This is actually a very interesting place, part bookstore, part office supply store (the literal translation of kontorforsyning, after all), but also has a lot of art/craft and stationary supplies too. It's long been a staple in Nyborg, and I've been stopping in off and on over the last decade, sometimes looking for a book, sometimes pens/pencils and other times just for little things like greeting cards or the like. I've very rarely left empty handed, and prices are often fairly competitive. It's also located in a nice part of town and has a neat entryway, tucked under an alcove and out of the weather.
The only reason I hesitate to give five stars is that, despite looking perfectly legit and not at all like wandering vagrants (or hipsters, the distinction is minimal, after all), my wife and I always seem to get the stink eye in this place. I don't know if the person doing it is the owner or what, but they literally just stare at us the entire time we shop in there. No asking if we need help or anything, or have questions, just gawking at us in the most overt way possible until we make a purchase.
On my last trip, I'd have loved to keep looking at a few mechanical pencils and pens up near the register, but being within an arms length of the cashier, who continued to stare at me even though I already had some items in hand, I opted to just buy what I came for, which was a beautiful Penac NP-Trifit .5mm (try finding those in the states!) and a Uni Millino .5mm that I spotted (long since discontinued and largely unavailable) and be done with it.
I dunno, maybe it was the fact that we were speaking English to each other and not Danish, but it isn't as if we were speaking some Eastern European dialect and constantly looking over our shoulder for a chance to steal something. What's more, we were mainly looking at mechanical pencils, most of which (with the exception of the Penac) were a whopping 39 DKK at most. For the uninitiated, that works out to barely more than $6 USD.
Bottom line, I still highly recommend this place, and I'm sure I'll go back next time to see what other uncommon pens and pencils they've gotten. If I don't get the stink eye next time, I'll happily update this to a 5-star review, which it otherwise deserves to have. read more