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TRAVELLER
DISCOVERIES
Made in
Denmark
PLANOF ACTION
Danish design is achingly cool, classic and contemporary. Take
home a piece of the actionwith a shopping trip toCopenhagen
FOR UNIQUE HOMEWARES
Designer Zoo is a unique workshop
where you’ll find a community of
eight Danish designers creating and
selling a mixed bag of things, from
kidney-shaped tables to signet rings,
knitwear and quirky glass vases. As well
as their own creations, the in-house
shop also sells selected pieces by other
Dansk designers.
137 Vesterbrogade; tel: +45 3324 9493,
dzoo.dk
FOR VINTAGE FINDS
Check out the city’s flea markets,
which spring up all over the capital from
June to early October. The Halmtorvet
Flea Market is Denmark’s oldest outdoor
market and operates every Friday and
Saturday until 13 October. You’ll find
a mixed bag of second-hand delights
here, from antique furniture and carpets
to ornaments and crockery.
Københavns, Halmtorvet;
tel: +45 4970 7255, visitcopenhagen.com
FOR DESIGN CLASSICS
Department store Illums Bolighus
has been selling the best of Scandi
design since 1925, and its name is a
fixture in the vocabulary of the smartest
Danes. With tableware by Royal
Copenhagen, Georg Jensen and Muuto,
furniture by greats including Arne
Jacobsen and a lighting department to
die for, you’d better pack the credit card.
10 Amagertorv; tel: +45 3314 1941,
illumsbolighus.dk
Words
CATHY STRONGMAN
Illustration
THEMAKARIE