Oscar Bar Café

About this place Oscar Bar Café

Oscar Bar Café occupies prime real estate on Rådhuspladsen — the city hall square at the heart of Copenhagen — with a large terrace that in summer becomes one of the best outdoor drinking spots in the city. The bar has a deliberately stylish, café-bar format that positions it between the neighbourhood gay bar and the broader Copenhagen café culture: it is explicitly gay-oriented but operates without the insider atmosphere of some of the more community-specific Studiestræde venues. The result is a venue that works as a first port of call for visitors who want a welcoming, design-conscious gay bar experience in an extraordinary location. The terrace on Rådhuspladsen is particularly spectacular during Copenhagen Pride week, when the square becomes part of the parade route and Oscar's outdoor seating is the most coveted spot in the neighbourhood. Inside, the bar serves coffee and food through the day as well as cocktails and wine in the evening — one of the few gay venues in Copenhagen that works as a lunch destination as well as a bar.