard ★ 4.7
Nørrebrogade 62, 2200 København N
Andersen & Maillard on Nørrebrogade in Nørrebro is the city's pioneering bakery-roastery hybrid, opened in 2018 by former noma pastry chef Milton Abel.