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What a kanelsnegl is
Snails are one of the classic shapes of wienerbrød, the Danish pastry. Lex.dk describes wienerbrød as pastries you can buy from most Danish bakers – kringles, cockscombs, horns, snails and more – made from the same kind of dough, where only the filling, topping and shape decide the name. Danish pastry baking goes back to the mid-1800s. Cafés near Nyhavn
Two minutes from the quay
Store Strandstræde runs just north of the quay. Farumhus is at Store Strandstræde 16, about two minutes' walk from the anchor at the end of Nyhavn, and is open 07:30–17:00 on weekdays and 07:30–16:00 at weekends. The organic bakery Emmerys is a few doors along at no. 21.
Along Store Kongensgade
Buka, at Store Kongensgade 18, opened in 2019 and bakes sourdough buns; it is about three minutes' walk and open 07:00–18:00 every day. Reinh van Hauen at no. 45 is five minutes away and opens at 06:30 every day. Hart, at no. 75 by the Marble Church, is about eight minutes away and open 07:30–19:00 every day.
Around Kongens Nytorv
Lagkagehuset has a bakery in the Magasin department store at Kongens Nytorv 13, four minutes away, open 07:00–20:00 on weekdays and 10:00–20:00 at weekends. There is another Lagkagehuset at Ny Østergade 12, and Hart's bakery at Gammel Mønt 4 is about seven minutes away, open 07:30–18:30 on weekdays and 08:00–18:30 at weekends.
The Wednesday snail
On Wednesdays, Sankt Peders Bageri at Sankt Peders Stræde 29 in the Latin Quarter sells onsdagssnegle, 'Wednesday snails'. VisitCopenhagen calls it the city's oldest bakery and says it sells no less than 4,000 of them every Wednesday. It is about a 19-minute walk from Nyhavn.
Go early
Most of these bakeries open between 06:30 and 07:30 on weekdays, so a kanelsnegl on the quay can easily be your breakfast. A day in Nyhavn
How we chose
We list bakeries within about ten minutes' walk of the anchor at the end of Nyhavn. Addresses and opening hours come from each bakery's own website (October 2026), and walking times are our own route measurements. We have not ranked them, and no bakery pays to be on the list. Map of Nyhavn
What is a kanelsnegl?
A Danish pastry rolled into a snail and filled with cinnamon. Snails are one of the classic shapes of wienerbrød, and you will find them at most Danish bakeries.
What is an onsdagssnegl?
A 'Wednesday snail': the cinnamon roll that Sankt Peders Bageri in the Latin Quarter sells on Wednesdays – no less than 4,000 every Wednesday, according to VisitCopenhagen.
Which bakery is closest to Nyhavn?
Farumhus at Store Strandstræde 16 and Emmerys at Store Strandstræde 21, both about two minutes' walk from the anchor at the end of Nyhavn.
