Coffee and Danish

Browsing Copenhagen's hundreds of cafés in search of the perfect cup of joe? Save yourself some time and make straight for Ricco's. Located in the former red-light (but now rapidly gentrifying) district of Vesterbro, Ricco's is the undisputed choice of the city's coffee cognoscenti. The shop seats just 10 and is almost always full, but the coffee is well worth the wait. Owner Ricco Srensen describes himself as a "coffee nerd" and can usually be found working the counter himself. "Coffee has been my hobby since I was 17, when I got my first espresso maker," he says. "It was just...

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