Craft guide
ORBISCRAFT & ATELIERS IN COPENHAGEN6 stores · curated ORBIS register
Gelsted (near Copenhagen)
Hans J. Wegner's workshop — the exclusive manufacturer of Wegner's Wishbone Chair (Y-stolen), Shell Chair, and other mid-century Danish classics. Handcrafted in oak, walnut, and cherry since 1908.
Best for The Wishbone Chair, the Wegner classics, and the handcrafted quality.
Vesterbro (Vesterbrogade 137)
A workshop and shop on Vesterbrogade where kidney-shaped tables are built on the premises and more than seventy Danish craftspeople supply ceramics, jewellery and glass. The two-floor space keeps the woodworking studio in view of the sales floor.
Best for Made-to-order tables and Danish craft
Copenhagen / Online
Copenhagen fashion label founded in 1981 by designer and former dancer Jan Machenhauer; known for architecturally cut clothing in natural fabrics, produced and sewn locally in Copenhagen for over four decades.
Best for Architectural cuts in washed cottons from a Copenhagen atelier since 1979
Jan Machenhauer founded his eponymous Copenhagen label in 1981, following training at the Royal Danish Academy. His earlier background as a dancer informs the label's design language, centering on the relationship between shape and function; the resulting clothes have a sculptural, architecturally inspired quality. Production has stayed local: for more than 40 years, pieces have been designed and sewn in Copenhagen using natural fabrics. Machenhauer also co-founded the French scarf and knitwear house EPICE Paris with Bess Nielsen in 1999.
Vesterbro, Copenhagen
The global craft beer phenomenon's home base — Mikkel Borg Bjergsø started in a Copenhagen kitchen and built an empire. The Vesterbro bar has 20 rotating taps of experimental, boundary-pushing beer.
Best for The 20 rotating taps, the experimental beers, and the craft beer origin.
Multiple locations, Copenhagen
Copenhagen's boundary-pushing brewery — founded by two Noma alumni, To Øl produces some of Denmark's most innovative craft beers. The Brus brewpub in Nørrebro is their flagship.
Best for The Noma alumni founders, the innovative beers, and the Brus brewpub.
Nørrebro, Copenhagen
Master potter Eric Landon hand-throws stoneware, including a vase collection, at his studio in Nørrebro, Copenhagen. He also runs hands-on throwing workshops in Copenhagen and Bergamo, Italy.
Best for Hand-thrown stoneware vases
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