Danish food magazine, COPENHAGEN FOOD, keeps you updated about food, trend-setters, travel and other enjoyable things. Enjoy the New Year’s issue in front of the fireplace in the comfy lounge bar at Avenue Hotel.

“Danes eat too much crap food,” says one of Danish cuisine’s grand old men, Bo Jacobsen, owner/chef at gourmet restaurant, Restaurationen, in the Januay/February issue of the Danish food lovers’ favourite magazine, COPENHAGEN FOOD.
Enjoy Bo Jacobsen’s controversial take on the Danish food culture – or lack thereof – check out the readers’ best food pictures, let COPENHAGEN FOOD guide you to Denmark’s best television shows for foodies, go deer-hunting,  and much, much more…

More about the January/February issue of COPENHAGEN FOOD
Pick up a copy of COPENHAGEN FOOD at your newsagent’s, subscribe and get special offers, and remember to join the community at their Facebook-page.
Or browse the January/February issue of COPENHAGEN FOOD in front of the fireplace in the comfy lounge bar at Avenue Hotel.

Nikolaos Strangas opened his cosy café, Nikolaos Strangas Conditori & Cakeaway, in February 2011 to rave reviews. He will personally present his mouth-watering delicacies at Avenue Fashion High Tea on Sunday 3 February 2013.

Enjoy a scrumptious selection of dessert cakes, scones and macaroons presented by Nikolaos Strangas.  Accompanied by tea, coffee, hot chocolate or possibly a glass of French bubbles… What more could your heart desire?
Join us, as we cosy up with our take on a traditional British high tea on Sunday 3 February 2013.

Scrumptious Cakes presented by Pastry Chef Nikolaos Strangas
Pastry chef, Nikolaos Strangas, our almost neighbour, makes some of the most delectable cakes and desserts in Copenhagen. He opened his cosy café, Nikolaos Strangas Conditori & Cakeaway, in February 2011 and has already won rave reviews and been nominated for “Best Cakes” by the popular city guide, AOK.dk.
On Sunday 3 February, from 1 pm Nikolaos Strangas will personally present his cakes and explain how his mouth-watering delicacies come to be. The cakes will be accompanied tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Or should your heart so desire, a glass of French bubbles.

Event: Avenue High Tea with gourmet cakes by Nikolaos Strangas
When: Sunday 3 February 2013 at 1-3 pm or 3.30-5.30 pm
Where: The restaurant and the lounge bar at Avenue Hotel, Åboulevard 29, Frederiksberg
Price: DKK 275 per person.
Booking: Please make your booking on telephone 35 27 31 11 or at info@avenuehotel.dk

More about Strangas Cakeaway
Find more information about the scrumptious cakes and desserts from Strangas Cakeaway, or ensure your table at this culinary cake-feast by booking a room at Avenue Hotel.
Avenue High Tea with Cakes by Strangas is part of the culture festival, WonderCool Copenhagen, which turns Copenhagen ice-hot the entire month of February 2013.

DJs Katrine Ring (pictured) and Stephan Bomberg return on Wednesday 30 January 2013 to reinvent classical music at Yellow Lounge at Avenue Hotel.

Our acclaimed resident DJ, Katrine Ring, kick-starts the new season of Yellow Lounge by presenting new compositions and an eclectic mix of classical music, electronic vibes and jazz at Yellow Lounge on Wednesday 30 January, 8-11 pm.

Event: Yellow Lounge – DJs reinvent classical music
When: Wednesday 30 January, 8-11 pm
Where: The Lounge at Avenue Hotel, Åboulevard 29, Frederiksberg
Price: Free entry but you may be tempted to start early with our bartenders’ delightful composition, Yellow Lounge Cocktail

More about Yellow Lounge
Find more information about Yellow Lounge, the innovative DJ-sessions mixing classical music, electronic vibes and live performances.
Every Wednesday at Avenue Hotel.

Yellow Lounge is sponsored by Funktion-One

Avenue Hotel is closed for Christmas and New Year’s Holiday from 21 December 2012 till 3 January 2012.

We would like to extend a sincere thank you for a fantastic 2012.
We hope that you have a marvellous Christmas with your loved ones and that you will enter 2013 in great spirits.
Avenue Hotel is closed for Christmas and New Year’s holiday from 21 December till 3 January.
We look forward to seeing you at Avenue Hotel in 2013.

Best Wishes

Philip Viscovich and the AveTeam

“Every Sunday should consist of delicious cakes, a girly chat, hot Valrhona chocolate (and charming Strangas, please)”, wrote life style bloggers, TheImpressionista.com, about Avenue High Tea. Join us at the next Avenue High Tea with Cakes by Strangas on Sunday 3 February 2013.

Some of Copenhagen’s best food writers and bloggers enjoyed a scrumptious selection of dessert cakes, scones and macaroons, and had an informal chat with pastry chef, Nikolaos Strangas, at Avenue High Tea on Sunday 2 December 2012.

