In the neighbourhood: Nordvest, Copenhagen

Just beyond the boundary of Copenhagen’s cool Nørrebro, about 5km from the city centre, is Nordvest (Northwest), a neighbourhood with an industrial past, where vast murals now spread right down the sides of streets and former workers’ residences have re-emerged as micro-villages. Creativity is everywhere but a down-to-earth effortlessness prevails, at long-standing addresses such as an old car workshop, Autopoul – now a natural wine bar hosting cinema clubs – as well as at this cluster of new community-minded hangouts.

Goose Deli

Glass windows open to a pristinely tiled, yellow-painted wall decked with shelves of house-made chilli oils and home-brewed soy sauce at this bakery-meets-fermentation-lab. A fluffy egg sando and sticky rice spandauer epitomise the Danish-Chinese fusion menu. instagram.com/goosecph

Heat Harmony

The sauna schedule here involves three 10-minute intervals of intense heat, aromatic oils, and ice-bath plunges. There’s a real camaraderie as locals turn up in bathrobes and plod across the former car park in flip flops whatever the weather. heatharmony.dk

Tekno Eatery

Inside this blue-painted basement you’ll find Nordvest’s hipster crowd kitted out in a uniform of skirts layered upon flared pants and handcrafted knits. The menu is seasonal: orange blossom is swirled through granola-topped yoghurt – and the events calendar is loaded with clothing swaps and supper clubs. teknoeatery.dk

Thoravej 29

The surplus bricks of a 1967-built factory were used in the floors of this rugged compound for design and discussion (with themes including politics, art criticism and biodiversity). Its adjoining café and potted courtyard garden dishes seasonal plates of smørrebrød, where slices of rye bread are loaded with smoked salmon and horseradish-spiked compote or potato chunks and pickled red onions. thoravej29.dk

Flere Fugle

Within the self-sustaining, non-profit workshop space Demokrati Garage, is Flere Fugle; a bakery by day, drawing a crowd for its marzipan-filled, poppy seed-coated tebirkes as well as its jazz sessions, bookclubs, and embroidery how-tos. At night it transforms, and friends gather in its fairy-lit courtyard to feast on sourdough pizza and sip on Pilsner. The recent opening of its deli extension, Bageri og Butik, stocks a dizzying spill of pickles and ferments, fresh vegetables, and daily bakes to go. flerefugle.dk

Bodega Konkylie

This hybrid label, studio, and old-school groove bar is open seven nights a week. The red-lit bodega pulls a loyal crowd of regulars as well as hipsters from across the city for its album releases, live music, quiz nights, and bitter maté cocktails. konkylie.eu/bodega

Flowering

A charming florist/café hybrid where bouquets are listed on an overhead, fast-food-esque electric menu and where skilled florists bundle Danish-grown blooms as customers sip on oat cortados. Being climate-conscious, all of the bunches use some surplus stems that would otherwise be discarded. flowering.dk