Six rooms that get darker as you go, an apothecary's carved bar, and cocktails worthy of the theatre next door.
Brønnum occupies a listed building on August Bournonvilles Passage, directly beside the Royal Danish Theatre at Kongens Nytorv. The Copenhagen Post calls it the city's timeless cocktail lounge, and the name honors the café that served theatre crowds on this corner for over a century.
The bar runs through six rooms ensuite, and VisitCopenhagen notes they grow darker and more intimate the deeper you go. The carved wooden bar came from an old apothecary, its timber dated 100 to 150 years back.
Who would hate it? Anyone who measures a bar by volume. Brønnum is velour chairs, chandeliers, and conversation.
Chandeliers, dim lamps, and velour seating fill the front rooms; the back rooms drop to candle level for the late hours, per VisitCopenhagen. Tripadvisor reviewers single out the apothecary bar itself as the most beautiful counter in Copenhagen, and the summer courtyard serves outside all night.
The list runs inventive without gimmicks; Tripadvisor reviewers call the cocktails clever and the champagne list surprisingly fair for the address, with cocktails around 130 kr.
Order All the Kings Men, the sharing cocktail built to pair with Cuban cigars from the house humidor. Skip the front room on weekends and walk until the candles take over.
Pre curtain hours bring Royal Theatre audiences in good coats; after 10pm the rooms shift to dates and small groups settling into the darkness. The courtyard takes the summer overflow all night.