“Every Sunday should consist of delicious cakes, a girly chat, hot Valrhona chocolate (and charming Strangas, please)” said TheImpressionista.com.
“Avenue High Tea is true Sunday-coziness with an exclusive touch,” wrote Emilie at Spiseliv.dk.
“The cakes from Strangas were no less than amazing. All Sundays should be like this…”, noted Julie from GaneogGaffel.dk.
Also enjoying Strangas’ mouth-watering cakes were Anne from AnneauChocolat.dk, Emily from EmilySalomon.dk, Katrine from Klinken.dk and Mira from MirasMadblog.dk.

More about Avenue High Tea with Nikolaos Strangas
Find more information about celebrated pastry chef, Nikolaos Strangas, or cozy up at Avenue Hotel at the upcoming Avenue High Tea on Sunday 3 February 2013.

Enjoy the delicious breakfast buffet at Avenue Hotel, as our Lucia Brides sing Christmas hymns to celebrate Saint Lucy’s Day on Thursday 13 December.

Avenue Hotel celebrates Saint Lucy’s Day on 13 December with Lucia brides singing Christmas hymns and a delicious breakfast buffet with home-baked Christmas buns.
Celebrate the Lucia Myth with Hymns & Christmas Buns

According to the myth the fire refused to take Saint Lucy’s (Lucia in Scandinavian) life. In Scandinavia we celebrate the myth at Christmas time by crowning a Lucia bride and have a procession with Lucia girls and star boys carrying candles and singing Christmas hymns.
On 13 December Avenue Hotel invites you to enjoy the Christmas carols and hymns along with our breakfast buffet spilling over with organic delicacies and home-baked Christmas buns.

Where: The lounge and restaurant at Avenue Hotel, Åboulevard 29, Frederiksberg
When: Thursday 13 December 2012 from 8 am (breakfast buffet 7-10 am)
Price: DKK 100 per person, free for hotel residents
Booking: Please book your table at info@avenuehotel.dk

More Information about Saint Lucy’s Day
Find more information about Saint Lucy’s Day and experience the Lucia brides live at Avenue Hotel.

All children staying at Avenue Hotel are invited to pick up a Christmas drawing at the reception and colour it to enter our colouring competition.

We invite all children staying at Avenue Hotel to enter our colouring competition. Get a drawing at the reception and colour it. Then ‘post’ the drawing in the red mailbox in the play corner in our restaurant.
We draw the lucky winners on 20 December. The winners will be informed directly.

Event: Colour competition for kids at Avenue Hotel
When: Every day from 1 to 20 December
Price: Free for hotel guests

Every day - till Christmas – a lucky guest at Avenue Hotel will receive a gift from our Christmas Calendar.

Every day – till Christmas – Santa’s little helper hangs a letter on the door to one of the guests’ room at Avenue Hotel. The lucky guest, staying in the room, will receive a gift from our Christmas Calendar at the breakfast buffet.
All the gifts are carefully selected from the eclectic range in our Avenue Shop 24/7.

Event: Christmas Calendar at Avenue Hotel
When: Every day from 1 till 22 December
Price: Free for hotel guests

“To my mind Avenue Hotel is the hotel in Denmark, which appeals most to the international market, and the hotel is a perfect match to my profile,” our new General Manager, Philip Viscovich, told the leading Danish business daily, Børsen.

“Avenue Hotel has an international profile, and it is my job to maintain and raise the standard,” our new General Manager, Philip Viscovich, told the foremost Danish business daily, Børsen, when they interviewed him on 22 November 2012.
Philip Viscovich arrived at Avenue Hotel after a brief stint at Strandhotellet on the Danish island, Bornholm.
“I had the choice between moving abroad again or finding a place in Denmark, which could give me what I was looking for,” said Philip Viscovich.
“I chose Avenue Hotel because, to my mind, it is the hotel in Denmark, which appeals most to the international market, and the hotel is a perfect match to my profile.”

More about Philip Viscovich in Børsen
Read the rest of the interview with Philip Viscovich in Børsen (sorry, for subscribers only), or visit Avenue Hotel to experience the international ambience for yourself.

A few years ago Jægersborggade was a no-go area due to drug-related gang wars but local entrepreneurs have conquered the gangs and today Copenhageners are flocking to the vibrant street. Check out their Christmas Days on 1 & 2 December 2012.

“Jægersborggade is my favourite street in Copenhagen. It is popular with the locals but the shop-keepers have an international orientation,” said our resident DJ, Katrine Ring, when we asked her to recommend her best-loved spot in Copenhagen.
This coming weekend, 1 & 2 December 2012, there is even more reason to visit the vibrant street as the local shops, cafés and restaurants gang together to create their unique take on a Christmas market.

Event: Christmas Days in Jægersborggade
When: Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 December 2012 – 11 am-4 pm
Where: Jægersborggade, 2220 Nørrebro (Copenhagen)
Price: Free entry

More about Jægersborggade
Find out why Katrine Ring, our resident DJ at Yellow Lounge, loves Jægersborggade, find more information about the Christmas Days in Jægersborggade (sorry, in Danish only), and remember, Avenue Hotel is  a leisurely ten-minute bike-ride from Jægersborggade.

Photo courtesy of Wonderful Copenhagen