Copenhagen food tours compared: the original food tour, the smørrebrød walks, the pastry tour, the bike food tours, the beer walks and the cooking class

💡 The Short Version: For a first food walk, book the Original Food Tourad: from DKK 972, 4 hours, 619 reviews, eight tastings from Torvehallerne to the Round Tower, meeting at Frederiksborggade 19. For a shorter, cheaper smørrebrød walk, Secret Food Toursad is from DKK 911 for 3 hours with 284 reviews and the Guydeez tourad is from DKK 591. For pastries only, the Best of Danish Pastry Tasting Tourad is from DKK 475 for 2 hours. For beer, the Vesterbro beer walkad is from DKK 350. GetYourGuide has no cooking class in Copenhagen; the one class that teaches smørrebrød sells on its own site. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” price per person.

Prices, lengths and review counts are GetYourGuide’s. Every tour listed cancels free up to 24 hours ahead.

The tours, compared

Walking food tours

The Original Food Tour

From DKK 972 · 4 hours · 619 reviews · meets at Frederiksborggade 19

Copenhagen’s oldest and original food tourad is run by CphFoodTours, in English, and the listing dates it to 2011. It starts a minute from Nørreport station and has eight tastings: cheese from the dairy Arla Unika, a Danish pastry from Riviera Bakery, smørrebrød and a beer or soft drink at RØRT or at Café & Ølhalle 1892, an organic hot dog from the stand near the Round Tower, a craft beer or cider at SKAAL, liquorice from Lakrids by Johan Bülow, hand-made sweets from Sømods Bolcher and a flødebolle, a chocolate-covered marshmallow, from Summerbird. It passes the Botanical Garden and the Latin Quarter. Children under 3 are free, and the child ticket is for ages 3 to 12. Wheelchair users are not catered for. Tell the operator about dietary needs in advance.

Smørrebrød with beef tartare and with chicken salad. Photo: cyclonebill, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Secret Food Tours

From DKK 911 · 3 hours · 284 reviews · two meeting points, by option

Copenhagen: Food Tour with 6+ Tastings of Danish Classicsad is run by Secret Food Tours, in English, with a private option. It starts at Torvehallerne and walks Strøget with six tastings and two drinks: two smørrebrød, meatballs, roast pork with crackling, an organic hot dog, a cardamom pastry and a secret dish, with a Carlsberg on draught and a kombucha shot. A drinks upgrade adds Slåen geist and Gammel Dansk. It is not suitable for wheelchair users or people with mobility impairments.

A delicatessen stall inside Torvehallerne. Photo: Jorge Franganillo, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

Eating Europe

From DKK 701 · 3 hours · 18 reviews · Sankt Annæ Plads 25

Copenhagen Small-Group Food Tour: From Smørrebrød to Pastryad is run by Eating Europe, in English, for 12 guests at most. It meets at Karen Blixen by Rikke Raben on Sankt Annæ Plads, starts with two mini smørrebrød at the Royal Danish Playhouse, goes to Broens Street Food for a taco stand, and ends in Christianshavn with a ristet hot dog (with fried onions) and a cardamom bun, with two or three drinks. It is not suitable for wheelchair users.

Modern City Food Tour

From DKK 950 · 4 hours · 15 reviews · Fiolstræde 44

Copenhagen: Modern City Food Tourad is run by Copenhagen By Mie, in English, for 10 guests at most. It covers Torvehallerne, smørrebrød at a tavern in a historic building and bakery pastries, with eight tastings and a full lunch. The operator cannot guarantee changes for allergies, and wheelchair users are not catered for.

Guydeez

From DKK 591 · 3 hours · 38 reviews · meets at Rosenborg Castle

Danish Food Tour with 5+ Tastingsad is run by Guydeez, in English, French, Spanish or Italian, as a small group or privately. It meets at Rosenborg Castle on Øster Voldgade and starts in the food halls with smørrebrød, then a second smørrebrød stop, hard candies, a kanelsnegl (cinnamon swirl) and a spandauer (custard pastry), an organic hot dog and a Danish beer or an alcohol-free drink in an old pub. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free needs can be met if you tell the operator when you book.

No Diet Club

From DKK 523 · 3 hours · 18 reviews · Jægersborggade 25

Copenhagen: No Diet Club Guided Walking Tour with Tastingsad is run by NO DIET CLUB, in English, for 10 guests at most, and the listing says it is wheelchair-accessible. It starts at Nørrebro Kolonial, a grocery on Jægersborggade, with a cardamom or cinnamon bun, then a smørrebrød, smoked salmon, a fish cake with curry sauce and a Danish cheese tasting at a market, and walks through a cemetery. Vegetarians get an alternative at each stop.

