Sunday, May 29, 2011

Mode! Shopping In Denmark For The Top Danish Designers

By Linda Bybee


If you are someone who follows the fashion industry at all you know that there have been exciting designs coming out of Denmark over the last number of years and that Danish modetoj (fashion clothing) is very hot right now thanks to designers such as Marlene Birger, Bruuns Bazar, Jens Laugesen & Elise Gug. If you are planning a trip to Denmark and are interested in visiting Danish tojbutikker (clothing stores) here is a brief shopping guide to help point out where you might look.

## Shopping in Aalborg

This university city in North Jutland is the fourth largest city in Denmark. Once an industrial centre it has experienced a gradual shift to a more knowledge-based one. Algade and Bispengade, two main pedestrian streets in the city center offer keen shoppers much to choose from.

## Shopping in Aarhus

The principle port and second largest city in Denmark, Aarhus boasts a population of approximately 300,000 and is located on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula. Some of the best shopping in Aarhus can be found along the pedestrian Sondergade street in what is often referred to as Denmark's most attractive commercial center.

## Shopping in Odense

Odense is the primary city on the island of Funen, Denmark's third largest city and one of the oldest. A major port it was also the home of poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The city centre boasts more than 3km of pedestrian streets that are thick with specialty shops, galleries and the some of best of Danish toj and modetoj available. Odense is also home to the largest shopping centre in all of Denmark.

## Shopping in (Copenhagen) Kbenhavn

Copenhagen, the Danish capital, and by far its largest city, has a metropolitan population of approaching two million. It is without a doubt the very center of the Danish fashion world and the best place to find the top designers of modetoj, dametoj, and herretoj. Its compact pedestrian friendly city center is a shopper's paradise. Stroget, Strdet, Kobmagergade, Kronprinsensgade, Gronnegade, Vesterbro and Norrebro are but few of the excellent shopping streets. The city also has two major shopping centres: Illum and Magasin du Nord.

If you're not able to visit Denmark in the immediate future you don't need to lose hope for the simple fact is that Danish modetj is widely available online. A Google search for Danish mode, modetj, or simply tj, should call up numerous good sites that offer the best in Danish fashion.




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