Cafe Ægir København

22/07/2025: A real bakery – like in the good old days In a time when almost all bakeries are trying to reinvent themselves with sourdough, experimental coffee types and home-invented concepts, there are still oases of genuine, old-fashioned charm. On Amager – in the middle of vibrant Greater Copenhagen – there is a small bakery that refuses to follow the fashionable trends of the time. And thank God for that. Here, everything is reminiscent of the time when you were sent off on a bicycle with a coin in your pocket and a message from your mother: “Get a loaf of pastry – and remember, the one with the thick icing!” The window is still freshly painted, the cake recipes seem to have been inherited from a time when butter was butter, and you didn’t put three kinds of kernels in all bread. After all, it’s not canaries who are going to eat it – it’s us humans. There’s something touching and safe about a place like this. Here you can smell vanilla, freshly baked French bread and a time that is otherwise disappearing. The staff is nice, the atmosphere is informal, and they still sell raspberry shortbread that tastes like they did before someone started calling it “retro”. You might feel a little warm at heart. Because it’s not just a bakery – it’s a little piece of Denmark that still holds the flag high. I don’t think there are many of this kind left. But here is one of them. And it’s worth supporting

08/06/2025: Very delicious bread and rolls, a wide selection. Super friendly staff. For cake lovers, there are many different treats, including fantastic cinnamon rolls and heavenly strawberry cake.