Magasin du Nord

The grande dame of Danish department stores
Talk of the town: On the third floor of the store there's a door leading to an attic where Hans Christian Andersen lived for several years (see separate entry in Museums).

Covering six floors in a vast turn-of-the-century building on Kongens Nytorv, Magasin du Nord is Denmark's largest and best-known department store, the equivalent of Harrods in London or Bloomingdales in New York.
It may not be the hippest store in town but the building wears its long history on its sleeve and its old-fashioned air is rather appealing. Although the bulk of floor space is given over to men and women's fashion, the splendid basement food hall and homeware department are, in our opinion, the places to head.