Coffee Collective Guldsmedgade Aarhus

25/10/2025: You could spend hours in here. Great selection and cozy surroundings. They have happy hour for coffee and tea before 4pm. So cheap!

05/10/2025: 🎲♟️ Spilcaféen Aarhus – where the fun is big, but the tables are small ♟️🎲 Oh my… I stopped by Spilcaféen in Vestergade, and yes – it IS fun. At least I got a lot of pieces to fall into place that evening. The selection of games is impressive – it’s like stepping into a candy store for board game nerds. Everything is there: from “let’s ruin our friendship in UNO” to “let’s save our marriage in Partners.” But popularity comes at a price. And the price is space. You sit a bit close together, so it sometimes feels like playing Stratego against the next table. If you pull out a large game, finding space for the pieces is almost archaeology. The prices? Well, they’re right on the high end. You pay a little for the very idea that you’re sitting in Aarhus’ gaming mecca – not just for the drinks. And then there’s the staff. Here I had an experience that could almost have been taken out of a role-playing game: When I said “good day”, I got a look back that could have killed me on the spot. I was sincerely convinced that the person was a second away from pressing the panic alarm, just because I smiled too friendly. And honestly, I care more about customer service than whether you can recite the rules of Twilight Imperium backwards. A smile and a little helpfulness are what you remember – not a death stare over the counter. All in all, Spilcaféen is a great place: huge selection, lots of coziness – but also a little too expensive, a little too cramped and with looks that can knock you over faster than a game of Matador. Rating: 3 out of 5 pieces that always fall to the floor. Thanks for the game, Spilcaféen Aarhus. I am both entertained, a little bit squeezed – and still impressed by how much you can feel suspicious just by saying “hello.”