For almost a century Denmark has been a LGBTI+ ontnner and Copenhagen is often celebrated as the world’s most LGBTI+ iendly cy, yet the Danish pal don’t offer a signated gay village – the rabow flag fli over entire cy.
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- COPENHAGEN IS THE GAY VILLAGE OF NORTHERN EUROPE
- COPENHAGEN NOMATED AS WORLD’S MOST GAY-IENDLY STATN
COPENHAGEN IS THE GAY VILLAGE OF NORTHERN EUROPE
We don't believe that beg gay should have to fe your choice of holiday statn. But if do that's great news for ! Bee Denmark is nsistently ranked among the most LGBTQI+ iendly untri the world. * lgbt community copenhagen *
Gog out hotspotsCopenhagen is home to one of Europe’s olst gay bars, Centralhjør om 1917, which openly beme a gay bar the 1950s. For there was the Atralian-born moner turned fairytale prcs, sted to bee Queen Consort of Denmark, standg the ra wh pk troers and a rabow umbrella clarg that gay rights are human urse, Denmark’s reputatn as a land of acceptance stretch back a lot further than that.
COPENHAGEN NOMATED AS WORLD’S MOST GAY-IENDLY STATN
Copenhagen is known the world round as a bean of progrsive polics, cuttg-edge sign, and chic Sndavian ol. It's also long been a great place for the LGBTQ traveler, and was ranked by a 2014 Lonely Pla poll as the most gay-iendly place * lgbt community copenhagen *
The snug, welg and mply cked out CentralHjør claims to be the world’s olst gay bar, havg flung open s cy centre doors 1917.
Copenhagen celebratg PriThomas Høyp ChristensenWord on the street the days asks why gay venu exist at all given the wispread tegratn and celebratn of LGBTQ+ people. And therefore, Copenhagen ws on both unts: an array of gay bars and fés, and a myriad of hotspots that attract LGBTQ+ people wh a mix of ol sign, h ias, and world-class food. A new urban oasis the heart of the cy, Paper Island (Papirøen), is unr nstctn and promis pneerg archecture, novative gastronomy and art, and is jt across the water om the famo Nyhavn harbour and the new Soho Hoe queer quarter CopenhagenThe cy has a clter of gay bars along Studitræ – a betiful, lourful, historic street the cy’s Lat Quarter which ns parallel to the famo Strøget pestrian shoppg street (one of Europe’s longt).
DkPers CPHThis gay-owned bar is hidn a basement, near the bars of Studitræ.
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In the s after opened the venue offered private, locked-off booths tend by one discrete server and at a time when gay men were more the shadows, beme a popular place to meet, date and be yourself whout onlookers or judgement.
”Addrs: Studitræ 33, 1455 KøbenhavnWebse: ShoeNew to the scene om May 2022, Red Shoe is owner Johan Carlsson’s but Copenhagen gay bar, havg transplanted the ncept om s prev rnatn Malmo, Swen. Addrs: Istedga 26, 1650 KøbenhavnWebse: to see CopenhagenFreetown Christiania, CopenhagenBjanka Kadic / Alamy Stock PhotoBøssehetIf you’re explorg Copenhagen’s eetown, Christiania – the former ary base that was taken over by squatters 1971 and is now a mune and popular tourist attractn – then the Bøssehet (Gay Hoe) offers a glimpse to an alternative LGBTQ+ way of life.
Copenhagen has once aga been regnised as one of the world’s most progrsive and welg statns for LGBTQ travellers. The Danish pal has been nomated as the most gay-iendly statn the world by the Brish LGBT Awards. * lgbt community copenhagen *
But perhaps ls known is that has real-life gay origs. DkCopenhagen LGBT Historil Walkg ToursDanish LGBTQ+ historian Bjarne Henrik Lundis hosts regular tours of the cy, reuntg key moments for gay and trans people over the last century. Addrs: Niels Hemmgsens Ga 1, 2nd floor 1153 Hotel Sp34Hotel Sp34 By Brochner Hotels is hoed wh a tradnal Lat Quarter buildg on Sankt Pers Stræ, which ns parallel to gay bar-lan Studitræ.