FRU Hansens Kaffebar: the coffee shop

The coffee shop is a piece of working-class history and culture. It is disappearing from the urban landscape, but it lives on at the Workers Museum.

In the Workers Museum’s 1950s coffee shop, you can buy coffee, cakes, warm plates, sweets, beer and sodas, and enjoy them in nostalgic surroundings. During holidays, various seasonal and historical foods and drinks are available. The coffee shop and the restaurant, Café & Øl-Halle “1982”, are the only places in Denmark where you can enjoy the workers’ favourite beer, the Star Pilsner.

Drop by and see what daily specialities Fru Hansen offers. There will be plenty of homemade strawberry jam for the sourdough buns, and she will never run out of her homemade traditional Danish rum cakes!

Café & Øl-Halle “1982”

Enjoy a lovely lunch in Café & Øl-Halle in cosy and authentic surroundings. Café & Øl-Halle is part of the Workers Museum, where lunch is served with an experience of beautifully preserved cultural heritage.

Here, you can enjoy the delicious open-faced sandwiches (smørrebrød) buffet, which always offers a wide selection of open-faced sandwiches. The bread is freshly baked, the “star herring” is marinated in beer and red cabbage, and the beets are, of course, home-pickled. Here, the staff chops, pickles, fries and cooks, creating a delicious aroma.

We’re upgrading the kitchen at Café & Øl-Halle in late July, but we’ll be ready to welcome you again from 1 August.

Fru Hansens Kaffebar:
Open every day from 10:00 – 16:30
Thursday until 19:30

Café & Øl-Halle :
Open every day from 11:00 – 17:00
The buffet closes at 16.00

Bring your own food:
You are welcome to bring your own food. Food brought from elsewhere can be enjoyed in the Banquet Hall or in the designated room, Stauning. Please ask the staff.

The coffee shop

The 1950s were the heyday of the classic coffee shop. Craftsmen, movers, postmen, taxi drivers – and the occasional police officer – frequented the coffee shops. From early morning to mid-afternoon, workers could eat their lunches, or the hot dish of the day and get a cup of coffee.

Café & Øl-Halle “1892”

The restaurant in the Workers Museum is the only listed basement restaurant in Copenhagen. The historic premises have been restored to its 1892 appearance and the restaurant bears its original name.