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Shopping in Copenhagen is excellent. The city centre is full of independent retailers and small, exclusive boutiques, and has several grand department stores.
 Great places to shop in Copenhagen are Strøget, Strædet, Købmagergade, Kronprinsensgade, Grønnegade, Ny Østergade, Latin Quarter, Vesterbro and Nørrebro.
The two longest shopping streets are Strøget and Købmagergade. Here you will find brands such as Prada, Louis Vuitton, Mulberry, Chanel, Karen Millen, Marc Jacobs, Hennes and Mauritz, Benetton, and many more. The shopping centres Illum and Magasin du Nord offers designer clothes and interior as well as labels that are prices to suit everybody's wallet. Read more about shopping in Copenhagen here.
 One thing is certain, Danes are among the leaders in world design. Today, the Danish design wave has washed over the city with independent shops in fashionable areas of the city. Bang & Olufsen, the ultimate in designer stereo equipment, and silversmith Georg Jensen, are just two Danish brands famous worldwide. Both have shops on Strøget as does Royal Copenhagen, creaters of Danish porcelain. Denmark is also well known for it's position within interior design. The two furniture designers Arne Jacobsen and Hans J. Wegner are world famous for their timeless classic designs, now followed by modern interior design companies like GUBI, Normann Copenhagen, Casa Shop and Designer Zoo.
 The profile of Copenhagen's fashion designers has increased dramatically. These days, Danish designers working in Copenhagen and for world famous labels in Paris, London and Milan, exert a sizeable influence over the international fashion industry. This creative strength, and the esteem in which Danish designers are held around the world, is also reflected in Copenhagen’s wealth of designer stores and boutiques.
Example of Danish fashion designers: Marlene Birger, Rützou, Bruuns Bazar, Day, Peter Jensen, Jens Laugesen, Camilla Stærk, Munthe plus Simonesen, Designers Remix Collection, Baum und Pferdgarten, and Elise Gug. Most of these designer brands have their own shops in the centre of Copenhagen. Check on their websites where to go.
Read more on visitcopenhagen.com
 More and more Danish consumers buy organic and environmentally friendly products and thus you will find a growing number of shops in Copenhagen catering to the environmental conscious consumer. You will find organic beauty salons, hairdressers, grocery shops as well as clothing, shoe and skin care shops. Read more on visitcopenhagen.com
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