Café Understellet

I love this bar! It’s one of the better dive bars in Copenhagen and all of Scandinavia. The drinks are priced correctly and smoking is aloud inside but only in the smoking parts, so the smokers don’t have to freeze in the winter. As for the staff they are very friendly especially the bartender Mikkel! He’s an absolute delight to chat with and very friendly. The crowd can range from students to elderly and for Scandinavia the people drinking here are pretty social even to new folk. Around the bar of course is good kebab and after the bar closes. If your still thirsty, you can go down to street to Louise’s if you dare and really drink your life away. So if you’re a local or a tourist I highly recommend this bar!

First things first, this is a bar for the people. If you are looking for a spot where the locals go, you are in luck here. My fiancé and I stumbled in because they have 2 pool tables and stayed for 5 hours! The owner is very nice (Saied). He even ordered us a pizza since they have no food. The bar is very basic but feels ‘homie’ and lived in. There were very few tourists in this 2 story bar.
Things got so much cooler when I struck up a conversation with a local (Ebbe) after just asking how you say cheers in Danish (Shkol!). He was super friendly and we talked in perfect English about US and European politics, religion and life. These interactions do NOT happen in the touristy nice areas. This leads me to my next point: this area was considered the bad area of Copenhagen. My fiancé and I felt COMPLETELY comfortable walking the 25 minute walk back to the hotel at 12am so don’t let that stop you. There’s a bit more graffiti but there are always tons of people walking around.
Drinks: I had a Tuborg pint. It tastes very light for a European beer. Similar to Coors Light. My fiancé got a Somersby Apple Ale which was good and not too sweet.
All in all, give it a shot and talk to the locals!

One of my favorite places to go out in Copenhagen! There is always a good crowd of funny and sociable people at this bar, so you always end up having a good time. It’s not a fancy place, quite the contrary, but is got it’s charm I would say as well as cheap beers. It’s a two-​floor bar with pool tables both upstairs and downstairs, football table, smoking sections and a decent amount of sitting areas. The only problem with this place is the lack of music upstairs.

I’d say is one of these «whatever» bars. There is definitely a good buzz in there. All kinds of people of all styles, all of them very nice and friendly.
The is a smoking booth in the main floor and a smoking room in the top floor. Free pool table (of what I understood) and there is also fusball.
Wide range of drinks (they are no weak serves of spirits there!), but also serve coffee to those who go there earlier.