Bike food tours

3-Hour Culinary Bike Tour

From DKK 699 · 3 hours · 363 reviews · Holbergsgade 12

Copenhagen: 3-Hour Culinary Bike Tour with 6 Food Stopsad is run by City Bike Adventures, in English, for 10 guests at most. Bikes and helmets are included. The stops are a hot dog, a fish cake on rye bread with a local beer at a food market, a Danish chocolate, smørrebrød with snaps at a traditional restaurant, and fresh pastries to finish. You must be able to ride a bike, and it is not suitable for people with mobility impairments. Copenhagen bike tours compares the sightseeing rides.

The Danish Way

From DKK 595 · 3.5 hours · 12 reviews · Fortunstræde 1

Copenhagen Food Tour: The Danish Wayad is run by BECOPENHAGEN-ApS, in English or Spanish, in small groups or privately. It cycles from the centre to Islands Brygge, where you build your own smørrebrød for lunch by the harbour baths, then to a coffee and pastry stop, a cold beer in the courtyard at Home of Carlsberg, and Kødbyen, the Meatpacking District, for snacks. Hotel pickup is included. The company adapts food stops to some dietary needs if you write after booking.

Pastry tours

Danish pastries in Copenhagen names the bakeries to visit without a guide.

Best of Danish Pastry Tasting Tour

From DKK 475 · 2 hours · 552 reviews · Torvegade 45, Christianshavn

Copenhagen: Best of Danish Pastry Tasting Tourad is run by Lost with a Local, in English, for 10 guests at most. It visits five bakeries with a pastry at each, among them wienerbrød (the laminated Danish pastry), kringle and raspberry bars. The walk is about 5 km.

Wienerbrød, almond pastries and poppy-seed pastries on a bakery counter. Photo: RhinoMind, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chocolate marshmallow workshop

From DKK 300 · 1.5 hours · 15 reviews · Flæsketorvet 79, Kødbyen

Copenhagen: Danish Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Workshopad is run by I. M. Frellsen, in English, for 8 people at most. You make ten flødeboller, 5 with marzipan and 5 with a crisp waffle base, in tempered Belgian chocolate, and take them home. The minimum age is 10.

Beer tours

Politically Incorrect Beer Tasting Walking Tour

From DKK 350 · 2 hours · 388 reviews · Colbjørnsensgade 5

Copenhagen: Politically Incorrect Beer Tasting Walking Tourad is run by Politically Incorrect Tours Copenhagen, in English, meeting at the MEININGER Hotel Copenhagen. It is an outdoor walk through Vesterbro and the Meatpacking District with eight beers, from Mikkeller Bar to Spunk, and ends at CUBE bar. It is not suitable for under-18s or people with gluten intolerance, and you carry ID.

Small Group Neighbourhood Tour with Beer & Pubs

From DKK 420 · 3 hours · 88 reviews · Reventlowsgade 5

Copenhagen: Small Group Neighbourhood Tour with Beer & Pubsad is run by Copenhagen By Mie, in English, for 10 guests at most. It starts at the Central Station and visits three Vesterbro bars with one traditional Danish beer and two craft beers, about a litre in all, and tells the story of the area’s former red-light district.

A cooking class

GetYourGuide sells no cooking class in Copenhagen. Copenhagen Cooking Class teaches at Herluf Trolles Gade 9 and books through its own site at the prices below, “from” per person.

How to choose

• Smørrebrød is a lunch dish. The tours that include it run at lunch time: see smørrebrød in Copenhagen.
• Where it meets. The Original Food Tour, the Modern City Food Tour and the Guydeez tour meet within a few minutes of Nørreport station and Torvehallerne. The Eating Europe tour meets at Sankt Annæ Plads, by Nyhavn, and the No Diet Club walk on Jægersborggade in Nørrebro.
• Eat first or not. The Original Food Tour is described as a full meal’s worth of food, and the Modern City Food Tour includes a lunch. Arrive hungry.
• Dietary needs. Tell the operator when you book; the No Diet Club walk and the Guydeez tour name vegetarian alternatives.
• Do it yourself. Copenhagen’s food halls cost nothing to walk, where to eat in Copenhagen lists the restaurants and Danish pastries the bakeries.
• More tours. Copenhagen walking tours and canal tours cover the sightseeing; 3 days in Copenhagen fits a food tour into a stay.