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Contents:

• GAY CAF & RTRANTS COPENHAGEN
• GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS COPENHAGEN
• COPENHAGEN GAY RTRANTS
• YOUR GUI TO GAY COPENHAGEN
• GREAT GAY IENDLY PLACE - OSR BAR CAFE
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS COPENHAGEN
• GAY COPENHAGEN · CY GUI
• TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN COPENHAGEN
• GAY COPENHAGEN · HOTELS
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• COPENHAGEN GAY BARS

GAY CAF & RTRANTS COPENHAGEN

The bar never close before 06  the morng - but if the party is gog, the Bar & CafeCozy gay bar and fé right next to Cy Hall at Copenhagen's Rabow SquareAre you lookg for a gay bar where you n have a good time, get a drk and a be to eat? Then head to Osr Bar & BarMasken Bar is loted central Copenhagen and is one of the olst gay bars the cy. Centralhjør is also HoeGay Hoe, is a cultural meetg place for gay, lbians and trans-genrs  Copenhagen.

GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS COPENHAGEN

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BarThe Swedish gay bar Bee Bar is open every day of the week and is loted jt a 30 mute tra ri om Copenhagen Central Statn. Gog out hotspotsCopenhagen is home to one of Europe’s olst gay bars, Centralhjør om 1917, which openly beme a gay bar the 1950s. The Dan love to eat, and wh—they say—over 2, 000 mostly gay-iendly rtrants the cy, the choice is enormo.

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 GAY RTRANTS

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.

YOUR GUI TO GAY COPENHAGEN

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). 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.

GREAT GAY IENDLY PLACE - OSR BAR CAFE

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. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis. A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS COPENHAGEN

Between charmg bbltone streets, elegant mms, lorful wateront shops, and all the class of any European cy, Copenhagen is llg your name for your next gaytn.

Dcribed as the “gay-iendlit place on earth”, Copenhagen’s culture of supportg equaly ns ep. In 1917, while much of the world was vehemently agast homosexualy, Europe’s first gay bar, Centralhjor opened s doors for the first time Copenhagen’s Indre By area the cy center.

In the years after, the cy stayed on the progrsive si of LGBT rights, fosterg a massive queer culture and 1948, the Natnal Associatn for Gays and Lbians was found the nearby cy of Aalb. 72 years after the openg of the first gay bar, Axel and Eigil Axgil beme the first gay uple the world to be married, right on the steps of Copenhagen Cy Hall after Denmark legalized same-sex registered partnerships 1989.

GAY COPENHAGEN · CY GUI

It wouldn’t be until 2012 that the untry legalized gay marriage, however even the years between, the untry mataed a welg and progrsive attu.

TOP 11 GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS IN COPENHAGEN

In between the historic steps Denmark has taken, ’s no surprise that the pal cy has bee a gay haven.

As such a welg cy, ’s hard to fe exactly what parts of Copenhagen are nsired the bt gay neighborhood, as most of the cy is gog to be a safe spot. That said, there are spots Copenhagen that have more gay bars, or more gay hotels than other parts.

Jo Copenhagen’s LGBT Society for a tour through Copenhagen Cy Court, Knabostrae, the first home of the Natnal League for Gays, and Orstedsparken. The gay bar/fe/lounge is right next to Copenhagen’s Cy Hall the heart of Rabow Square and has been scribed as the bt atmosphere the entire cy. Opened 2014, G*A*Y is exclively gay (meang everyone is wele, but the lotn is signated as gay lotn), servg queer men and queer women.

GAY COPENHAGEN · HOTELS

The charmg space is not exclively gay, but is well known throughout the cy as a gay-iendly safe space for queer travelers and alli alike.

Axel Hotel Guldsmen is the perfect choice if you’re lookg for a high-class experience a gay-iendly, e-iendly, yet luxur space. Typilly, Pri week is filled wh live ncerts, als at all the bt gay bars, workshops, speakers, and more.

The name Axgil, honors the Axgils, Axel and Eigil, who were the world’s first gay uple to be married, right the heart of Copenhagen. A great relief pared to the other gay bars Copenhagen where everyone puffs away like is 1980.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

So you'll have a range of hotel optns to choose of the most popular plac to stay for people wh the LGBTQI+ muny are, for stance, Hotel SP34 which is a sign hotel loted the Lat Quarter (jt a stone's throw om the most of the gay bars and clubs), Manon L Su which has brought a mix of Bali and New York to Copenhagen, and Urban Hoe Copenhagen which is a hostel/hotel trendy Vterbro that ters to a variety of different price beyond CopenhagenWhile Copenhagen may have the most vibrant LGBTQI+ scene and the largt muny, our openns and welg attu go beyond the cy lims and is found throughout the untry.

We're proud to say that Denmark has been one of the ontnners of gay rights durg the past 80 history of our LGBTQI+ muny plays an important part of Denmark's morn history.

Jt next door to Copenhagen's Central Statn, the Jernbanefeen railway pub is full of character and very gay-iendly. From the Roskil mic ftival (Europe’s largt), a Jazz Ftival, to annual summer Fashn, Cookg and Vikg events, as well as an annual Gay Pri attractns clu a rapidly velopg rtrant scene.

COPENHAGEN GAY BARS

Rosenburgh Castle near CopenhagenGay Rights DenmarkThe fact that Denmark was the first untry the world to troduce registered same-sex partnerships – a generatn ago now, 1989, is probably all you need to know about gay rights this most liberal of European untri. Registered gay upl have been able to adopt children sce 2009, and, leadg by example aga, gay Dan have been able to marry church sce Natnal Associatn for Gays and Lbians (LGBT Denmark) is the olst tablished the world, beg found 1948 by Axel SceneWh a reputatn as one of the most gay-iendly ci Europe, together wh a thrivg gay scene a pact, charmg wateront settg, a vis to Copenhagen is fely up there on the gay travellg Copenhagen gay scene is ncentrated the old cy centre - around the pestrianized ma shoppg street of Strøget. Copenhagen Gay Pri 2016Gettg to CopenhagenBy airCopenhagen Airport is jt 8km om the cy centre and is the bit Sndanavia, wh direct nnectns to most European and major hub ci around the world.