A new street kitchen has opened in Copenhagen in the Meat District west of the central railway station and just a few minutes walk from the metro station. It is in buildings at the far end of Slagtehusgade so beyond the Hvide Kødby or White Meat Market.

There are food stalls with a new micro brewery called Åben Bryg and, through the summer, other restaurants and food providers plan to open here. The market will have music in the evenings on every Thursday, Friday and Saturday with DJs and live performances.

Just to explain … the Meat Market - was built in the late 19th century and included market buildings along Halmtorvet; the large open space of Kvægtorvet - the cattle market - and Øksnehallen - a large covered hall completed in 1901 and now used for a wide variety of events.

When the markets were extended in the 1930s - with new buildings to the west across the site of what had been gas works - then the new buildings were in a distinct functionalist style in white with flat roofs and became known as the Hvide Kødby or White Meat City to distinguish it from the earlier brick buildings of what then became known as Den Brune Kødby or Brown Meat Market - so Brown, White and now Green has absolutely nothing to do with the colour of the meat.

Den Grønne Kødby, Slagtehusgade
will continue through to 29 August