What used to be a working class area with blue collar workers filling up the seats of the local bodegas is now a vibrant, creative mix of young and old, new and historic city life. Much of the inner part of Nørrebro, and especially the area around Sankt Hans Square, has become one of the most sought after - and most expensive - places to live in Copenhagen.

Nørrebro stretches from Frederiksberg in south to Østerbro in north and is seperated from the inner/old city by a number of lakes and connected to the other side by the ever buzzling Queen Louises Bridge where students take to the walls for a smoothie and a breeze of wind on hot summer days. Allthough now a hot spot for trendy cafés, bars and bistros, Nørrebro still has its share of traditional bodegas. The beighbourhood is also the most ethnic part of Copenhagen and Nørrebros main street, Nørrebrogade, is widely known as the place to go to for shawarma, falafel, halal-butchers, phone card vendors, flowers and mideastern bakeries.

Take a walk in beautiful Assistens Cemetary where Hans Christian Andersen and Søren Kirkegaard (along with eighties poetry favourite, Dan Túrell) are burried, follow up with a café latte on Sankt Hans Square and a stroll along the lakes, and you might get an idea why Norrebro is a very popular area to live in.

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