Freja Holm
Copenhagen's studios, showrooms and flea markets
Based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Copenhagen design writer on mid-century showrooms, Jægersborggade ceramicists and Saturday flea-market finds.
Latest stories
Vesterbro & Kødbyen, Copenhagen: the meatpacking district that learned to party
From butcher rails and brewery gates to oyster bars and all-night dance floors, Vesterbro is Copenhagen’s rough-edged neighbourhood with the city’s best appetite.
Østerbro, Copenhagen: quiet wealth, serious baking and the water at the door
Copenhagen’s polished east-side neighbourhood trades nightlife for bakeries, park life and harbour swims, with one of the city’s most improbable world-class restaurants above a football stadium.
Refshaleøen, Copenhagen: shipyard bones, sauna steam and serious appetite
On Copenhagen’s reclaimed industrial spit, cranes, containers and world-class kitchens share the same raw waterfront — and that friction is exactly the point.
Nørrebro, Copenhagen: the city’s loudest, loosest, best-fed neighbourhood
A fast, crowded, gloriously mixed district where porridge bars, shawarma windows, natural wine and Michelin plates share the same few streets.
Indre By, Copenhagen: the old city that still runs the show
Copenhagen’s ceremonial core is all spires, canals and smørrebrød basements, but it’s also where the city still feels most walkable, most polished and most itself.
Frederiksberg, Copenhagen: The Green Village With a Royal Park and a Serious Appetite
A calm, well-heeled Copenhagen district of palace gardens, free zoo-viewing, serious restaurants and broad boulevards that feels like the city exhaling.
Christianshavn, Copenhagen: canals, church spires and counterculture
A water-led quarter of reclaimed marsh where Michelin stars, houseboats and Christiania share the same slow, slightly scruffy island air.
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