EBG Rating: 8.7/10

Choice/Quality of Drinks:
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A reasonable selection of beers, albeit unneeded overlap of pale lagers. Nevertheless, you will find an array of options of different styles in the fridge. A modest selection of independent Danish beers. Competent back bar.

Style/Décor:
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A railway theme which goes almost beyond pub décor to becoming a city curio and tourist attraction in itself. Small street-facing bar with a few tables on the patio and twee, green painted exterior. Inside, a heavily decorated bunker to all things railway, with a red and white (how Danish!) colour scheme. The bar is on the left of the main lounge which, towards the back features a working model railway.

Atmosphere/Character:
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Eccentric, highly unusual and distinctive, it is a pub with identity and a novelty factor, but it is also one with a crowd of loyal repeating customers. This has not become a venue where locals have fled, instead you will be among them. Social and excitable, there is an energy in here at any time of day.

Amenities/Events:
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Snacks, outdoor seating, train set, merchandise, loyalty card.

Value For Money:
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Undeniably a problem. Prices twice as high as some already pretty monstrous examples in central Copenhagen, and you’ll need to skirt towards the basement options even to find anything that approaches acceptable. In some respects, you may as well go for one of the best options seeing as you’re being fleeced either way.

Description:
One of Europe’s famous drinking destinations, the Railroad Pub, located around the rear entrance of the main station is nothing less than a city institution as well as one of Europe’s finest station, or station-adjacent pubs.

The Railway theme bursts forth onto the street – this is no shrine to minimalism. Cute, twee, but cosy and very social, as an introduction to the Danish pub it represents one of the most vivid as well as a high watermark in general. Your eyes will dance across the room at the displays, from the wall of nik-naks to an operating train set, nothing is left to chance. Rich lounge reds decorate the room, each seating arrangement designed to maximise space.

There is a cheerful verve to the place at any time of day with customers enjoying the novelty. The beer selection is broad, rather than excellent, which leads on to the bar’s achilles heel – high pricing. Even a modest option like a bottle of Tuborg classic weighs in nearly double the price of nearby bars, and that continues across the board. As a cover charge to what is – almost – a sort of museum, there is an argument this is justified, but I would prefer to pay an upfront fee and enjoy fair prices than be squeezed in this way. It leaves an unnecessarily sour element to what is otherwise a joyous experience.

(Added December 2024)