Nimb Roof sits on the top of the Moorish Nimb Hotel inside Tivoli, with 1,300 square metres of terrace looking across the gardens and the rooftops, an outdoor plunge pool, a pool bar and a lounge.
Tip: Open mid-May through the warm months; external guests book the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evening slots. Reserve well ahead.
Address: Bernstorffsgade 5, 1577 København V, Copenhagen
Hotel Danmark's seventh-floor rooftop bar opens to non-guests through the warm months with 360-degree views of City Hall, Tivoli and the National Museum, Scandinavian minimalist design and a short cocktail list.
Tip: Free entry for non-guests, but capacity is small; arrive before 19:00 on warm evenings. No food served, drinks only.
Ruby opened in 2007 on Nybrogade in a 1740 townhouse facing the parliament buildings, with an unmarked black door, leather chesterfields across a string of small rooms and a list of pre-Prohibition classics.
Tip: Ring at the unmarked door; walk-in only, but the upstairs salon takes overflow. The 18th-century cellar is the date-night seat.
Geoffrey Canilao opened Balderdash on Valkendorfsgade in 2014 in an 1732 townhouse, with a secret-door back room, a spirits lab on the floor above and a daily-changing menu built around Danish seasonal produce.
Tip: Wednesday through Saturday only; the secret room behind the bookcase seats six and takes reservations. Strawberry-foie gras old fashioned in season.
Hotel Danmark's seventh-floor rooftop bar opens to non-guests through the warm months with 360-degree views of City Hall, Tivoli and the National Museum, Scandinavian minimalist design and a short cocktail list.
Tip: Free entry for non-guests, but capacity is small; arrive before 19:00 on warm evenings. No food served, drinks only.
Sticks'n'Sushi runs a twelfth-floor skybar and rooftop terrace at Tivoli Hotel's Harbour Tower, with views across Copenhagen to the Zoo Tower and Malmö, and the chain's sushi and yakitori menu served alfresco.
Tip: Lift to the 12th floor; the terrace runs through the warm months with table service. Sunset slots book up two weeks ahead.
Tramonto crowns the Hotel Ottilia in the old Carlsberg City with 360-degree views over the breweries, the harbour and Vesterbro, with an Italian kitchen serving classics and a cocktail list in the bar.
Tip: Open year round, but the terrace is the move from May to September. Reservations recommended for dinner; bar walk-ins easier.
Ruby opened in 2007 on Nybrogade in a 1740 townhouse facing the parliament buildings, with an unmarked black door, leather chesterfields across a string of small rooms and a list of pre-Prohibition classics.
Tip: Ring at the unmarked door; walk-in only, but the upstairs salon takes overflow. The 18th-century cellar is the date-night seat.
Geoffrey Canilao opened Balderdash on Valkendorfsgade in 2014 in an 1732 townhouse, with a secret-door back room, a spirits lab on the floor above and a daily-changing menu built around Danish seasonal produce.
Tip: Wednesday through Saturday only; the secret room behind the bookcase seats six and takes reservations. Strawberry-foie gras old fashioned in season.
Curfew sits behind an antiquary-bookstore facade on Vesterbrogade, with a buzzer entry, a 30-seat counter and a list led by Humberto Saraiva Marques, the bartender behind World's 50 Best wins at previous rooms.
Tip: Ring the bell at the bookshop facade; walk-ins welcome but Friday and Saturday seat by capacity. Closed all of July.