I've already reviewed Irma in an earlier post - but, I think it is important to write a bit about…read moreIrma City: Back in end 90's, begin 00's Irma was apparently in financial difficulties - until they came up with the concept of Irma City. Basically, it is an overgrown kiosk with an amazingly varied, specialized, and organic selection of foods and non-foods. Also, you can pop in for some healthy salad (in a box, no self service), sandwich or soup whenever you want fast and healthy. This Irma City is no exception and close to my office so I come here a lot.

We were in search of another grocery store and came across this one. The two grocery stores we…read morehave visited have been on the smaller size. Hubby wanted a piece of fruit and a sweet. It seems that most of these stores carry freshly baked pastries. I was humored by the bread bun with a hole down the middle for a hot dog or sausage. Free WiFi.

It does not look like much but this urban supermarket is quite deep despite the narrow and…read morewindowless storefront. Bakery, produce, dairy, meats, and quite a lot of beverages and dry goods. I stopped late in the evening to stock up on a few bits for my hotel room. There are displays of beers and wine, a couple of coolers with cold beers in them. Lots of salty snacks and sweet candies.

SuperBrugsen is a standard neighbourhood supermarket, just like you'd find anywhere else. However,…read morethe big advantage is that they have a decent range of gluten-free things (bread, pasta, flour) in their own section right at the back. They also have lactose-free milk, and a good selection of fresh fruit, vegetables and meat. Not every shop sells gluten-free products, so we were really glad we found this place.

This place puts the "Super" in supermarket!…read more This SuperBrugsen is a convenient option for those staying in Vesterbro. And it's bigger and has more selection than the location on Halmtorvet to the east. Here you'll find everything you'd expect from a grocery store with a reasonable amount of variety. Plus there are additional things like home goods and sporting goods. They even have bikes for sale. Now I don't know why you'd want to buy a bike from a supermarket, but you can! We bought a lot of groceries here and also at Netto during our trip. Some prices at Netto are slightly better, but SuperBrugsen also has some marked down items. So they're more or less equivalent overall. Either way, if you want to save some money and not be eating out every meal, there's no shortage of supermarkets and smaller grocery stores around Vesterbro to choose from!

If a convenience store mated with Whole Foods, they'll have a baby named Irma. We stopped in to get…read morebottled water before going back to our hotel. They have fine cheeses, wine, deli items, herbs in pots, craft beer, desserts, etc. Bring a shopping bag with you or don't buy too many items because they don't have plastic/paper bags for your stuff. I only got water, sea salt potato chips and beer. I know I wanted to get more stuff but I had to stop myself since I didn't have a shopping bag with me.

Apart from all the products you would expect to find in any well-stocked supermarket, Irma offers a…read morewide array of food specialties and quality groceries that won't be found anywhere else. You can also buy a variety of organic and natural foods. I'd like to think that Irma caters to a discriminate city clientele, similar to Whole Foods shoppers in California so be prepared to spend money here. I roamed the aisles for a good hour (slow brain reflexes plus indecisiveness) until I decided on what to snack on: a fancy lobster dip and a bag of knäckebröd (thin crispy bread) So delicious! I strongly recommend grocery shopping at high end super markets while stoned on pot.

Right around the corner from our hotel is this little supermarket where you can grab various…read moreessentials like some alchohol, drinks, fruit, and some ready made foods. Great if your travelling and are looking for quick bites or just something to carry along with you for your daily excursions. The place obviously is catering to tourists visiting the downtown area as most folks in there buying stuff when we went we essentially buying similar things. They do also have weekly specials on various items which you can find on their website, which obviously helps to save a buck or two if your traveling on a budget as Copenhagen itself can be rather expensive when compared to other european cities.

Really nice supermarket! Maybe The cheapest supermarkets on that street! Netto is Danish brand of…read moresupermarkets, probably one of the cheapest in this moment. Personally I like, that they have a lot of organic products, they change their discounted items weekly and I had never problem about quality of my purchase. This store is organized, clean and seems everything fresh. Even there was a lots of people in the time I was shopping, no big lines in front of cash register. Last few years I can see, that Netto is really caring about their stores. They really taking them one by one and refurbish them. Thumb up from me!

Typical rocery store. Bakery items, fresh fruit and vegetables. Large fridge and freezer section…read more Dry stock as well. Self checkout only. Open 7am-9:30pm every day.

I have had a weird preoccupation with Lidl for over a year now, but had never been. I imagined it…read moreto be like Rema 1000, but better. Sadly, it was pretty meh. Although the prices are almost unbeatable, it is worth it to pay the few extra kroner to get something on minimal decent quality. I did buy dried herbs here as they were fine, but everything else in this store is somewhat questionable. Maybe I'll try again when I have more time to actually sift through everything, instead of just giving it a quick once over stink eye. This isn't banished from my grocery repertoire yet, but it's not going to be in heavy rotation either. Will attempt again.

We stopped at a small grocery store for a large bottle of water to take to the hotel room. We…read morepaused as we looked at all the pastries and breads. We got a 2 liter bottle of water and a pastry. Some interesting things available.

So, my gym is right on top of this place - why oh why isn't my gym on top of a more organic…read moresupermarket like Irma - so it goes without saying that I come here a lot. First of all, if you are an organic freak like me there are slim pickings. Especially in veggies and fruits as most of offers at hand are from remote (suspicious) places and you have no clue what chemicals they're pumped with. Secondly, this is a quite surprising place. In the 'dry' section I've managed to find organic spelt flour and spelt for cooking, gluten free pasta and a range of other specialities. In the milk sections, I've found not only soy milk (very common these days), but soy yogurt. I would still prefer to go to Irma any given day, but this is a much cheaper option and you can still find your basic foods here.

Great selection of all sorts of ethnic food stuffs. It's a little mind bending to me that this…read morerelatively small shop can pack so many things onto its shelves: middle eastern, african, indian, chinese, filipino....and so on. Now that I've had the chance to go a few times and really look at the shelves, I've realized that the more time I spend in there, the more things I find. It's really a great shop to explore. Part of the fun of this shop is the incredibly wide variety of ethnic foods they carry. (Yes, I think grocery shops are fun...and the more variety the better). These guys seem to have no sign over their door. At first I thought they were just a part of Afghan Marked which has their door at the street corner because their outside veggie stands makes it look like one continuous shop. But they're not! And Kabul, which has their entrance just a few steps further down Reventlowsgade is better part of the strangely conjoined Afghan/Kabul store front. Some random things that I was happy to find here are salt-free 100% peanut butter, Shana brand frozen paranthas, loose and bagged Ahmad teas. Not that you can't get these things at other places, but rarely are you going to find a one-stop shop for them. Frozen seafood selection is also good. Often there are cheap cheap 1 kilo bags of large shell-on tiger shrimp for half the price you would pay anywhere else. Seriously good stuff. The spice and fresh veggie selection is also impressive compared to other CPH ethnic shops.

Are you from Southeast/South Asia?…read more Chance that you can find things you miss from home here. I know I do. I found the well-known bumbu bamboe spice packets here and of course the famous instant noodle product of my country - Indomie. I can't help liking Kabul marked solely for this purpose. What do you do to people who carry the stuff from home eh? That said, Kabul is also providing other stuff too, hence the cramped space. Prepare to squeeze yourself into nothingness when trawling those aisles looking for some exotic stuff from far far away. This place has the things that you probably have read in your recipe book somewhere. Simply said, Kabul marked is my saviour when I'm craving stuff from home the most